there is a pamphlet that is circulated to tourists and students alike entitled ``How Laws Are Made,'' and it tells the basic process under our Federal Constitution for enacting legislation. It talks about committee hearings; it talks about…

this is a serious topic. To rush through it in a matter of minutes is unfair. More time should be devoted to it, but I am going to do my best in a short period of time to be very direct. My first direction is, to anyone following this…

throughout our Nation's history, election season has brought out the dark side of politics. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson infamously waged smear campaigns against each other during the election of 1800. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

on behalf of the majority leader, I ask the Chair to execute the order from yesterday with respect to the confirmation vote on the Costello nomination.

today the Senate will vote to confirm Mary Kay Costello to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. From 1986 to 1994, Ms. Costello served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. She then earned her B.A. from…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 700. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The bill clerk…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, September 17, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), are necessarily absent.

like many Americans yesterday afternoon, I heard reports of what Federal law enforcement is investigating as a possible assassination attempt on former President Trump while he was golfing in Florida. Thankfully, the former President was…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Kevin Ritz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Ritz grew up in Memphis and received his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Virginia, his M.S. from the Georgetown…

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. 5040 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

there was a time not that long ago when families had a similar challenge across America: what to do with mom and dad. At that time, there wasn't much to turn to. If you were fortunate, your parents, during the course of their lifetime…

today the Senate will vote to confirm Laura Provinzino to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Born in St. Cloud, MN, Ms. Provinzino received her B.A. from Lewis & Clark College, her B.A. from Oxford University as a…

Did you hear that? The Department of Justice is too partisan. The Department of Justice is too partisan. It is interesting to note that two of the prosecutions of Donald Trump are not even starting at the Department of Justice. They come…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Ms. Mary Kay Lanthier to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Born in Orwell, VT, Ms. Lanthier earned her B.A. at Amherst College in 1993 and her J.D. from Northeastern University…

I watched the debate last night. It was memorable. It was not a good evening for the former President of the United States. I have had more than one person tell me that the people who were watching laughed out loud when he started his rant…

I rise today to discuss the confirmation of four pending U.S. attorney nominations. Currently, in the United States, we have 85 U.S. attorneys. There are several from my State, and depending on your population, it really indicates how many…

I have served on the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than two decades. During that time, I have evaluated and voted on more than 1,000 judicial nominees in the committee and on the Senate floor. I now serve as the chair of the…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to the U.S. District Court for District of Maryland. Judge Adam Abelson's experience in the courtroom--as a litigator and on the bench--has prepared him to serve as…

today the Senate will vote to confirm Jeannette Vargas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A highly skilled litigator, Ms. Vargas is a dedicated public servant who will be an asset to the Federal bench. A…

have you ever seen an ad for a pharmaceutical's prescription drugs on television? If the answer is no, then I would suggest you don't own a television, because literally every single day we are bombarded with ads for pharmaceuticals. And…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Butler) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

it was over 20 years ago when I was a Member of the House of Representatives that one of my colleagues Mike Synar, then a Congressman from Oklahoma, asked me if I would like to join him on a trip. I said: Where do you want to go, Mike? I'm…