Thank you, Madam President. I thank my good friend, the Senator from Pennsylvania. I yield the floor. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res 29, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 32, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative…

pursuant to the provisions of S. Res 27, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res 28, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. A resolution (S…

I thank the Republican leader for those assurances and for his cooperation in reaching agreement on the organizing resolution and the understandings we have just described. I look forward to working with him and all Senators to address the…

I am happy to report this morning that the leadership of both parties have finalized the organizing resolution for the Senate. We will pass the resolution through the Senate today, which means that committees can promptly set up and get to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 27, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 30, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, February 4; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Senate Democrats are not going to waste any time taking on the biggest challenges facing our country and our planet. It’s long past time for the Senate to take a leading role in combating the existential threat of our time, climate…

The Book of Matthew reminds us blessed are the peacekeepers for they shall be called the children of God. Brian was a peacekeeper who loved his dogs and his girlfriend Sandra and his family and the New Jersey Devils. He was caught in the…

We want to do it bipartisan, but we must be strong. We cannot dawdle, we cannot delay, we cannot dilute. We are united as one for a big, bold package, working with our Republican friends when we can.

on COVID-19, even as we continue to confirm President Biden's nominees, the Senate will turn this week to the historic task of preparing a rescue package to lift our country out of the depths of the awful COVID-19 pandemic and set our…

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 9:21 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 3, at 9 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 25, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

we all know of the crisis in America-- the greatest economic crisis in 75 years since the New Deal, the greatest healthcare crisis in 100 years since the Spanish pandemic flu. Americans are suffering and hurting, losing jobs, businesses…

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

the Capitol attack on January 6 unleashed many, many horrors, but it also revealed many heroes. One such hero was Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a New Jersey native, an Air Force National Guard veteran, and a 12-year member of the…

on another matter entirely, the Senate, this week, will continue confirming President Biden's Cabinet nominees, closing the book today on the nomination of Alexander Mayorkas to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Mr. Mayorkas's…

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…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 23. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9 a.m., Wednesday, February 3; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

He said that he told Senate Republicans that the $600 billion that they proposed was way too small. I think it is his belief, it is Secretary Yellen's belief, it is our belief. If we did a package that small, we'd be mired in the COVID…

I often say that only two percent of Americans that farm provide for the other 98 percent of Americans, and they do it without a lot of appreciation.