I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 347) to require the Executive…

I further ask that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for the second time on the…

I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, March 2, be waived. ____________________

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there is no further debate on the bill, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 645) was passed as follows: S. 645…

Republicans have been trying mightily to turn ESG into their newest dirty little acronym. They are using the same tired attacks we have heard for a while now--that this is more wokeness, that it is intrusion into the markets, and on and on…

I have to admit I come to the floor sort of confounded. For a long time, my Republican friends prided themselves--prided themselves--for being the party of free markets, the party of small government, the party opposed to injecting…

on Monday evening, reports came out that Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOX News, acknowledged in a deposition that hosts of the network promoted the false narrative that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Asked if he could have stepped in to…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Without objection, it is so ordered. H.J. Res. 30

I ask unanimous consent that the notices of issuance of final regulations from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as…

now on CHIPS and Science. Just 6 months after President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, we are already seeing it pay major--major--dividends for our economy, to the tune of $200 billion in private investments across 16…

now, on the recap of our codel: While meeting last week with leaders in Europe, India, Pakistan, and Israel-- the nine of us on our codel--two takeaways became clear. First, the United States should deepen our relationship with India if we…

now on the SCOTUS oral arguments on student debt. Today, the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments on President Biden's student debt relief plan, a plan that could give tens of millions of Americans a new lease on life. Republicans…

now on to East Palestine. Yesterday, I called on Norfolk Southern's CEO Alan Shaw to come before the Senate and answer questions under oath about the derailment in East Palestine. The accident has been deemed 100 percent preventable. So…

In order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection have been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. ____________________

First, some business, and then I will give my remarks. First, I understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The senior assistant…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 40. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination…

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. 39. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination…

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…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, February 27, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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