I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 37. 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…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 345, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

I ask to dispense with further reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

we have been working all day to get consent to let us move forward on the minibus. We are not there yet, but we hope we can get there tomorrow. In the meantime, for the information of Senators, we are going to have a vote on the motion to…

for Congress to legislate on artificial intelligence is for to us engage in one of the most complex and important subjects Congress has ever faced. In just a few years, artificial intelligence has grown in complexity, speed, and power…

I will be very brief. I wanted to come to the floor to thank all of my colleagues for coming to the floor and talking about this issue. Our Democratic caucus has been persistent champions in the fight to lower drug costs for Americans. I…

there is one day of the year that for me will always embody what is most admirable and most enduring about the human spirit, and that day is today. Twenty-two years after the towers fell in New York, after a plane crashed into the…

I have five 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 S(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senators Cardin, Lankford, and Lee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. Monday, September 11; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, morning hour be deemed…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 198, H.R. 4366. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S4261, September 7, 2023, second column, the following…

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…

yesterday, Appropriations Chair Patty Murray and Vice Chair Susan Collins announced they are ready to move ahead with the first three appropriations bills here on the Senate floor: MILCON-VA, Agriculture, and Transportation HUD. This is…

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…

now, finally, on AI. Next week the Senate will host one of the most important conversations of the year when the top minds in artificial intelligence convene for our first AI Insight Forum. It will be a meeting unlike any other that we…

nominations, well, it has been a productive first week back here on the Senate floor for nominations. Yesterday, I am proud to say, we confirmed Gwynne Wilcox to a second term on the NLRB, the National Labor Relations Board. I am happy she…

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

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 move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 261. 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…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 124. 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…

now, over the past few months, the Senate appropriations process has been a shining example of how things should work in Washington. These are divided times, in a closely divided Chamber, but, nevertheless, we can summarize the Senate's…

another criminal trial arising out of the events of January 6, 2021, is scheduled to begin on September 13, 2023, in Federal district court in the District of Columbia. The defendant in this case is charged with multiple counts, including…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 327. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…

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

welcome back to you and our great staff, and it is good to be back. Leader McConnell will speak after me here on the floor, and I am glad to see him back and doing well. Mr. President, let me begin by welcoming back all of our Senators…