I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

The Presiding Officer, the Senator from Arkansas, I believe his birthday is today, Senator Cotton.

this has been a busy week, walking through a lot of issues that are COVID-19 related, a lot of individual meetings, committee meetings, walking through what we can get done in preparation for the next step. I met with Francis Collins very…

You know what, in a colloquy with my colleague from Delaware, I do know someone who is a Senator--

I rise to pause and remember March 28, 2020. It is a day that Oklahomans and the Nation lost a patriot and a friend to many. I stand here at this desk that I have used for the past 5 years, but before it was my desk, it was the desk of Dr…

this morning, Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts of Oklahoma came home. It was a dignified transfer in Tulsa, OK, early this morning. There were a lot of people who wanted to be there but, because of COVID-19, could not. A lot of other…

we are in the process of passing a very large economic package to help stabilize our economy through the middle of all that is happening with COVID-19 globally and in the United States. The heart of the package we are passing today is…

8 days ago we started the process of trying to pull together this economic bill--8 days ago. We have been in continuous session every day since then. It was our belief that we would vote on this bill 2 days ago, on Sunday. The negotiations…

we are at an odd spot right now not just as a Senate but as a nation. We have millions of people who are gathered in their own homes, trying to figure out what is going to happen next, waiting for a virus to die down. We have people in a…

3 months ago, no one in the country-- in fact, no one in the world--had heard the term ``COVID-19.'' The term ``coronavirus'' was around, but most folks didn't use that because it was connected to SARS or to MERS in the past. In December…

The president should stop saying anyone who wants a test can get one. It's not accurate, he said. It is not the truth.

there are a lot of things going on right now in DC and a lot of moving targets. A lot of Americans are looking closely at what is happening with the COVID-19 virus. We are tracking what is happening overseas in Afghanistan and multiple…

I come to the floor today to unashamedly brag on the people of Southwest Oklahoma. It is a pretty remarkable group of folks. In the community around Lawton, OK, and surrounding communities, there are people who serve their neighbors every…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:37 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 10 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 11; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

in the fall of 2001--it seems like forever ago--Trae Young, the great OU point guard and now Atlanta Hawks phenom, was just 3 years old. Darius Bazley, a player for the Thunder right now, one of the young guys, he was just barely 1 year…

I rise to have a dialogue. Let me start it this way. My brother and I did not always agree on things. I know that may be shocking that two brothers did not get along on everything. Maybe in your house you got along on everything, but my…

the country is deeply divided on multiple issues right now. The impeachment trial is both a symptom of our times and another example of our division. At the beginning of our Nation, we did not have an impeachment inquiry of a President for…

in 1924, when Oklahoma was a very young State, a young lady named Ada was born in Chickasha. Now, you would get that joke if you are from Oklahoma because we have a town in Oklahoma called Ada and a town in Oklahoma called Chickasha. This…

I ask unanimous consent that the votes following the first vote be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The votes will be 10 minutes. ____________________

we are in our third week of the impeachment trial right now. After thousands of documents being reviewed and over a dozen witnesses that we have heard, well over 100 video testimony clips that we have gone through, we are nearing the end…

Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, Senator Ernst, and Senator Crapo. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Lankford and the other Senators is for the counsel for the President: House…

I ask unanimous consent, for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Christopher A. Coons, vice chairman of the committee, that the Annual Report for the Select Committee on Ethics for calendar year 2019 be…

as we go back through the calendar just a few months and get some context of what has been building for a while, in May of 2019, four different vessels that were traveling just outside of the Gulf of Oman were hit by mines laid by Iranian…

if I go back 2\1/2\ years, there was a lot of turmoil and a lot of conversation about the President of the United States' stepping into the issue of trade, specifically in North America, for it was a settled issue between Canada and…