First, Mr. President, it was good when I walked in--it felt really good when I walked in a few hours ago as we were voting, and I saw Mr. Carper, Senator Carper, the chairman of the EPW Committee, sitting here and Senator Capito, the…

at the start of the year, the Senate Democrats pledged that one of our top priorities would be tackling climate change. I directed all of our incoming committee chairs to hold hearings and prepare legislation on the climate crisis. I…

now, as we approach the 100-day mark of this new Congress, the Senate is about to take its first major step in fighting climate change. In a moment, the Senate will vote on reinstating commonsense rules to reduce methane emissions. It will…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 48, S.J. Res. 14, the methane CRA. 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 joint…

today, the Senate will take up a series of votes to confirm three highly qualified nominees to the Biden administration: Jason Miller for Deputy OMB Director, Janet McCabe for Deputy EPA Administrator, and Colin Kahl for Under Secretary of…

now on nominees, yesterday, I highlighted a number of accomplishments the Senate Democrat majority made during the first hundred days of the Biden administration. Thanks primarily to the American Rescue Plan, the most sweeping Federal…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is correct. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

The biggest leverage we have first is the merits. This is not what a democracy does.

Tonight is a great night. First, we’re going to have President Biden, not President Trump sitting there, someone who’s interested in the truth, who’s interested in improving the lives of the poor and the middle class.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is here to talk with us about Biden's address tonight, voting rights, policing reform, infrastructure -- you name it.

Failure is not an option. Voting is too sacred. And everything will be on the table to get it done.

The man in charge of confronting Republican obstruction and getting that legislative agenda through the Senate is Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

He’s going to propose a big, bold plan to help America dealing with traditional infrastructure, dealing with green infrastructure, but also dealing with human infrastructure.

Voting rights is fundamental to our society. What these Republican legislatures are doing is despicable.

Tonight is a great night. First, we`re going to have President Biden, not President Trump sitting there, someone who`s interested in the truth, who`s interested in improving the lives of the poor and the middle class.

He`s going to propose a big, bold plan to help America dealing with traditional infrastructure, dealing with green infrastructure, but also dealing with human infrastructure.

In order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceedings. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will now be placed on the calendar.

... any organic business--a farm, a small business, and frankly a large business--that would have to be broken up because of the extent of the tax should not be. A business is an ongoing organism. It employs sometimes 10 people and…

I thank my good friend--our Senate pro tempore, our chairman of Appropriations, our longtime chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary, who has done a lot on patent work, et cetera--for his graciousness.

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 bill clerk read as follows Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, April 26, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

. . . any organic business--a farm, a small business, and frankly a large business--that would have to be broken up because of the extent of the tax should not be.

Senate Majority Leader Schumer has stated, with regard to the estate tax '...any organic business--a farm, a small business, and frankly a large business--that would have to be broken up because of the extent of the tax should not be.'

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 61. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The bill clerk read the…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 68. 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…