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Bill Lee is the 50th governor of Tennessee, having taken office on January 19, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on various issues including education reform, economic development, and public safety during his tenure. Lee has also emphasized the importance of workforce development and has worked on initiatives to improve the state's infrastructure. His administration has faced challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the state's economy and health systems.
I appreciate the thoughtful words that have been presented by my friend and colleague, the distinguished Senator from Virginia, who also chairs the Senate's intelligence oversight committee. It is unfortunate that he is unwilling to have…
as I explained on the Senate floor yesterday, the House FISA reauthorization bill, known as RISAA, has a lot of problems--more problems than a math book. Not only are the bill's purported reforms mostly fake--and where they are not fake…
So if that really is the concern--that is the concern I am hearing from some colleagues. A number of colleagues on both sides of the political aisle have been telling me--I have been talking about the need to vote on amendments. What a…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been called for. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called…
This is not too much. We should all be able to support this just as 77 of us did in 2020. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Reed). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Utah.
I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request
So we need a probable cause warrant requirement. Now, all of the sky-is-falling predictions about why that would be so bad to have a probable cause warrant requirement is really not addressing the facts here. Look, I think we would have…
Thank you. I am glad to hear that we will be having votes tomorrow. We need votes tomorrow, for some of the reasons that I am discussing. We shouldn't fear those votes. There is a great song by Blue Oyster Cult: ``(Don't Fear) the…
over the last few hours, I have listened to debates occurring on the Senate floor over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and specifically discussions surrounding section 702 of FISA, discussions surrounding, among other things, the…
I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I am grateful for those insights that we had from our friend and colleague, the distinguished senior Senator from Wisconsin. You know, when the senior Senator from Alabama joined the United States Senate, it was a pleasure to get to know…
Thank you, Coach. Another one of our colleagues who has been a longtime advocate of secure borders and is tireless in her advocacy is our friend and colleague the senior Senator from the State of Tennessee. I would love to get her thoughts…
Thank you, Senator Blackburn. Another great mind that we benefit from in the Senate is our friend and colleague, the junior Senator from Florida. Before he became the Senator from Florida, Senator Scott was previously Governor Scott, a…
Well, let's see, obviously, spreading what they deem misinformation on the internet might be a felony. I suppose at some point--
I am grateful for the comments that have been made by so many colleagues today in this colloquy and for the insights they have shared. Each comes from a different State, bringing a different set of perspectives to the table, a different…
That is precisely what the precedent established today stands for. That is--we have effectively--by this vote that the Democrats forced through, not even allowing us to debate this--and this is why I raised a point of order--or this is why…
what we witnessed today is truly historic. This has never occurred. Nothing like this has ever occurred. Under article I, section 3, clause 6, we have been given a duty. We have been given the sole exclusive power to try all…
Senator Ricketts is the former Governor of Nebraska. I would love to get your perspective on this. The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO). The Senator from Nebraska.
That is exactly what he said. That is exactly what he said when he made this motion, because he stood up and he said: I raise a point of order that impeachment article II does not allege conduct that rises to a level of high crime or…
Who wouldn't be offended by the use of the term ``kangaroo court.'' In fact, the entire marsupial world will be offended by this.
Before he had his name changed legally--for purposes of this Chamber--to the junior Senator from Missouri, Attorney General Eric Schmitt was one of the Nation's leading legal minds engaged in this problem, engaged in trying to address the…
as wrong as the majority leader was moments ago in making this particular point of order as to article I, the impeachment article--article I, remember, refers to the willful defiance by Secretary Mayorkas of the law. As wrong as he was in…
No. Thank you. Excellent remarks. There are some days that one wishes one could live over. This is a day that will live in infamy and is a day that future generations will wish had gone differently. We have got a friend and colleague--our…
I would love to respond to that point briefly, if I could, please. What we have done is to effectively immunize this against impeachability--immunize making false statements. And going back to the original question, I don't know. Maybe…
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