Later today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Howard Lutnick, President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce has an important job. He or she is charged with promoting American industry at home and…

The President speaks for himself. What I want to see is a peaceful result, a peaceful outcome.

We’re prepared to work with them to get that across the finish line.

But we believe that the president also likes optionality, and the legislation that will be working and voting on tomorrow addresses” his priorities on immigration, military spending and energy.

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

If the House can produce one big beautiful bill, we're prepared to work with them to get that across the finish line.

I ask that the Senate execute the order of February 13 in relation to the Lutnick nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be…

If the House can produce one big, beautiful bill, we’re prepared to work with them to get that across the finish line.

Republicans support IVF, full stop.

It's time to act on the decisive mandate the American people gave to President Trump in November.

anybody who knows me well knows that I say this a lot, and that is that agriculture is the lifeblood of South Dakota and the lifeblood of our country, and farmers and ranchers are hard at work every single day to feed America and the…

later today, I will introduce a bill to repeal the death tax. As I mentioned, as a resident of a rural State filled with family farms and ranches, I have made death tax repeal a priority for a long time, and I was proud to help secure a…

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 3:41 p.m., adjourned until Friday, February 14, 2025, at 9 a.m. ____________________

President Trump's border czar was at the Capitol yesterday to update Republican Senators on the progress the administration is making on arresting and deporting criminals here illegally. And it is difficult to believe some of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session for 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…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the postcloture time with respect to the Kennedy nomination expire at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 13. I further ask that, following disposition of the Kennedy nomination, the…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 32) was…

I move to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Kennedy nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of my colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 32 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior…

We’re kind of taking our direction from the White House in terms of who they want to move and when.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 13; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

In the case of Ms. Gabbard, different views perhaps about national security matters than those held by a lot of Democrats certainly here in this chamber and the progressive movement in this country.

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. 507 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…