I ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the effective date) On page 1, line 1, strike, ``two days'' and…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I ask that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 1374 to amendment No. 1373.

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, December 7, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I move to proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. Syria

yesterday morning, Democrats came to the floor of the Senate to try and pass the assault weapons ban and other lifesaving gun safety legislation. Sadly, Republicans stood in the way of the Senate passing lifesaving legislation to get rid…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 410. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative…

first let me thank Chairman Reed of the Armed Services Committee for his great leadership, Ranking Member Wicker, and all the members of the committee and the conferees for their good work in the past few weeks. So, in a few moments, I…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 30, H.R. 815. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to H.R. 815, a bill to amend title 38, United…

I know that the Senator from Alabama wants to speak. Could I ask the Senator from Alabama how long he wants to speak for?

the question before us is simple: Will Senators rise to defend Western democracy, protect our fundamental values, and support our friends abroad fighting for their lives? Are we willing to stand up to autocratic brutes and respond to our…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 25 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further ask consent that the bill be considered read…

tonight is a sad night in the history of the Senate and in our country. Republicans just blocked a very much needed proposal to send funding for Ukraine, funding for Israel, humanitarian aid for innocent civilians in Gaza, and funding for…

later this morning, I will join my Democratic colleagues on the floor to ask unanimous consent to pass the assault weapons ban, among other gun safety legislation. I will have more to say before the unanimous consent request, but right now…

Well, we want to all speak seriatim, and I thought I was going to speak before this.

Thank you. Mr. President, I just heard, unfortunately, our Senator from Wyoming object. Here are the facts: The scourge of gun violence in America is a national crisis. The American people are sick and tired of enduring one mass shooting…

Now, Mr. President, today, hundreds--hundreds--of military families across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. The Senate has now unanimously confirmed hundreds of military nominations that were held up for 10 months by a single…

As for a little housekeeping after that history, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized to speak, followed by Senators Hagerty and Kaine, prior to the recess; further, that all postcloture time be considered expired at 2:15 p.m.; and…

Finally, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

Madam Vice President, today is historic. Vice President Harris has just cast her 32nd tiebreaking vote--the most tiebreakers ever. I join all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, thanking the Vice President for her leadership and…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:58 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I have two 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…

later today, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address Senators through a secured video at our classified briefing on the war in Ukraine. This will be at least the third time President Zelenskyy has addressed Senators since the beginning…

I have the happy duty of asking unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc--it is a lot of numbers, so I will read them slowly for the sake of being transcribed--Calendar Nos. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52…