If we fail to properly fund State and other departments, then our Nation is less secure.

At a time when we know some of our adversaries are making significant investment in their Navies, we have to keep pace and maintain strong investments for our Navy and Marine Corps.

Congress approved a $195 million to address the electrical bone of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

How long does it take?

Right now, we face a number of serious challenges across the globe. That is why Vice Chair Collins and I pushed through the gridlock to hammer out and pass a strong National Security package that sent support to our allies, especially…

Is there something else we should be doing?

On the $60 billion that Congress appropriated to support Ukraine and its fight against Putin, a package this committee worked on for months, how is this funding being used?

it has been a long road, but we are about to vote on a bipartisan funding bill that the House passed overwhelmingly, and we are finally ready to close the book on fiscal year 2024. This is not the legislation the Democrats and Republicans…

Exactly like the previous vote, this is a procedural vote that will cause a shutdown. I urge a ``no'' vote.

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted for the following staffer in my office for the remainder of the 118th Congress: Claire Monteiro. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

there were a lot of naysayers who didn't believe that this divided Congress could pass full-year appropriations bills. Tonight, we proved them wrong. We have finally passed all 12 bills to fund the government, and I am proud to be sending…

I further ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

we have a bipartisan, bicameral package of funding bills before us, and right now our job is to pass this as soon as possible. We cannot delay a moment further, and that is what this motion would do--needlessly drag this out even longer…

I ask unanimous consent that the following staffer in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th Congress: Emily Trudeau. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I again want to thank my colleague, who has worked with me side by side, through ups and downs and challenges, for well over a year now to get us to where we are here today. We want to get this bill passed and move on because we believe…

the CBP One app is a downloadable app to schedule appointments with CBP at a land port of entry. Under our existing asylum laws, noncitizens may apply for asylum at our Nation's ports of entry. Using this app improves security because it…

in that case, I will also yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back. Vote on Motion to Refer The question is on agreeing to the motion.

we are nearing the end of what has been a long, winding, and tough process. I just want to start by thanking everyone who has worked with me to get here, and that starts, of course, with my vice chair, Senator Collins, who has been a…

this amendment would create an outright blanket ban on trans kids in K-12 schools participating in any sport activity consistent with their gender identity in every single State. Let me just say this loud and clear: This amendment is as…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 100, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The…

this motion would impose exactly the sort of poison pill rider we all worked very hard to keep out of this important bipartisan package, and it is worth stating once more that there was a bipartisan proposal on border policy changes just a…

I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House of Representatives on H.R. 2882. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will…

I move to table the motion to concur with the Tuberville amendment No. 1781. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient…

Like the previous votes, this is procedural vote that will cause a shutdown. I urge a ``no'' vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina. Vote on Motion to Table

Reserving the right to object, as I mentioned yesterday, we really have to get a move on and close the book on fiscal year 2024. We are 6 months into this fiscal year already. It is time to take the government off autopilot. We have a…