I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 5036 to Amendment No. 5035

I ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the effective date) On page 1, line 1, strike ``5'' and insert ``6''…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 5036 to amendment No. 5035. The…

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…

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 7:24 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 2:30 p.m.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 687. 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…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, May 16, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. ____________________

For the information of Senators, the Senate will begin gathering in the Senate Chamber at 10:20 a.m. and depart at 10:35 to proceed as a body to the Hall of the House for the joint meeting. Senators should also expect four rollcall votes…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions: S. Res. 633, S. Res. 634, and S. Res. 635. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. There being no…

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…

I ask unanimous consent that the Rounds-Shaheen substitute 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…

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 (H.R. 4426)…

Fox News and their hosts need to actually stop spreading dangerous ideas like replacement theory on their shows.

Anchors like Tucker Carlson. And in fact, all MAGA Republicans, and all voices of influence across the political spectrum should not just condemn racial violence, not just announced white supremacist views like replacement theory, but…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that President Biden should declare a national emergency to address climate change.

I know this community. Years ago, I worked hard to bring that grocery store to the east side of Buffalo because the community deserved a full-fledged supermarket. It was a much needed oasis in what was then a total food desert.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S.1596, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the…

on one more matter that I would like to address briefly--and I appreciate the indulgence of my friend, the Senator from Illinois, who has waited. On one other subject, I want to begin this week by wishing our colleague and dear friend…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 847. 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…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Duckworth). Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The majority leader is recognized. Buffalo, New York…

Online, the shooter proudly professed himself as a neo-fascist, white supremacist, anti-Semite. His views shared extensively online embraced a dangerous ideology known as, quote, the great replacement, unquote, which asserts that a…

2 days ago, barbarism descended upon the city of Buffalo. At about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, in a predominantly Black neighborhood on Buffalo's east side, a lone gunman, driving from 200 miles away, equipped with an assault rifle, body armor…

In a craven quest for viewers and ratings, organizations like Fox News have spent years perfecting the craft of stoking cultural grievance, and political resentment that eerily mirrors the messages found in replacement theory. If…

The weekend shootings is part of an ugly patter, one that dates to the earliest days of this nation racism has always been and unfortunately still is the poison the poison of America. The original sin of slavery and the decades of racial…