Madam President, interspersed among the farewell speeches, which are always enjoyable to listen to as people reminisce about their time in the Senate and that causes all of us to reflect on our role and what we have done to help our…

Mr. President, my children are grown now, but every time that we moved or considered what neighborhood to live in, as they were growing up and attending public schools, the first question we would ask is, ``What about the schools?''…

Mr. President, after months of waiting, the Senate is finally on track to take up and pass the National Defense Authorization Act, 13 days now before Christmas. The pointless delay in this fundamentally critical legislation has been a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill provides for a primary prevention research agenda and workforce. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires the imposition of sanctions with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer of gold to or from the Russian Federation…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires the President to submit to Congress a report on U.S. Government efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill modifies statutory definitions relating to narcotics and drug trafficking. There being no objection, the text of the bill was…

Madam President, yesterday, President Biden traveled to Phoenix, AZ, to visit the site of a new semiconductor manufacturing plant. I am a proud proponent of domestic semiconductor manufacturing because it has become a matter of economic…

Mr. President, I know the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Michigan are trying to work through some differences on a potential unanimous consent request, but I have asked them if I might make a few remarks if they are not quite…

Madam President, throughout this Congress, I have been more than a little puzzled about the House's refusal to advance commonsense bills that pass the Senate with unanimous support. I know my Senate colleagues have shared their concerns as…

Madam President, earlier this week, I did something I haven't done in a number of years, which is to attend a session of the U.S. Supreme Court, their oral arguments. Of course, as you know, during the COVID pandemic, even the Supreme…