I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.

I call up my amendment No. 1841, as modified, and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] proposes an amendment numbered…

Throughout our history and certainly since 9/11, we have been focused on a challenge: Can we keep America safe and still honor our Constitution? I have been engaged in this debate for quite a few years, and I continue with it this evening…

I ask unanimous consent that Scott Chamberlain, a fellow on the Senate Judiciary Committee, be granted floor privileges until May 16, 2024. 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. 4187 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I want to thank my colleague from Texas. Though we may disagree on some aspects of this important law, once again he has made a professional and thorough presentation of his point of view. I hope that those who are following this debate…

for the past year, the Senate has engaged in a serious, bipartisan effort to reform a controversial spying authority known as section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. I have never questioned that section 702 is a…

I would like to thank my colleague from Texas and say to those who have witnessed this: This came dangerously close to an actual debate on the Senate floor--a bipartisan debate-- that happens so seldom that those who witness it should…

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. 4164 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Well, I hope I understand the Senator's position as well because I think we just reached a point of agreement. The question is, where do we go from here? If the foreigner names an American citizen, that is incidental. If our Agency of…

May 1 will mark the beginning of Older Americans Month, a time to honor the many contributions our seniors make to our communities. In honor of Older Americans Month, I would like to congratulate Illinois' 13 area agencies on…

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. 4150 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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. 4150 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Ramona Villagomez Manglona to the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Judge Manglona was born in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands--CNMI. She received a B.A. from…

We've lost John McCain, Ted Kennedy, and Bo Biden to glioblastoma, and I'm hoping even at Northwestern University, where there's some research breakthroughs that we can find a way to treat this malady in a more effective way.

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 128 Ex.] YEAS--50 Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…

I'm not going to take a penny away from the Pentagon, but for God's sake, NIH is doing things which are going to save as many lives as anybody at work in the Pentagon.

I commend to my colleagues the theory that this is National Security. This is National Defense.

I applaud the Department for taking steps to offer group borrower defense discharge to students.

I applaud the Department for taking steps to offer group borrower defense discharge to students.

I'm not going to take a penny away from the Pentagon, but for God's sake, NIH is doing things which are going to save as many lives as anybody at work in the Pentagon.

We've lost John McCain, Ted Kennedy, and Bo Biden to glioblastoma, and I'm hoping even at Northwestern University, where there's some research breakthroughs that we can find a way to treat this malady in a more effective way.

I commend to my colleagues the theory that this is National Security. This is National Defense.

I commend to my colleagues the theory that this is National Security. This is National Defense.

I applaud the Department for taking steps to offer group borrower defense discharge to students.