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. 3991 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Edward Kiel to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Born in Daegu, South Korea, Judge Kiel received both his B.S.E.E. and B.A. from Rutgers University, and his J.D. from Notre Dame…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3997 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Eumi K. Lee to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Lee received her B.A. from Pomona College and her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center…

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. 3991 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Nicole Berner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. After receiving her B.A., M.P.P., and J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Ms. Berner clerked for the Hon. Betty Binns…

I rise again today to discuss an issue that I have been working on for more than 20 years: the ongoing uncertainty and plight facing America's Dreamers. It was a little over 20 years ago when my office in Chicago got a telephone call…

in just a few weeks, an important but controversial surveillance authority, known as section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, will expire. This extraordinary authority was initially presented to Congress as a temporary…

I ask unanimous consent that the following law clerks of the Senate Judiciary Committee be granted floor privileges until March 21, 2024: Casey Adams, Hannah Auten, Anna Pollard, and Patrick Reyes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

reserving the right to object, the death of Laken Riley was a horrible crime--horrible crime--and a heartbreaking loss. This 22-year-old American nursing student at Augusta University in Georgia, I am certain, would have made America a…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Jasmine Hyejung Yoon to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Ms. Yoon received her B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from the University of…

I rise to speak on the confirmation of Judge Sunil Harjani to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. After receiving his undergraduate degree and law degree from Northwestern University, Judge Harjani began his…

we all know it is Women's History Month; and though this work should be done year round, during March especially, we focus on policies that improve the lives of women in America, including the lives of women veterans. For most of America's…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Melissa DuBose to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Born in Providence, RI, Judge DuBose received her B.A. from Providence College and served as a teacher in Rhode Island…

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 88 Ex.] YEAS--53 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell Cardin…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 89 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are…

is there any time remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is expired. Vote on Motion to Concur with Amendment No. 1623 The question is on agreeing to the Lee motion to concur with amendment No. 1623.

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

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

the Lee amendment has such good language that it is already in law. The Justice Manual already establishes a standard with virtually verbatim language as in the Lee amendment. Furthermore, the Justice Manual reflects the express…

I have an extraordinary responsibility as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee--important legislation and, probably more important, the filling of vacancies in our Federal judiciary. Under article III of our Constitution, we create…