I ask unanimous consent to start the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Phillips nomination?

We are asking a number of questions: are you getting everything, has it gotten there, where are we now.

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 call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN I announce that the Senator from Vermont…

Congress understands the importance of taking immediate action to quickly get food to those who desperately need it.

I come to the floor today to support the nomination that we are soon to vote on, and that is the nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff. She was nominated to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy. Now…

I come to the floor today to talk about the need that we have here in this country for more energy--and specifically, more American energy. On Thursday, Leader Schumer and Nancy Pelosi held a press conference, and they announced they had…

please call up my motion to instruct conferees, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Barrasso] moves that the…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll.

I rise in support of the motion to instruct conferees to require the Department of Interior to finalize a 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan no later than June 30, 2022. It would require at least 10 sales in the Gulf of Mexico and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Motion to Instruct

I come to the floor today to talk about our Nation's economy. On Friday, we saw new inflation numbers, and we found inflation remains the worst that it's been in 40 years. We also found out that in the first three months of this year, the…

I come to the floor today to talk about the Biden border crisis. Right now, our Nation is facing a dangerous national security crisis at the border, and it is all because of the policies and the actions of President Joe Biden. Now, there…

I come to the floor today to talk about the need for more American energy. Since his first day in office, Joe Biden has been on a war--an all- out war--against American energy. In his very first week in office, he stopped all new leases of…

I come to the floor today to talk about the need for more American energy. On Thursday, President Biden announced that he is going to release even more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. To me, this is another desperate Hail Mary…

I come to the floor today to speak about unleashing American energy. Earlier this month, we saw the highest price ever for a gallon of gasoline in the United States. Inflation is over a high of 40 years. Energy costs are driving the cost…

I come to the floor today to talk about the need for more American energy. When Joe Biden was running for President, he made a lot of promises that seemed to be all to the liberal left. Now, to the hard-working people of my home State of…

I come to the floor today to talk about America's inflation crisis. People in my home State are noticing it every day. This morning, the majority leader came to the floor and expressed his shock that prices have gone up, but they have been…

I come to the floor today to talk about American energy. Joe Biden is the President of high prices and of low approval ratings. Just yesterday, a gallon of gas sold for the highest price ever in the United States, and inflation is at a…

I did listen with great interest to every word of my colleague from Maine. We spend time together on the Energy Committee. He has lots of very good ideas, and we discuss things constructively. When we talk about supply and demand, I just…

I come to the floor today to talk about inflation. And one thing is sure, Joe Biden is the President of high prices. New numbers are out today. This morning, we found that inflation remains the worst it has been in 40 years--40 years. Now…

I come to the floor today to talk about our Nation's energy policy and the crisis that we find ourselves in as the cost of energy continues to go up and up and up. Right now, gas prices are nearly double what they were the day that Joe…

I come to the floor first to associate myself with the remarks of the distinguished senior Senator from Texas, and I agree completely with his comments regarding what is happening right now in Ukraine on the ground and what is happening…

It does seem, as I mentioned, in Congress, to me, that we would be dealing with Russia as a--somewhat of a partner in coming up with an Iran deal.

to me, is a direct result of the policies of this Administration as John Kerry, former Secretary of State, said he hoped that what was happening in Russia and in--by Russia in Ukraine did not distract from his climate agenda, and I think…

I think it is a mistake to go and ask Iran for more energy, a mistake to go to Venezuela for more energy, which is what seems to be what this Administration is doing, going from one dictator thug to another.