Everything I see--you can call it Build Back Better--it looks like it is building back government better.

I left my business to run for Senate because I was fed up with business in DC as usual. Americans are fed up as well. I think the place is broken when it comes to our budgeting process. We don't do them anymore. We are debating a funding…

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 senior assistant bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 53…

Indiana has led the Nation in school choice. And it is something that coming through the pandemic, I think it is clear that parents, again, ought to be the drivers of the equation.

Should the money follow the student, or should it follow the school?

I must tell you, I think that to get the proper input from employers across the Country that we need to be careful there so that we get it right.

I learned so much. And workforce was the No. 1 issue, dwarfing even rural broadband and affordable housing.

This topic is, maybe along with agriculture, one of the most bipartisan discussions I have seen here in the Senate.

to honor the heroism of fallen Corporal Humberto Sanchez, I went to pay my solemn respects on September 13 and 14, 2021, and was not present for votes. Corporal Sanchez was killed in the attack on Kabul airport helping Americans and allies…

It's like we're growing a fraud business here at the federal government.

in the 11th hour, Democrats added a provision in the American Rescue Plan that this body did not have time to vet. Under this provision, if States took the money, they cannot lower their taxes in any way through 2024. Six Federal lawsuits…

No. It is a rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays were previously ordered.

I call up my amendment No. 3114 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Braun] proposes an amendment numbered 3114. The amendment is…

It looks like we`re growing a fraud business, you know, here at the federal government.

I was listening with interest earlier to Senator Durbin and Senator Carper talking about not only the bill in front of us--but I think there is a lot of merit, by the way, to address difficult subjects like infrastructure. And I believe…

If I am confirmed, I will make that a priority to find out what those research groups, to making sure we are addressing those concerns.

It is the most challenging component, not only when you are looking at climate, to make sure you have healthy, growing forests to sequester more CO2.

we need to support our Capitol Police, and we will. We need to repay our National Guard, and we will. We need to protect our allies who kept our troops safe, and we will. Emergencies arise, and the biggest threat to dealing with them, in…

Senate amendment No. 2123 would make new budget authority available for fiscal year 2021. The Senate Committee on Appropriations has not filed its suballocations as required by the Congressional Budget Act. Therefore, I raise a point of…

I think it is amazing how the private sector--I remember early on CDC, FDA kind of maybe arguing about who was going to control the dynamic.

Whatever we do for workers' rights... don't kill the golden goose that has made jobs for union workers possible is a small business.

If you don't have small businesses that are healthy, you are not going to have big businesses.

I am for unions because you need them in places where you are up against a monolith of big business.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

I rise here today to give emphasis to something I think is very important--it has been done basically annually--and that is talking about our Pledge of Allegiance. It is an expression of patriotism and commitment to our great Nation. The…