I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Sharad Desai to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Born in Phoenix, Mr. Desai received his B.A. and B.S. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. from New York University School…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 301 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 299 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Sooknanan cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent.- The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 298 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I ask that we commence with the rollcall vote immediately under unanimous consent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Ali nomination cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the next and all subsequent rollcalls be 10 minutes in duration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Democratic whip.

I ask unanimous consent that Paul Ghiotto, a State Department fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Washington Court of Appeals Judge Rebecca Pennell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Judge Pennell's significant career as a litigator for nearly two decades and her…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 300 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 297 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I rise today to discuss an issue I have been working on for 23 years, the plight of America's Dreamers. I first introduced the DREAM Act more than two decades ago with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who was then the chairman of the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 5362 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

it was not too long ago that the phrase ``infrastructure week'' was little more than a punchline. Our roads and bridges were crumbling, our water systems were aging, and too many students were struggling to complete their homework…

it is often said that the greatest thing a leader can do is help nurture, shape, and create the next generation of leaders. Over the course of her life, Barbara Taylor Bowman--a pioneering force in early childhood education--did just that…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Mustafa Kasubhai to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Judge Kasubhai received his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of Oregon School…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Sarah F. Russell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Born in Boston, MA, Russell earned her B.A., magna cum laude, at Yale College in 1998 and her J.D. at Yale Law School in…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey, (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California (Ms. Butler), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the…

I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator…

So we all know that the cost of food has gone up, making it more difficult for families to keep food on the table, and we also know that low income people face that. What are the nutrition programs that are part of this farm bill that will…

Could you be kind enough to say for the record when the current farm bill expires?