I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have 13 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I rise for the sixth time to call for this entire body to have the opportunity to consider and cast their votes on the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. This commonsense reform would ensure that people in the…

We've heard testimony over the last several months about how we can recruit and retain the best Intelligence Community members.

I first want to talk to Ms. Abizaid. You are a bit of a first, so I want to congratulate you.

We want to introduce this idea of public service earlier in people's careers.

One of my concerns is that--what should we say--the landscape on which we are playing today tends to be the United States infrastructure.

I rise to ask that the Senate be given the chance to consider and vote on the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. Before I discuss the bill, I would like to first acknowledge that we have just returned from Memorial…

while the chairman does agree that the serious crime of sexual assault should be taken out of the chain of command, our bill requests and requires that all serious crimes be taken out of the chain of command because of the existence of…

I think waiting any longer for Republicans to do the right thing is a misstep. I would go forward. I would offer -- President Biden has a huge, bold agenda of so much he wants to do for the economy and the American people. Democrats should…

I rise today to once again ask that every Senator have a chance to consider and cast their vote on the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. This bill would ensure that when crimes are committed in our military…

I would like to actually give some information to the chairman about what these other nations' leaders have actually said about this issue. Major General Blaise Cathcart, advocate general of the Canadian Armed Forces, wrote: The 1999…

I rise to once again call for this entire body to have the opportunity to consider the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, which would ensure people in the military who have been subjected to sexual assault and…

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1520 and the Senate proceed to…

I yield back all time, and I support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Vote on Amendment No. 1973

I continue to advocate for the ability of this body to vote up or down on this bill. This is an important moment in our Nation's history. This is a generational change whose time has come. Previously, when such important reforms were…

I rise tonight to once again call for this entire body to have the opportunity to consider the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. This would ensure that people in the military who have been subjected to sexual…

one of the concerns I have is that we have been studying this issue and debating this issue for years. We have had several floor debates. We had two floor debates because we only got to vote on it twice. Both times, we had the majority of…

I would simply state that we have already established that this is something that should become law. We already have 63 Senators on a bipartisan basis supporting this reform. This is not something that is new to the committee. We have been…

well, I just want to respond to my colleagues and chairman and ranking member. While I am extremely grateful for their leadership and their willingness to review and take on the IRC recommendations, the IRC recommendations are limited. It…

I rise today to address the need to reform our military justice system. Just this month, the Department of Defense released its annual report on sexual assault in the military. That report and more than a decade of data on sexual assault…

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S…

Absolutely not. Because we might lose our coalition for human infrastructure.

I do not think the White House should relegate recovery to the judgment of Mitch McConnell because he will not function in good faith.

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