I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Combs nomination?

this weekend another community was torn apart by gun violence. Once again, politicians do what so many politicians in this body do. They offer thoughts and prayers to the people of Virginia Beach, and then they move on. It is tragic, and…

there was an article in the paper today telling us something that surprises nobody in this Chamber, really, on either side, surveying the tax packages, the proposals from Democrats and Republicans, and making the contrast, and it said the…

this month I join Senator Grassley of Iowa and a bipartisan group of my colleagues to recognize May as National Foster Care Month. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the millions of foster parents and children in foster care around the…

I rise today to honor a member of my staff, Seth Pringle, who has dedicated his life to serving his country and the people of Ohio. Not only does Seth serve the people of Ohio each day on our staff, helping Ohio servicemembers and…

over the past couple of months, we have seen State legislatures around the country taking drastic, unconstitutional steps to insert themselves into personal, private healthcare decisions that should be--and have been in the past--between a…

each year during National Police Week we honor our law enforcement officers and the families who support them and sacrifice alongside them. It is so important to remember that, as much as the sacrifice of the officer or the man or woman…

I ask unanimous consent for 3 minutes to address the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

the Senate is finally holding long overdue votes on nominees to the Export-Import Bank of the United States. To me, this is about Ohio businesses; this is about American workers; and this is about the dignity of work. All three of these…

I will be brief. I see my colleague from Tennessee is here. Earlier this afternoon, the President's designee, Stephen Moore--not quite yet his nominee, but the President put his name out there to be a Governor of the Federal…

I rise today to honor the career of my longtime chief of staff, staff director of the Democratic staff on the Senate Banking Committee, former staff director for Republicans on the HELP Committee, and my good friend Mark Powden. Mark is…

Thank you, and thanks for the kind introduction, Congresswoman Hartzler, and everything that you do for the folks in the 4th District of Missouri.

over the past few weeks, we have learned more and more about the President's pick, Stephen Moore, for the Federal Reserve. We now know he has made all kinds of offensive, disparaging comments about women, even about women who play sports…

I rise today to honor the career of Diana Milete. Diana has spent her life in public service and has made a difference in the lives of tens of thousands of Ohioans. Diana came to my congressional office when I was very first elected to the…

today on the other side of this building, the CEOs of the biggest Wall Street banks face tough questions about the way their banks have scammed and broken laws and gotten away with it, as every American knows. Our Banking Committee staff…

we lost an American hero today--the last in the line of heroes that will I explain in a moment. He was Ohio native Lt. Col. Richard Cole, and he was the last of the fabled Doolittle Raiders. In the spring of 1942, the Nation was reeling…

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in opposition to the nomination of Mark Calabria. He is the wrong man for this job. Sometimes I kind of can't believe this place. I see these people. I see the President of the United States, who never…

as you know and as we know, our Nation is facing an affordable housing crisis. Right now, we are considering the nomination of someone who will have the power to do something about it--Mark Calabria, the President's nominee to spend the…

last month, the courts once again stepped in and allowed politicians to meddle in women's healthcare. Last month the courts once again stepped in. Unelected judges--unelected, conservative, mostly male judges--stepped in and allowed…

last week the dedicated journalists at the Cincinnati Enquirer published the first in a series of reports on the Ohioans left behind by the economic recovery. This is a big project that seven reporters, three editors, photographers, and…

I join my friend and colleague, Senator Portman, in rising to recognize the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the giants of American religious life, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise. Rabbi Wise adopted Ohio as his home and is recognized as…

I concur with the comments of my friend from Montana. I know what this President wants to potentially do to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and to the air bases in Springfield, in my hometown of Mansfield, in Youngstown, and in Toledo…

This issue today we are about to vote on is about Eric Murphy. It is about confirming a very young, very inexperienced lawyer in Cleveland whose claim to fame is that he argued against marriage equality in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges…

I appreciate Senator Isakson's work as the leader of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, his bipartisan work to advance the causes of veterans in our country. I was in Columbia, SC, last week, and a veteran who had attempted suicide seven…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.