In order to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 5619, Suicide Prevention Act; H.R. 5572, Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2020; H.R. 4861, Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2020; and…

well, for more than year and a half, Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the House-passed For the People Act at a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways. The For the People Act is a bold…

I just heard the Republican leader say there is no inconsistency between what the Republicans are doing now with Amy Coney Barrett's nomination and what they did with Merrick Garland in 2016. Who would believe that? The contradiction is…

just a few quick points. No. 1, no one is--we are not talking about, and the American people are not about qualifications. We are talking about views on issues. Do the American people want their healthcare taken away from them? Amy Coney…

I have another request. As Americans face job loss, health crises, isolation, and enormous daily stress during the pandemic, the risk of suicide has tragically gone up. The CDC found that since the pandemic began, twice as many Americans…

in accordance with rule XXI, I now move that the Senate go into closed session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a second?

the Republicans, as we all know and as the Nation knows, are running the most partisan, most hypocritical, and least legitimate process in the history of Supreme Court nominations. That is why I suggested the absence of a quorum. We are…

we have just heard a tit-for-tat, convoluted version of history that the majority leader uses to justify steering the Senate toward one of the lowest moments in its long history. Might does not make right. ``You did something wrong, so we…

now, I believe the Senate majority is on the precipice of making a colossal and historic mistake. By rushing this nomination through the Senate only 8 days before a national election, after 50 million Americans have already voted, the…

I move to adjourn and to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted, at 12 noon on the following dates, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate adjourn until the next pro forma session…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S6407, October 23, 2020, second column, the following appears: LEGISLATIVE SESSION -- Motion to Proceed Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I…

I move to recommit the Barrett nomination to the Committee on the Judiciary.

I appeal the ruling of the Chair, and I move to table the appeal.

I ask unanimous consent that the vote occur at 12:59 today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

before I get into the substance of my remarks, I will briefly redress the Republican leader. He came on the floor and, with his typical vitriol, made all kinds of accusations. The bottom line is McConnell is angry. Why? Because we…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The question is on the appeal of the ruling of the Chair. The…

this morning, the Judiciary Committee voted Amy Coney Barrett out in violation of its rules. The rules of the Judiciary Committee say, before you can vote a nominee to the floor, there must be two members of the minority. That has been…

I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered.

by now, the American people know the rank hypocrisy of the Republican majority, who, so many, when Merrick Garland was proposed as a nominee, said we must wait, even though it was 8 months before an election. When Merrick Garland was…

the closer we get to an election, the sillier it gets here in Leader McConnell's Senate. All week, the Republican majority has scheduled stunt votes on supposed COVID relief bills that are all, in reality, designed to fail. Yesterday, the…

Leader McConnell has argued that what the Republican majority is doing by ramming a Supreme Court Justice through the Senate mere days before a national Presidential election is completely normal, that it is perfectly consistent with…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair, I move to table the appeal, and 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 have been ordered. The question…

I make a point of order that it should not be in order to consider a nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States this close to a Presidential election. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is not ripe for decision and is not…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair, and I move to table the appeal. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays.

The majority of Americans say they should wait until next election.