Ask Susan Collins. She put some of those on the Supreme Court.

It's not good for anybody. It's not good for the country.

A convicted felon pardoning another convicted felon?

What we don't know ... whether or not the helicopter actually had their ADSP-out turned on. It sounds like it might not have been turned on, but the Army was very clear that the equipment was actually is installed in the aircraft.

how am I recorded? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.

after hours and hours of arguments by my Democratic colleagues--not that I woke up this morning with the desire to hear my own voice on the Senate floor--I am here because decades before I ever considered a career in politics, when I was…

on behalf of our brave men and women in uniform and their families and all Federal employees, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will continue…

Because it's home. This is their home. This is their ancestors' home. It's where, you know, they're part of -- they're part of the land.

I mean, it was absolutely outrageous. It's -- it's coming. It's falling on, on ears that have been really hearing all these, you know, hopes for a cease and for rebuilding and for this to come after a year and a half of bombing and…

Well, let me answer that second question first, and I'm going to do it by quoting Ronald Reagan. And he said, and I quote, 'The ultimate importance to the United States of our security and development assistance programs cannot be…

I am deeply, deeply disappointed in Marco Rubio.

We are going to have a humanitarian crisis on our hands as a result of this funding cut.

The only way that we can fight back is through unity in our action.

Yes, the Democratic Party, yes, Democrats are going to be leading the fight on this.

I'm glad there are at least three Republicans who have put the well-being of our nation above themselves.

Joni Ernst received so many threats and attacks outright, you know, threatening her, saying that they would primary her all the way through to threats against her own security.

It's a sad day for our nation, I fear for the military. I fear for our national security.

in these serious times, we need a serious candidate to lead our military. We need someone with merit to lead our meritocracy, someone with moral strength to be in charge of protecting our national strength. For all these reasons and quite…

I ask unanimous consent to display a framed item during my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nomination of Peter B. Hegseth

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to concur.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll. (Mr. HELMY assumed the Chair.)

I ask that the scheduled vote commence immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor today to speak on the bill that recently failed, despite my colleagues' assertion that they support access to in vitro fertilization for all Americans. You know, this morning I was able to pack my daughters' lunchboxes…

I rise today to speak in support of my bill to protect IVF. Elissa Smith was living in Alabama when she heard the news this past February. She had been pregnant a few years earlier, but it had left her with scars, both emotionally and…

today I wish to recognize LTC Joshua S. Koncar, U.S. Army, for his outstanding work on behalf of the people of Illinois and the Nation. Lieutenant Colonel Koncar served as a 2021 Department of Defense legislative fellow in my Washington…