I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are…

I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), and the Senator from Maryland…

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 Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), and the…

I see my colleague from Minnesota is on the floor, and I just want to say that this exchange is the reason why we are going to miss Senator Stabenow of Michigan when it comes to the Agriculture Committee and many other areas. She does her…

I want to thank the Senator from Vermont and remind people that his comments make it clear this is not just a Midwestern issue. It affects the whole Nation, from one side to the other. As I said, Senator Stabenow has been our leader. I…

Yes, of course. I would add to that we have many worthy judicial nominees on this calendar to consider too. So there is work to be done.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are…

Would you explain to those who are not familiar with it what happens if we do nothing.

And the key to that, I think, goes back 60 years ago where we married nutrition programs and agriculture programs so that people living in the city of Chicago, for example, who hear over and over ``Illinois is an agricultural State'' but…

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

And when you say ``Depression-era programs,'' are you literally talking about the 1930s?

So if we fail to come together on a bipartisan basis before the end of the year, that is the reality that will be faced by the new administration?

Well, currently, under the Senate schedule which we have been told, we literally have until a little past the middle of next month to do our business.

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…

when many people think of Chicago, they think of Irish culture. Chicago's Irish American community is a thriving, invaluable part of the city. And no person represented the rich marriage of cultures more than my friend Billy Lawless. So…

in the Jewish faith, there is a central concept known as ``tikkun olam.'' Literally translated, it means ``world repair,'' and it has come to represent many Jewish individuals' commitment to bettering the world around them. While I do not…

I am going to be brief because I know Members will be coming in here very shortly for the vote. It has been an honor to serve as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 4 years. We had a big job. The biggest assignment was filling…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Hawley to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Judge Hawley's significant courtroom experience--as both a public defender and as a magistrate…

I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 257 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet…

I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the rollcall vote starts. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.