I rise today to seek unanimous consent for eight to nine nominees to critical State Department posts. Each of them moved through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with bipartisan support, and the only reason the Senate has not…

It is disingenuous to suggest that this can all happen by the majority leader and 60 votes. There were no calls when Republicans controlled this Chamber for votes on each and every nominee. On the contrary, as the leader said, large…

Well, our Republican colleagues successfully repealed the CFPB's arbitration rule. Student borrowers have little recourse if industry chooses to force them into higher reference rates.

I do hope that the agency will be more responsive because I got nothing under Director Kraninger for all the years she was there.

In fairness, however, the institutional, budgetary, and morale problems of the department are the result of many years, multiple administrations, and, yes, congressional action and inaction as well.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

As I documented in a committee report last year, 'Diplomacy in Crisis,' the last Administration's repeated assault on State Department personnel, management, and resources were, in my view, unconscionable and dangerous for long-term U.S…

I think there is now broad and bipartisan consensus that we have reached a crisis point, and there is a bipartisan desire to address the core structural and resource issues that have too long plagued the Department.

There is nothing I take more seriously than the health and security of U.S. Government personnel and their family members.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the vote that was scheduled for 2:30 occur immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.