Mr. President, the Biden administration can't quite seem to decide on the status of the pandemic or the status of the economy. On the one hand, we are being told that we no longer need pandemic- era border restrictions intended to help…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 139 Ex.] YEAS--62 Baldwin…

Mr. President, on Saturday, we lost a remarkable former colleague: Senator Orrin Hatch. Orrin rose from poverty to become one of the longest serving Senators in U.S. history and the longest serving Republican Senator ever. During his more…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 135 Ex.]…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 roll. The result was announced--yeas…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4039 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, we are moving from disaster to catastrophe at our southern border. Last week, the Biden administration announced that title 42 COVID-19 restrictions, which had provided for the immediate deportation of those who crossed the…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse). The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 26, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 130 Ex.] YEAS--71 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled vote: myself for up to 15 minutes, Senator Cruz for up to 25 minutes, and Senator Stabenow for up to 10 minutes. The ACTING…

Madam President, if a budget is a set of priorities, here are the President's: an expanded Federal Government, a diminished national defense, higher gas prices, and an open border. Those are the priorities reflected in the budget the…

I would be happy to yield to our colleague and the chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, who also has big equities in this discussion.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 125 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…