I would say to our colleague from Vermont, I have no problem with providing assistance, whether it is to public health officials who are trying to struggle with this pandemic or to provide money for research for the therapeutics or…

It is not targeted to people who have suffered financial losses. This money would go to members of your own staff if they meet the financial requirements and to other government employees who have suffered no financial loss during this…

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, Speaker Pelosi's second bite at the apple, just after we voted on a $900 billion bill that has now been signed into law by the President of the United States, is not the way to send relief to…

I wanted to come to the floor and talk about what strikes me as something akin to Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is only the day I was born. It is something I feel like we are living through here as we debate the same points over and over…

I would say to our colleague from Vermont: This money is not targeted to people who have suffered financially.

we didn't expect to be in session this week, but we are. And, of course, as we all know, the theme for this entire year has been ``COVID-19 writ large.'' More than 330,000 Americans have died from the novel coronavirus. Tens of millions…

over the last several months, as the Senate has worked to support our country through this pandemic, we have kept an eagle eye on the other threats on the horizon, and we passed the National Defense Authorization Act to ensure that we are…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Collins). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 371 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the…

here we are, the 21st of December, 4 days till Christmas, and Congress is finally getting around to doing its duty on COVID-19 relief, as well as the Omnibus appropriations bill, which will keep the government open and keep the lights on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5126 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report…

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 (H.R. 5472)…