Chuck Schumer

We'll all be talking, and hopefully we'll have 50 votes.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:28 p.m., adjourned until Monday, August 1, 2022, at 3 p.m. ____________________

Some people here in the Capitol Police believe it would take us several days to secure the building. Do you agree with that analysis?

Giving every member a few days to read the bill. It`s a 700 page bill. And we`ll all be talking hopefully we`ll get 50 votes.

It will include $369 billion for energy security and climate change, making it the most ambitious climate action taken by Congress ever.

I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.

This agreement that we heard about and reported on late this afternoon would include a corporate minimum tax, a 15%, corporate minimum tax, it would also include climate provisions that aim to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:46 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at 10 a.m.

The cloture vote in relation to CHIPS and Science is expected at 11 a.m., for the information of Members. Please be here. ____________________

For the information of the Senate, we expect the cloture vote with respect to the CHIPS and science legislation to occur around 11 o'clock a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26. Cloture Motion

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

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…

Before I begin, I want to say something about the House-passed Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine marriage equality into Federal law, which I fully and strongly support. This legislation is so important. I was really impressed…

Some people here in the Capitol Police believe it would take us several days to secure the building. Do you agree with that analysis?

For the information of the Senate, there will be one rollcall vote at 11:30 a.m., two rollcall votes at 2:30 p.m., and additional rollcall votes later in the day. ____________________

I was gratified, as many of us were on both sides of the aisle, with these large votes--64 votes--for this motion to proceed on to the new bill. It bodes very well that we can get this bill done with a large vote and get it done as quickly…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, July 18, be waived. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Now, Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. ____________________

First, let me thank all of my colleagues for their kind words during my time isolating due to COVID last week. As you can see, I have made a full recovery after experiencing only mild symptoms, thank God. COVID has done incalculable damage…

I thank you for your great leadership on this issue.

Whatever the American people want, the big donor interests now win nearly every time.

One of the most awful decisions that we have ever had from the Court, taking and twisting the First Amendment into an argument to help special interests.

Now we have a Court gone wild.

Democracy cannot prosper without transparency. I strongly support this legislation so we can safeguard our electoral process and keep the dream of our founders alive in this century.

American voters alone should have the power to determine our Nation's leaders without fear that their voices will be drowned out by powerful elites or special interests.