I have 3 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…

here we are again. It is late September, and the budget work has not been completed yet. It seems terribly familiar to this body, and it is frustrating. It is not as if no one knew September was coming; it was on the calendar. When I first…

There is something happening on Monday that much of the world has missed as well in the Middle East. For a year, there has been a process ongoing to be able to confront Iran. Iran has actively stated they are going to continue to pursue…

a few days ago, Flight 971 took off from Tel Aviv Airport. You may say: Of course the flight took off from Tel Aviv; that happens every day--but not like this flight. You see, Flight 971 took off from Tel Aviv Airport, flew south, directly…

for the past several weeks I have had the opportunity to be able to travel around the great State of Oklahoma. I have literally been from Guymon to Talihina, to Bartlesville, to Lawton to cover as much space as I could and talk to as many…

I have 8 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…

Reclaiming my time, it is a lesson learned because the challenge of the Foreign Relations Committee is that almost nothing has been able to get through--no Ambassadors, no resolutions. Everything is not good enough. Everything is not big…

thousands of radical Islamists rallied on Friday in Northwestern Pakistan in support of a man who earlier this week walked into a courtroom in the city of Peshawar and gunned down a U.S. citizen on trial for blasphemy. That is how the New…

I want to ask my colleague if there is a difference between this resolution and the resolution on elections in Belarus that was filed last week, was discharged, and then passed on the hotline yesterday. Obviously there are lots of other…

I have 8 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…

we have been talking here in the Senate for months now about what needs to be done to respond to COVID-19. Right now, we are debating behind the scenes a fifth bill dealing with COVID-19. We have already passed four through the House and…

on February 21, 1940, John Lewis was born in Troy, AL--a son of sharecroppers, born to be a person to bring good trouble to the Nation. He grew up on his family's farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, AL. As a young…

Senator Durbin and I have worked for months on an issue on rural healthcare. Whether it is in rural Illinois or it is in rural Oklahoma, there is a challenge dealing with rural hospitals and sustaining their viability. So Senator Durbin…

reserving the right to object, Senator Durbin knows extremely well that unanimous consent is trying to get all 100 Senators to agree on something. Senator Durbin has done remarkable work for years advocating on the issue of immigration…

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

the world is watching and dealing with COVID-19--the economic effects and health effects. It has affected every single one of our families in some way. While the world is watching and we are dealing with all those issues here in the United…

2 days ago, at 3:30 in the morning in Tulsa, Officer Zarkeshan did a routine traffic stop. He got backup coming to him, who was Sergeant Craig Johnson, and dealt with a person who would not get out of their vehicle. Twelve times they said…

we just finished up a vote on the Senate floor where we fell four votes short of opening debate on a bill to deal with police reform--four votes short. We were four votes short of opening debate to discuss it. Every single Republican voted…

I am reserving the right to object. No person should be discriminated against in America. No one. It is a basic constitutional principle. We are all equal under the law, all of us. We have different ideas about music and food. We have…

first, I would like to associate my remarks 100 percent with everything Senator Scott just said. Somehow I am supposed to speak after he just said it. The frustration that I have had over the past couple of days as we have worked very hard…

``There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience. You express a great deal of…

the Federal Government currently owns about 640 million acres of land in the United States, which means 640 million acres is owned by the American people, and that is about 28 percent of all the land mass of the United States. If you round…

a week ago, I did a television interview on race relations in America. They asked me to talk a little bit about what happened in Tulsa in 1921. The worst race massacre in American history occurred in Tulsa in 1921. It was May 31…

in a few minutes, the Senate will vote on the nomination of John Heil to serve as a district court judge for Oklahoma. We have three areas in Oklahoma: the Northern District, Eastern district, and Western district. This judge position…

I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the vote begins. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.