Ninety percent of success in life is showing up. We could have stopped those 18 votes after that first vote if we had shown up that day.

We'll look at the Legality of it. But the outcome that's getting 'the how,' maybe there are some questions about 'the how,' but 'the what' of getting USAID focused on its core originating mission is critically important. I think President…

this week has been interesting, as I have seen from some of my friends on the other side of the aisle, a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and all the horrible things that are going to come before us. And it reminded me of a book that I…

It may not work out the way he envisioned it.

if [Musk] has access to private data, I would be concerned given he's not an official member of the government.

I come to the floor today to share a little bit of maybe a reflection on the pardons of last week. Part of the reason why I do, after the President issued the pardons for all of the January 6 protesters, I had a friend of mine call me up…

I have tried to and continue to track down before his confirmation vote any sort of lead with people that would speak to me, and they all had one thing in common up to this point, and none of them could provide me with firsthand…

this weekend, I was thinking about all of the criticism President Trump is receiving right now from some in the liberal media and from some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle as they kind of look down their necks with: I am…

I rise today to honor the service and sacrifice of Greensboro Police Officer Michael Horan. On Monday, December 23--2 days before Christmas--Officer Horan was the first officer to respond to a call of a man with a firearm at a Food Lion…

as we start the 119th Congress, my colleague from North Carolina, who is currently presiding--I think we both agree that we want to emphasize that Congress has a role in supporting and protecting our law enforcement officers across this…

I just wanted to get up and explain why I will be voting against the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act a little bit later tonight. I am going to try to keep the volume down and maybe the frustration down a little bit more tonight…

I ask unanimous consent that any Members or staff in the Chamber at this time be allowed to applaud for a period of up to 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (Applause.) The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Carolina. Social Security Fairness Act

I come to the floor to talk about the vote that we are about to move to here shortly. It sounds like motherhood and apple pie--the Social Security Fairness Act. Who could be against Social Security fairness? The fact of the matter is, the…

And that the vote occur immediately. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Marzano nomination be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes, followed by Senator Thune for up to 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am going to be brief because you don't want to stand in the way of the majority leader-elect. I come to the floor today because at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the house chamber in Raleigh, there is a veto-override. There was a veto by…

my folks were wondering why I am sitting so close to Mitt Romney. He and I are seat mates. These are our assigned seats. I told Mitt that I had not prepared a single comment, but I did want to come down and say a few things about him. I…

Now we're just talking about the art of the possible, kind of the metes and bounds of things that we can do quickly, things that will take a longer time, require enabling legislation.

Senator Rounds--I call him Mike--we are good friends. We came into the Senate together in 2014. We got to know each other before we even got here. He is a man of honor, and he is a man of his word. I have no doubt that he would not stand…

reserving the right to object, I want to make this very clear to the members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Tribe: This is not about you. As a matter of fact, I know you have been seeking this for--it has been 100 years…

I rise-- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kentucky has the floor.

I want to understand the effect of the gentleman from Kentucky relinquishing time. Does that mean that I would need to continue debate until the time is over; or at the time that I finish speaking, will we go to a vote?