if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Klobuchar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING…

I have eight 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…

one of the most awful decisions that we have ever had from the Court, taking and twisting the First Amendment into an argument to help special interests.

The DISCLOSE Act, first introduced by Leader Schumer in 2010 and reintroduced by me in every Congress since, will fix this.

Democracy cannot prosper without transparency. I strongly support this legislation so we can safeguard our electoral process and keep the dream of our founders alive in this century.

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 989. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the…

the disease of dark money has spread unchecked like a cancer.

Now we have a Court gone wild.

With Citizens United, that heartbeat flatlined.

American voters alone should have the power to determine our Nation's leaders without fear that their voices will be drowned out by powerful elites or special interests.

Whatever the American people want, the big donor interests now win nearly every time.

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 971. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the…

first, let me thank all of my colleagues for their kind words during my time isolating due to COVID last week. As you can see, I have made a full recovery after experiencing only mild symptoms, thank God. COVID has done incalculable damage…

A healthy democracy is a transparent democracy.

I thank you for your great leadership on this issue.

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, July 18, be waived. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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…

Now, Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. ____________________

the administration needs to do more, need to work with Chuck Schumer to get certain things from Congress at the moment.

I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with…

I know of no further debate on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 676) was agreed to.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 998 through 1030 and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps…

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…

finally, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following dates and times, and that following each pro…