I would ask unanimous consent that the next two votes be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is on agreeing to the Paul amendment.

later this morning we will be voting on the nomination of Mark Esper to be Secretary of Defense. Dr. Esper is an outstanding choice. I don't need to tell anyone how essential the position of Secretary of Defense is to our national…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson). (Disturbance in the Visitors' Galleries.) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Expression of approval is not permitted in the Galleries. The result was announced--yeas…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 22, nays 77, as follows: [Rollcall…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) would have voted ``yea.''

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) would have voted ``yea''.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).

these days, there is an online component to almost everything that Americans do. Were you at the beach last weekend? You undoubtedly posted pictures on Facebook and Instagram. You probably used Google Maps or Waze or another map app to…

after years of economic stagnation during the Obama administration, we are experiencing an economic revival. Thanks to Republican economic policies, the economy has taken off during the Trump administration. Unemployment is near its lowest…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).

I ask unanimous consent to be able to complete my remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

a number of my colleagues were here just a few moments ago talking about trade and the impact of trade on agriculture. I have been down here a lot on the floor to talk about the ag economy in recent weeks. If you look at our economy as a…

I ask unanimous consent that at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, the Senate vote on the resolutions of ratification for Treaties Calendar Nos. 2, 3, and 4 as under the previous order and that if the resolutions are agreed to, the motions to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business and that Senators be permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 76, S. 375. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1327) to…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 17; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

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 6:39 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10 a.m…

I further ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment to the resolution be agreed to; that the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; that the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as…

I know of no further debate on the resolution, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the question is on passage of the resolution. The resolution, as amended, was agreed to.

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will receive a second reading on the next…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would…

the Democratic Party's motto this year might as well be ``Free Stuff''--free healthcare, free college, free debt relief, free childcare, and free income. The problem, of course, is that the old adage ``There is no such thing as a free…