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 ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, May 26, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

In order to place these bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceeding en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objections having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar.

Once again, I support my colleague, the junior Senator from the great Commonwealth of Kentucky. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Now, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now vote on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 717, the nomination of Cathy Ann Harris, as provided under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

It is a unique moment. I fully support Senator Paul in his motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Kentucky.

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration and the Senate proceed to S. Res. 134. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…

I understand there are five bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 3807) to amend…

I know of no further debate on the resolution, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the resolution? Hearing none, the question is on adoption of the resolution, as amended. The resolution (S. Res. 134), as amended…

I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the cloture motion on the Harper, Bagenstos, Huie, Baker, and Hartley nominations, and the Senate vote on confirmation at a time to be determined by the majority leader or his designee, following…

there has been a good agreement--Senator Paul, Senator Stabenow, myself, Senator Murphy, Senator Brown--and so here is what--we are only going to have one more vote because we are vitiating--I think it is six cloture votes. So listen, one…

I ask unanimous consent that the Lee substitute amendment to the resolution be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 5045), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed to, as…

there is a plague--a plague--upon this Nation, a plague of gun violence that has taken over this country. Two weeks ago, that plague claimed the lives of 10 Black Americans who were massacred in broad daylight while shopping at a grocery…

the American people have had to endure two of the worst mass shootings in recent history in just the span of 10 days. One of them happened to be in my home State of New York in the dear city of Buffalo; the other happened yesterday in…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, May 26, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the Jacobs-Young and Loyd nominations; that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired on these and the Gomez nomination, and the…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:17 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 923, Jane Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great…

I just had heard the minority leader say he was sickened by what happened in Uvalde. Tomorrow, we have a bill coming to the floor that addressed the last shooting, the one in Buffalo. Will he join us in allowing a debate and amendments to…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 371, H.R. 350. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 371, H.R. 350, a bill to authorize…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 923. 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…

Please, please, please, damn it. Put yourself in the shoes of these parents for once.

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…

it has become clear over the last few months that too much of the Republican Party has been taken over by MAGA Republicans, who are now dominating the party and Republicans in the Senate, moving the party away from things it has often…

There are some who want this body to quickly vote on sensible gun safety legislation. I`m sympathetic to that. And I believe that accountability votes are important. But, sadly, this isn`t the case of the American people not knowing where…