Senate
Page S5337 · Official textThe Senate met at 3 p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Darline Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
Monday, November 9, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 168 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Prayer
Page S5337 · Official textThe Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Eternal God, who orders our steps and guides us into the future, we seek Your blessings upon the U.S. Senate during this season of transition. We commend to Your care those Senators who will be leaving and those who will be joining this legislative body. Grant them wisdom, courage, and grace as they embrace new responsibilities and opportunities for service. Lord, unite us in our commitment to the common good and inspire us to ensure that the best days of this great Republic are guided because of Your power. Strengthen us to be salt and light to our generation as we seek to do Your will on Earth as it is done in Heaven. Remind us that our ultimate hope rests neither in the donkey nor the elephant, but in the lamb of God who is our peace, our redemption, and our everlasting hope. We pray in our Redeemer's Name. Amen.
Pledge of Allegiance
Page S5337 · Official textThe Presiding Officer led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows:
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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S5337 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant executive clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, November 9, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Darline Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Ms. GRAHAM thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Reservation of Leader Time
Page S5337 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved.
Conclusion of Morning Business
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Morning business is closed.
Legislative Session
Pages S5337–S5345 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 2347, which the clerk will report.
The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows:
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Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 453, H.R. 2347, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any damages, other than punitive damages, received on account of any sexual acts or sexual contact.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
The majority leader is recognized.
Madam President, there is no doubt about it, Tuesday night was a tough election night. It was certainly not the outcome that we had hoped for, but it was the outcome the American people chose, and we have to listen to them.
I am proud of what Republicans have been able to accomplish for the American people in the 119th Congress--most especially, the Working Families Tax Cuts, which allows hard-working Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money.
But the American people let us know that they need more. Inflation is still too high, and just going to the grocery store can take a huge chunk out of a family's budget. And steep gas prices have only increased that burden.
And so I think the election gave us two things: one, an opportunity to reflect on what we as a party need to do better; and, two, a clear message that this coming Congress needs to double down on the work that we have been doing on affordability.
As I said, I am proud that this Republican Congress has put more money in Americans' pockets with the Working Families Tax Cuts, and I am proud, too, of other measures we passed, like the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which will help address the cost of housing by increasing supply.
But as the American people have emphasized, there is more work to be done. A very good start would be the bipartisan permitting reform legislation that we will vote on this evening, legislation that Republicans wanted to bring up earlier this fall.
Energy prices affect pretty much everything when it comes to affordability. High energy costs don't just mean higher gas and electric bills. They mean higher costs for a wide variety of goods and services, from hot dogs to home repairs.
And so one of the biggest things that we can do to address affordability for the long term is to ensure a reliable and affordable energy supply, and that starts with ensuring that energy projects don't face unnecessary permitting barriers.
Regrettably, my Democrat colleagues delayed consideration of permitting reform legislation before the election. But I am hopeful that, later today, they will allow us to proceed to the bill and, hopefully, finish it this week.
Republicans are paying attention. The American people are paying attention. Tonight is the first opportunity for Democrats to show whether they are serious about addressing costs or whether their rhetoric on affordability was just that.
I want to offer my congratulations to all those who won on Tuesday, and I want to especially welcome our new Republican Senators and our new Democrat Senators as well.
And I want to say to my Democrat colleagues, new and old, that Republicans are ready to work with you to address the American people's concerns. As I suggested, we can notch our first bipartisan win for the American people before the new Congress even starts by passing permitting reform in the coming days.
But I do want to say one thing: Republicans are ready and willing to work with our Democrat colleagues, but that does not mean rubberstamping a leftist agenda. It does not mean standing by while Democrats attempt to dismantle the tax relief that we passed for the American people. It does not mean standing by while Democrats attempt to reinstate the chaos that existed at the border under the Biden administration.
I hope my Democrat colleagues realize what this election was and what it was not. This election was a sign of Americans' frustration with the high cost of living that they have been dealing with literally since the opening days of the Biden administration. It was not--it was not--a mandate for radical policy and socialist fantasies.
And so while Republicans are prepared to work in a bipartisan way, we will also emphatically oppose Democrats when required to protect hard-working Americans and our system of government.
We will oppose any attempt to balloon the size of the government or tear down American institutions, as the Democratic Socialists would like to do. In fact, growing the size of the government is the last thing we should be doing if we want to make life more affordable for hard-working Americans, and I hope my Democrat colleagues realize this.
The American people are not looking for socialist government and leftist fantasies. They are looking for lower gas prices. They want their grocery bills to stop growing. They want to be able to afford to buy a house for their growing family.
If Democrats are committed to real work on those issues, then Republicans are ready to work with them.
My Democratic colleagues have spent a lot of time talking about affordability this election cycle, but they don't exactly have a stellar record on delivering.
Their signature bill in the 117th Congress, the so-called American Rescue Plan Act, helped plunge the country into an inflation crisis from which we are still trying to fully emerge.
And Democrats unanimously voted against tax relief for hard-working Americans in the 119th Congress.
