Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be able to conclude my remarks before the vote begins. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, about 50 years ago, William Proxmire rose in this esteemed body and told us about government waste. He called it the Golden Fleece Award. They were studying things like dating and love and what makes love, and we had these…

Mr. President, we may never know whether the pandemic arose from the lab in Wuhan, but we do know that so far no intermediate animal host has been discovered. Thousands of animals at the wet market have been looked at. None of them have…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following interns in my office be granted floor privileges until August, 13, 2021: Daniel Rankin, Chip Wyatt, Jacob Patterson, Nick Lolli, Phil Steinkrauss, Brett Abbott, Esther McGuire, and…

Mr. President, Navy Fireman 2nd Class Martin Daymond Young, born on May 11, 1920, was one of nine children who grew up in a busy household in the tiny Dukes community in Hancock County, KY. His family said their goodbyes when he enlisted…

Mr. President, during Memorial Day weekend in my home community, a fleet of cars will depart a local funeral home and make the 25-mile trip to Merry Oaks United Methodist Church Cemetery in neighboring Smiths Grove, KY. This will be the…

The deficit has gone from $3 trillion last year; it will be $3.5 trillion this year. In Washington, every day is a good day to spend money. Big spenders like to say the Federal Government is no different than a family budget. We have the…

Mr. President, in 2010, Congress passed what is known as pay-go. Pay-go was signed into law and requires that if you want to spend new money, you have to spend for it, hence the name ``pay as you go.'' The idea was that if you wanted to…

I ask unanimous consent to have 1 minute to conclude my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 6 minutes, 3 minutes equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Since the implementation of PPP last April, 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received $80 million in taxpayer funds meant for small business relief. Pursuant to the longstanding affiliation rules, which stipulate that…

Mr. President, on March 18, I voted against the confirmation of Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mr. Becerra has no substantive experience in public health policy, and he has proven himself to be an extremist on…