I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3553, the BRAINS Act, and the Senate proceed to its consideration; that the bill be read a third time and passed; and that the motion to…

will my colleague yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator yield? Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 6429

if I might be recognized to offer my proposal? I have let my friend from Texas respond, but I have the-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator from Texas yield?

Very simply, I heard my colleague from Kentucky say if we agree on something, let's pass it. We do agree on increasing STEM visas. I am offering a proposal that does that and does it in a more fulsome way than the proposal of my friend…

I ask unanimous consent that I be given 1 additional minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Put the bill on the floor, let rank-and-file Republicans vote their conscience, and this bill can pass. In the New York Times today, it was reported that senior aides on the Republican side are considering just such a strategy to give them…

Reserving the right to object, and I will object and explain my objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. OK.

We need help with mitigation. We cannot just rebuild a 108-year-old system and replace it with the parts that existed then.

the MTA is the largest public transportation system in the country. It is the lifeblood of New York.

This one subway station, South Ferry, is going to cost over $500 million, nearly $600 million, to repair.

I want to thank the Ranking Member, Senator Wicker, very much.

We want to make sure that the next storm that occurs--now that we are so much the wiser, Senator Nelson, we want to make sure that we are much more flood-proof.

we have renewed sympathy for the people of Florida and the Gulf Coast who live with these things regularly.

It is good that you are in so many important positions here in this Senate that will have a lot of say in how we deal with this.

the MTA is the lifeblood, as Senator Schumer said, of a $1.4 trillion regional economy

It would be much better to put it under FTA, the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, because they provide grants to states and public transportation systems to protect, repair, and replace equipment that has been damaged by a…

It would be penny-wise and a pound foolish to give LIPA $800 million without helping to harden and modernize an electric grid.

In these times of national crisis, the Federal Government always steps up. It must do so again now.

Congress should focus on helping those in need and rebuilding communities, not on politics.

We can either invest in protections now--or we will pay later.

New York has no choice. We must simultaneously rebuild and adapt to protect against future storms.

The tragic storm was an unfortunate wakeup call for New York that much more must be done by the Federal, State and local governments in our region to protect and fortify our vulnerable infrastructure from future storm surge activity.

This tragic storm was an unfortunate wake-up call for New York that much more must be done.

These are tough times and the support we have received from our colleagues has been exceptional.

I would first like to take this time to thank my colleagues Senator Menendez and Senator Kirk for putting forth a comprehensive plan to arm the administration with the tools they need to put a stop to Iran's rogue nuclear program and for…