So we will see what the 120th Congress brings. I hope it will bring a lot of bipartisan work to address the challenges facing the American people.
I yield the floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Democratic leader is recognized.
Well, Madam President, last week, the American people put Donald Trump and the GOP on blast. Americans mobilized the red wall and for good reason. Americans want a government that recognizes and responds to their needs, and Democrats are ready to deliver.
We listened when families called out for relief from their backbreaking costs--on healthcare, groceries, gasoline, electricity, and so many other essentials.
Crucially, we ran candidates who could speak to their States about the issues that mattered most to their constituencies.
And what did the other side do? Trump and the Republicans not only ignored the American people's concerns for cost, chaos, and corruption, they ignored them for 2 years, and they treated Americans' anguish with utter disdain and contempt and made things even worse.
Americans are sick of being told to suck it up as they pay $4.50 for gasoline because of a war they never wanted. Americans are tired of paying a fortune at the supermarket while Donald Trump and his family make a fortune on the stock market. Americans are finished with forking over their tax dollars so Trump can cover Washington in gold.
The American people gave our new Democratic majority our marching orders: make their lives more affordable, their government more competent, and their Capital less corrupt. Democrats are going to move forward to deliver results for Americans with or without Republicans.
Americans were clear about wanting to end Trump's war, stop his tariffs, lower healthcare costs, ban both Members of Congress and the President from trading stocks and so much more, and Democrats are going to deliver.
We are going to spend every second of every day striving to prove ourselves worthy of Americans' trust. If Republicans learned their lesson last week, they ought to start listening to Americans, but I am not holding my breath. They still seem to embrace Trump.
If Trump and Republicans decide to spend the next 2 years standing in the way of solutions Americans resoundingly voted for last week, Tuesday will look like a cakewalk compared to election day of 2028.
Elections have always been the strongest lever Americans have had to counter a wannabe King. The American people used that power last week, and you better believe they will use it again in 2 years if Trump and the GOP keep showing them the same contempt and disdain.
Madam President, now, on the Pete Hegseth trial, Trump's disastrous war in Iran will go down as one of the greatest foreign policy fiascos in American history. The Senate needs to put Pete Hegseth on trial so we can remove him for his catastrophic failure in Iran.
Americans are calling for an end to this war, a war they never asked for and is costing them dearly every day. And Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's prosecution of this war could not be more shameful.
More than 8 months into this war, this administration continues it aimlessly and has yet to produce any plan to bring our troops home. Hegseth waged this war illegally, in open defiance of the Constitution and multiple War Power Resolutions this Congress passed to end the fighting. Hegseth couldn't care less about going to war without a formal declaration or authorization of military force, never mind its cost to the American people.
Under Hegseth's orders, the Pentagon has shamefully covered up the number of American servicemembers who have been killed and wounded in this aimless war. How despicable--despicable--covering up the sacrifices of our brave men and women in uniform.
Instead of keeping our country and our servicemembers safe, Hegseth has spent 2 years waging an ideological crusade against the Pentagon and purging some of our most experienced, battle-tested military officers.
Meanwhile, the American people still haven't received any answers from Hegseth on his unauthorized airstrikes against ships in the Caribbean and the East Pacific, despite evidence that civilians are among the casualties.
Did Trump really expect anything less than disaster when he put a FOX News host in charge of the largest military in the world? America needs a serious Secretary of Defense right now, not a wannabe warlord. Hegseth must stand trial before the Senate.
Madam President, finally, on Stephen Miller, apparently Donald Trump learned nothing from his historic defeat last week. I cannot imagine a more incompetent, dangerous, and brutally nasty person to serve as the White House Chief of Staff than Stephen Miller.
Last week, Americans called on Trump to stop driving our country off a cliff, but he just hit the accelerator with his appointment of Stephen Miller. Voters want change. Trump just promised something even worse than what they saw these last 2 years.
Miller was the architect of the Trump administration's extreme immigration positions, spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to deploy masked Federal agents to sow chaos in American streets.
This is the same guy who smeared Renee Good and Alex Pretti as "domestic terrorists"--that was so, so disgusting--after Federal agents murdered them. The man has no fidelity to any honor or truth.
Americans want to send extremists like Miller packing; Trump wants to give him a title bump. Normally, the White House Chief of Staff is known as the President's gatekeeper, but it is clear that Stephen Miller intends to serve as the President's grim reaper.
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller know this: The warmup is over. The U.S. Senate is done doing your every wish. Our Democratic majority is going to fight the skyrocketing costs, incessant chaos, and flagrant corruption coming out of the White House with everything we have.
I yield the floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Democratic whip is recognized.
Madam President, I have with me a copy of the U.S. Constitution. This small book of 7,500 words contains a document which has led this Nation for 250 years. It is hard to imagine that this one document could have survived more than two centuries of history.
Americans have fought and died to protect this Constitution. They have marched and bled to change the document so the promise of a more perfect Union would be available to all men and women, not just the few.
Was it perfect? By no means. When it was written, women were not allowed to vote, and slavery was still recognized as an institution in our country. Thank God that has changed.
