I want to say a quick thank you to my Budget Committee staff who have worked very hard over the past couple of weeks. They worked late nights, crunched the numbers, provided support to Republican offices on amendment drafting and more…

It is good to be back. Thank you for the inquiries about my well-being. To all my colleagues, I appreciate the good wishes and the phone calls and the food. I made it. I think the worst is behind me. I want to reinforce a simple message…

I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination, I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.

I'm glad I'm vaccinated; otherwise, it would be far worse.

The World Food Program has made a huge difference.

President Biden chose wisely.

I thank Senator Durbin. Madam President, it has been a pleasure working with Senator Durbin on this to, hopefully, get it over the line this afternoon. I think most Americans, if they understood what we were trying to do, would be…

This is the party of Donald Trump if you think otherwise you`re in for a rude awakening.

You got to have a quorum to pass a bill in the Senate. I would leave before I would let that happen.

I would just say to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no.

They`re going after trying to take guns off the street, which is a fine thing to do. But the reason that the spike in crime is nobody`s getting prosecuted. The liberal left has created this problem in the Joe Biden of the 70s, who was…

Do you believe that one of the reasons crime is on the rise is that certain jurisdictions have basically eliminated bail?

I hope we can deliver there.

Do you believe it is possible that they could operate in Russia without Putin's Government knowing about it?

I totally agree. That is the problem. I hope we will deal with it.

Do you agree that those two things are not inconsistent?

We have got to make a decision eventually, how to respond to Russia.

We are not prosecuting enough people and we are sending a signal that maybe you can rob or loot a store and get away with it.

I think it starts with a level of gratitude and respect for those people.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from South Carolina.

I have been listening today and a few other days, I think, about Senator Gillibrand's efforts to bring up what I think is a major reform of the military justice system to the point where you won't recognize it as it is today. I hope you…

It’s the biggest power grab in the history of the country. It’s just a bad idea.

I hope we understand that, because if we don't understand it, it would be hard to stop them.

He needs to tell Putin if there’s another cyber attack in America, coming from Russian soil, you’re going to pay a price. His policies indicate to me that he doesn’t understand the dangers we face. This would not have happened if Donald…

Now, I think we`re in retreat on all fronts. I think the Russians are just pushing everybody around in the region.