Finally, I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). The Democratic leader.
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Jack Francis Reed is a United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since January 7, 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Reed has been an influential figure in the Senate, particularly known for his work on the Armed Services Committee. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as national security, veterans' affairs, and economic development. Reed has also been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving education and healthcare access for Rhode Islanders.
As the majority leader points out, the floor staff is the most important component of what we do. You have been part of this process for the last several weeks and have done a remarkable job getting us to this point, and I thank you very…
I ask for the yeas and nays on the pending nomination. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the…
The responsibility for this predicament and it is a very serious one is shared by both Congress and the Executives.
The responsibility for this predicament and it is a very serious one is shared by both Congress and the Executives.
We cannot produce two attack submarines a year. We're at about 1.2 and I think everyone can see this platform is probably the most critical and decisive--both of them--in our inventory.
The responsibility for this predicament and it is a very serious one is shared by both Congress and the Executives.
This amendment would strike funding to help Women & Infants Hospital, in Providence, RI, build a new midwifery unit in order to help ensure babies can safely enter the world and that their moms can have a safe and positive childbirth…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:30 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 10 a.m…
We provided additional resources at ARPA (The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) to do that, and those resources have been exhausted.
Our local organizations calculated that child care in my State is unaffordable for 90 percent of families.
We provided additional resources at ARPA (The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) to do that, and those resources have been exhausted.
Our local organizations calculated that child care in my State is unaffordable for 90 percent of families.
The irony, of course, is that child care workers are paid about $13 an hour, which is not exactly extravagant.
Our local organizations calculated that child care in my State is unaffordable for 90 percent of families.
We provided additional resources at ARPA (The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) to do that, and those resources have been exhausted.
I would ask that my colleagues yield so that I can ask unanimous consent to prepare for tomorrow's session.
We have also a necessity to get many American citizens out of Gaza, and can you assure us that you are doing all you can to achieve that objective?
Not only do they not fund Ukraine, which I think your testimonies indicate as a vital imperative to the United States, they also want to offset the funding by taking money from the IRS.
We have also a necessity to get many American citizens out of Gaza, and can you assure us that you are doing all you can to achieve that objective?
This comes down to a choice between lending them the tools to do the job or seeing young Americans facing combat.
If Putin is successful, he will not stop at Ukraine, and if you are a Baltic state, you are thinking, I am next.





