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 senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, November 2, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 36. 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 senior…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations: all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc; that the motions to…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 372. 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 senior…

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 senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

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 senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 28. 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 senior…

for months--for months--over 300 general and flag officer nominations have been indefinitely delayed because of the holds of the senior Senator from Alabama, and the consequences are mounting. As war continues in the Middle East, the…

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 senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 38. 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 senior…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 340) to impose…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I further ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment to the concurrent resolution be withdrawn; that the Cardin substitute amendment at the desk to the concurrent resolution be agreed to; that the concurrent resolution, as…

I further ask that the committee-reported amendment be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no…

I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 1361) was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: To improve the bill) Strike…

I, finally, ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S5336, November 2, 2023, second column, the following appears: The bill (S…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill, as amended? The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill, as amended, pass? The bill (S. 499), as…

I am proud to say that today the Senate becomes the first Chamber in Congress to pass bipartisan, responsible appropriations bills: MILCON-VA, Agriculture, and Transportation-HUD. These bipartisan bills deliver big wins for America's…

so last night, I filed cloture on President Biden's nominees to serve as Chief of Naval Operations and Chief of Staff to the Air Force, the remaining vacancies on the Joint Chiefs of Staff which we said we would fill. We will move on these…

I ask unanimous consent that the 60- affirmative vote threshold for the adoption of the substitute amendment, No. 1092, as amended, be withdrawn. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I know of no further debate on the substitute amendment. Vote on Amendment No. 1092 The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the amendment, No. 1092, as amended. The amendment (No. 1092) in the…

Now, Mr. President, on the business of today, today the Senate Appropriations Committee hears testimony from the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State on President Biden's emergency supplemental request, sent to Congress to…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, October 31, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…