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Ben Sasse is an American politician and academic who has served as the junior United States Senator from Nebraska since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Sasse has focused on various issues during his tenure, including healthcare, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. He has been an advocate for competitive integrated employment, emphasizing the importance of fair wages for people with disabilities. Sasse has also been involved in bipartisan efforts to address these challenges in the workforce.
The Senator from Maryland was first. I have 40 seconds to comment, but thank you. I respect the Senator from Virginia, but I would like to note for the Record, as somebody who spent a lot of time in the working group under Senator Scott's…
I further ask that the committee-reported substitute be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The…
if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:31 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at 10 a.m…
I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 23; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 342, S. 327. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 327) to amend the…
I want to start by saying thank you to my friend from South Carolina--Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee spoke, but I mean my desk mate, Senator Scott from South Carolina--not only for his leadership and hard work and the…
I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…
I had not planned to make a floor speech right now, but I wanted to commend you on both your legislation and on an important point that I think you enumerated both for this body and for the Americans watching. First of all, good piece of…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
I call up amendment No. 1577 and ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment will be reported by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…
I would say very briefly that I appreciate the comments from the Senator from Illinois explaining his position. It seems to me that from where he started, he should actually be supporting the amendment, and then we should figure out what…
I just listened to the speech by the Senator from Vermont. There is obviously a lot we don't agree on in life and policy, politics, and economics. He caricatured the entire purpose of this amendment tonight. The purpose of this amendment…
as Senator Tim Scott just said and as Rick Scott and Lindsey Graham just said, this amendment is really, really simple. All we are trying to say is that we should help everyone who needs to be helped without accidentally creating a…
We were agreeing for a while, but I think it is pretty important here to underscore that your math isn't real. The reality is that in lots and lots and lots of States in the country, where people are earning $12 or $13 or $14 or $15 an…
I don't think that any of us think that a math debate is the most productive way to spend our time in the Senate, but just so we are all talking on the same song sheet: $400 a week, add $600, is $1,000 a week. Divided by a 40-hour week…
OK. That is a helpful clarification. The Senator was saying a lot of different things, and I thought he was arguing for a UPI of 14 grand. I just wanted to clarify that point. The Senator believes a lot of things very differently than I…
my chairman on the Finance Committee, Chairman Grassley, who just left the floor, called me a scholar, and I think he meant it as a compliment, but it doesn't feel like that today. It actually feels like the fact that I have been reading…
I want to be clear. This negotiation has been messy. There is lots and lots in this bill that I don't like. There is lots in this bill that is also critically important and urgent for the American people. There are a bunch of things in…
we are in the midst of two crises at once--one health-related and one economic. I tend to think that the prudent path forward on the health front is that even as we hope for the best, we should continue planning for the worst. If this…
in reserving the right to object and in turning this all the way around, we have an objection to an objection to an objection, but let me just agree to the last point my colleague from Illinois made. I think it would be great if this…
this afternoon, we are going to vote on the simplest bill in the history of the U.S. Senate. It is the simplest bill we have ever considered here. It says that if a newborn baby survives an abortion, she deserves medical care. That is the…
reserving the right to object, I would like to address Senator Durbin's comments and his unanimous consent request through the Chair. First, I am glad the Senator from Illinois wants to reduce infant mortality rates and wants to reduce…
just for the record and just so we all have it clear, the Senator talks about infanticide, and he is right. Active infanticide is illegal under Federal law as there are no crimes for it in half of the States. More fundamentally, what the…
Thank you, Senator Daines of Montana and Senator Ernst of Iowa. I know Senator Braun is going to be here shortly. I want to speak about both pieces of legislation we are going to be considering tomorrow. Both of them are very important to…
I ask unanimous consent to introduce into the Senate Record and into the impeachment trial record an op-ed that I wrote in the Omaha World-Herald this morning. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record…
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