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…

For the information of the Senate, there will be two votes at 11:30 a.m., two votes at 2:15 p.m., and two votes at 5:15 p.m. ____________________

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 6:50 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 10 a.m…

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

So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 322, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as…

I ask unanimous consent that the Cruz substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to; 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. The…

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. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1608)…

I further ask that the Peters amendment, which is at the desk, 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…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 260. 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…

Thank you, Leader McConnell. I ask for the yeas and nays on final passage of the NDAA. Cloture Motions Withdrawn The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the cloture motions are withdrawn. Amendment Withdrawn The amendment (No…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be considered and agreed to; that the Peters amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed…

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 11:05 p.m., adjourned until Friday, July 28, 2023, at 11:45 a.m…

I now turn to Leader McConnell. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I want to associate myself with the remarks of the majority leader. Everybody on this side of the aisle feels exactly the same way…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), are necessarily absent.

for the information of the Members, we are getting very close to locking down a final agreement, which will allow us to vote on a number of things, including the managers' amendments and final passage this evening. We are still waiting for…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) are necessarily absent.

I ask unanimous consent that this vote be 10 minutes, that subsequent votes be 10 minutes, and that we all hang around and get the job done.

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 204 Leg.] YEAS--50 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 11, nays 88, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 203 Leg.] YEAS--11 Baldwin Markey Merkley Murphy Paul Sanders Smith Van Hollen Warren…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 96, nays 3, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 202 Leg.] YEAS--96 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Booker Boozman Braun…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 2226, as passed by the Senate, be printed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to; that the preambles, where applicable, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 255. 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 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…