Mr. President, I rise to talk about the inclusion of critical protections for renters in the bill before us today. These include $25 billion in emergency rental assistance and an extension of the Centers for Disease Control and…

Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 2827), as…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss S. 2827, the African-American Burial Grounds Network Act, introduced by Senator Alexander from Tennessee and me. We know that for too long and in too many parts of our country, Black families were…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Brown substitute amendment be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2721) in the…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the title amendment be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The title amendment (No. 2722) was agreed…

Madam President, another Congress is ending, a President's term is coming to a close, and, yet again, this Senate, the President, Washington have failed to address the pension crisis facing far too many workers. The American people are…

I agree and agree to work with Chairman Crapo and with his successor as Banking Committee chairman, with Senator Grassley, and with appropriate administration officials consistent with that intent. I share the desire to ensure that…

Mr. President, this spring, I was talking with a grocery store worker in Ohio, who told me: ``They call me essential, but I feel expendable.'' That grocery store worker and thousands of others who are on the frontlines of this pandemic…

Mr. President, I would restate my request, whenever I come to the floor, that the Presiding Officer wear a mask because he has people sitting in front of him that could be at risk. Remembering Paul Sarbanes Mr. President, this weekend, we…

Mr. President, I always appreciate the persistence and integrity and intellectual vigor of Senator Whitehouse's comments on the floor talking about climate and talking about the corruption of big money and climate politics and climate…

Mr. President, the American people sent a clear message in this election. They want us to get to work to empower people with a plan to fight this virus and to get people back to work, back to school, and back to their lives. They gave…