I would like that number to be 100, by the way, but 61 is better than about 47 nationally.

I would ask consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise as so many of us are talking about today and reflecting upon the massacre in Newtown, CT, Sandy Hook Elementary School, 10 years ago today. I rise for two purposes: One is to commemorate those who lost their lives that…

Thank you to Ranking Member Scott, and I will now recognize him for his closing remarks.

I just want to add parenthetically before I offer the unanimous consent request--Senator Murray made reference to the overwhelming support. This bill, when it comes to a final vote, will have at least 60 votes in the Senate, if not more. I…

I rise today to talk about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which is a bill I first introduced in 2012 with Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire. Senator Cassidy from Louisiana has worked hard for years with me and with others to get this…

I yield to my colleague from Louisiana. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

Just by way of conclusion, I hope we can continue to work with our colleagues to get this bill passed. I want to say for the record, however, that under the act, under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the Equal Opportunity Employment…

No one should lose a single penny of their hard-earned money to a con artist, and that is why I was proud that Congress passed the bipartisan Stop Senior Scams Act to ensure we can develop the tools and resources to prevent seniors from…

I recently led a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau urging the agency to move forward with guidance, guidance to protect older adults from con artists using these apps.

This law creates a Senior Scams Advisory Council to ensure that banks and other businesses have both the information and the tools that they need to train employees to identify and respond to scams.

I am proud of the Committee's bipartisan leadership on this issue, but we know that we have a lot more work to do.

I rise today in support of the pending nominee, Arianna J. Freeman, who has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. For those who may not know all the geography, that includes, under the jurisdiction of…

I would ask consent to speak for up to 5 minutes before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I'm really honored to be part of this hearing. I'm really grateful. This is a rare privilege for a senator to appear at a House hearing.

I introduced a bill, the ABLE Age Adjustment Act. It is Senate Bill 331, and this bill would increase the age of eligibility to own an ABLE account to age 46 instead of 26.

I introduced the ABLE Act to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to build wealth without risking the loss of their Federal disability benefits.

Our State Treasurer, Stacey Garrity and her team have work to promote ABLE accounts all over the State.

I rise tonight to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act. I am limited on time. I will try to keep within my 5 minutes. I wanted to start by just kind of providing a brief summary. This is legislation that will do a number of things, all…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business for debate only, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I want to respond, at least preliminarily, to my friend from Tennessee. I appreciate his advocacy for hospitals in his home State of Tennessee. So given that he is seeking this assurance about these disproportionate share hospital…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana. ____________________

I rise today to speak about the nomination of Robert Gordon. Earlier this year, Mr. Gordon had strong bipartisan support in the Finance Committee when his nomination came to a vote. Mr. Gordon is President Biden's nominee to serve as the…

I am pleased that Democrats have come together to address the costs of prescription drugs and to lower Affordable Care Act health care premiums for Americans. I strongly support a negotiation process for prescription drugs that will enable…

We would not ask someone using a wheelchair to walk up the courthouse steps, but in a real sense we are doing something similar when we ask people with disabilities to use Federal websites.