Would the Senator yield? I have brought an announcement to the floor that will take a brief minute. I don't mean to interrupt.

I just want to put the Members on notice. Later this evening, I will make a motion to adjourn the Senate until after the November election. The Republican majority refused to consider the Supreme Court nominee of a duly elected Democratic…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair, and I move to table the appeal. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to table the appeal.

I ask unanimous consent that the vote on the motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 90 occur at 5:45 p.m. today, with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

I move to proceed to H.J. Res. 90, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to ``Community Reinvestment Act…

because of this illicit process, this rush to judgment, and the worst nomination proceeding of the Supreme Court in American history that has so defiled the Senate, I move to adjourn and to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no…

I want to take a moment to explain to the American people what is happening here on the floor of the Senate. After putting the Senate on pause for over 5 long months, while businesses closed, millions lost their jobs, and hundreds of…

COVID-19 has changed just about every aspect of American life--every aspect. The bottom line is very simple: The way Americans work, the way we send our kids to school, and the way we run our businesses have all changed. COVID has derailed…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4800 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I submit the following notice in writing: In accordance with Rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule XIV, Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, for the purpose of…

our Republican majority refused to consider the Supreme Court nominee of the duly elected Democratic President on the supposed principle that the American people should have a voice in selecting their next Supreme Court Justice. Now they…

last week, the Republican majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded what can only be described as a farcical set of hearings for a Supreme Court nominee. In the midst of a pandemic, when several members of the committee majority…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Minority Leader The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader is recognized. Nomination…

We are pulling our $1.

Well, look, as soon as -- look, if we get the majority in the Senate, and we get a Democratic president, we will be able to pass a bill that really meets --

The bottom line is very, very simple. You can't use the standard you use, if there's debate about it, it's not a super precedent. Roe is super precedent. It's been established. It's been part of the law of the land for a very long time.

Absolutely right. You hit it before. The right-wing paymasters who want to get rid of the ACA because they don't want to pay taxes, they want to shrink government, the Federalist Society, and the club progressive, they want to drown the…

Well, the Speaker is right. First of all, the 1.8 is not really the 1.8 that meets America's needs, as she said. It contains all sorts of giveaways so the President can just give away money and leaves out huge numbers of things that are…

Do you leave out the kids who aren't getting fed which may not be in their bill? Do you leave out the people who are being evicted from their homes, which may not be in the bill? Do you leave out the restaurants that is shutting down and…

Yes, I thought Sheldon Whitehouse's presentation was so powerful. What it showed was for 30 years, there's been a group of hard-right oligarchs who knew that even if they control the elected branches of government, the presidency, the…

Thank you, Madam President. It is as simple as that. Are they with the people who want protection or not, or are they standing with President Trump, who wants to destroy it? It is that simple, because if President Trump and the Republican…

before I get into the subject of this pending vote, I do want to thank my colleagues from Illinois and Connecticut for bringing this important topic before the Senate. President Trump's refusal to condemn violent White supremacist groups…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 551, S. 4653, a bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient…

on another matter, COVID-19, yesterday, the House of Representatives unveiled legislation to provide $2.2 trillion in emergency funding to help the American people in the fight against COVID-19. The proposal includes a number of crucial…

one final matter: Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that President Trump paid $750 in income taxes in 2016 and nothing in 10 of the prior 15 years, largely because he reported losing more money than he made. No New Yorker was…