I wish we would have gone ahead and passed the infrastructure bill back in September. It would have given the president a big win. I think it would have made the race in Virginia a lot better for Terry McAuliffe, but we are where we are.

I think we have to take an American approach to it, not a Chinese approach or a European approach.

When Facebook and Google and others potentially get into the payment space it does raise some concerns, beyond privacy issues, but frankly even from antitrust, money laundering, a whole host of issues.

We want to make sure that we do not wander off some of the protections.

I am very concerned, particularly coming out of the coronavirus that we may be pushing families of color out of access to capital.

I rise today to recognize the 60th anniversary of the National Reconnaissance Office, NRO. Born in September 1961, the present day National Reconnaissance Office was formed by agreement between the Secretary of Defense and the Director of…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 4) to amend the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider Calendar No. 390, and that the Senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the nomination. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 6; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 392 through 399; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc, without intervening action or debate; that the motions to reconsider be…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection having been heard, the bill will be read a second time on the…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senators Barrasso and Collins. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

If confirmed, I expect you to fix it and make sure DFC's supply chains do not touch forced labor.

Both decisions are counter to the commitments to human rights and freedom of speech we expect that our allies will maintain.

Senator Risch and I serve on the Intelligence Committee together and we know the challenges our nation faces as we compete with China and other adversaries in terms of economic development.

Poland is under a growing threat from Russia and its proxy, Belarus.

I think the DFC is a incredible valuable tool.

Once this genie is out of the bottle there is no putting it back in.

I want to go back and revisit with the Treasury Secretary some of the concerns we all share about potential default.

My math says that is 2 trillion over 10. That would be spending we do not need to do, and we can all avoid that taking place.

This would be a manufactured crisis we had imposed on this country.

What we`re witnessing right now is the height of irresponsibility. Anyone that messes with the United States has to understand what that patience.

I just want to make a couple of quick comments in response to my friend from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

I would say to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, you know, we all reflected recently where we were 20 years ago on 9/11. But one of the astounding things that came out of the report after 9/11 was that, at that moment, on 9/11 in…

I rise today to seek unanimous consent to confirm Mr. Matthew G. Olsen, President Biden's nominee to be the next Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. As we all know, America recently…