Does the Constitution still work today? I think anyone watching the results of last Tuesday's elections would say that it does. Americans from one end of this Nation to the other exercised their right to vote, sometimes in recordbreaking numbers.
I have always, of course, wanted to win every election. I lost three before I did win one, but I always thought if more and more people voted, that was a validation of our democracy. That was a validation of the right to vote being respected.
Americans from one end of this Nation to the other exercised their right to vote last Tuesday. In doing so, they changed the course of America and its politics for years to come.
What happened on that day renewed my faith in this country. The midterm elections were a repudiation of the toxic brand of politics we have faced for the past 10 years. This has got to come to an end.
When candidates for office have to wonder whether or not they could possibly raise the money necessary to be viable and then worry about the safety of themselves personally and their families, we have gone in the wrong direction.
America has made it clear that our Nation prefers love over hate and community over cruelty. We saw that message on full display in my home State of Illinois. There, voters elected Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton by a resounding margin to serve as my successor in the U.S. Senate.
Senator-elect Stratton has served our State, as I mentioned, not only as Lieutenant Governor but as a member of the general assembly. She will continue to serve with distinction here in the U.S. Senate.
I offer her and her family my heartfelt congratulations on a well-deserved victory. She will be joining my friend--my colleague from the State of Illinois--Tammy Duckworth.
Tammy Duckworth and I go back to the beginning. She came to my office the first time I met her more than 20 years ago, just a few weeks after her combat helicopter was shot down over Iraq and she had suffered serious injuries, losing both of her legs.
I got to know her then and respect her as one of the most amazing people, one of the most courageous people I had ever met. I persuaded her to run for office. She eventually was elected to the House of Representatives and ultimately to the Senate.
I could not ask for a better colleague in Tammy Duckworth. We are friends. We are close friends. Our families are close as well. It has been a joy to serve with her. And now, as I leave, she will be the senior Senator with Juliana Stratton. It will be quite a team.
Illinois Democrats won more than just seats in Washington. They also expanded the majorities in both Chambers of the U.S. Congress.
In fact, back in Illinois, Illinois Democrats won every statewide race on the ballot, and they did it in places like McHenry County, which had not voted for a Democrat for Governor since 1852.
Those results are unsurprising for anyone who has had a chance to speak to Illinois families over the past few years who have all too often faced the brunt of cruelty, chaos, and corruption of this administration.
They saw the cruelty firsthand on our streets during Operation Midway Blitz, when immigration agents raided and terrorized our communities in Illinois, jailing and beating immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. They said they were going after the worst of the worst. They ended up arresting and detaining innocent people who were already citizens of the United States.
They saw the chaos in our hospitals when patient after patient witnessed their health insurance premiums dramatically increase, if they had still any insurance at all after this administration's healthcare cuts.
And they saw the corruption in the White House when families struggled to afford groceries and gas while the President and his cronies enriched themselves beyond their wildest dreams.
To think that President Trump, in the first year of his second term as President, made over $1 billion--over $1 billion--personally, it is hard to explain.
Illinois has made it clear on Tuesday that they do not have confidence in this administration's leadership, and tens of millions of Americans from across the country joined them in this effort.
In exercising their most sacred duty in democracy, Americans voted not just against the administration but in favor of a historic class of candidates.
Do you recall over the last 2 years how much time this administration spent trying to strike the word "diversity" from any Federal document? They have gone to great lengths and fired people who didn't follow the command that they never refer to diversity again.
Let me just say for the record that in 1982--1982, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth--I was first elected to Congress. Only 58 women ran for a seat in the House and the Senate that year, 1982. That is 58 who ran, not 58 who won. The next Congress, we will have 159 women who will serve across the two Chambers--the most in our Nation's history.
Diversity is part of democracy, and the voters made that clear last Tuesday.
In addition, the voters elected the first Muslim American, the first Native American woman, and the first openly gay man to serve in the U.S. Senate. Thanks to Illinois voters, Senator Duckworth and Senator-elect Stratton will be the first women of color to serve the State simultaneously. In Governors' races, voters elected more women and more women of color to the highest State office than we have ever seen before.
While there is still more to be done to ensure that the composition of elected officials reflects the people who put us here, Tuesday brought us one step closer to a world where every American can see themselves in their representatives.
As fortunate as Tuesday was, it was only the first step. Americans made it clear they demand change. It is up to those in Washington to give it to them.
You would think, after this clear, resounding defeat, the President would listen to the voters, but what was the first decision he made in the aftermath of this historic election? To choose Stephen Miller, architect of this administration's cruel mass deportation campaign, as his new Chief of Staff.
I listened carefully, hung on every word the President had to say on the "60 Minutes" interview the other night. He made an allusion again to his willingness to work on a bipartisan basis to solve the problems facing our country, and a direct reference was made to immigration. This means a lot to me, and the President knows it personally because I have spoken to him about it.
Over 20 years ago, I introduced a bill called the DREAM Act. What did the DREAM Act say? If you came to the United States as a child, if your parents brought you here in the backseat of a car, crossed into this country, and they did not file the necessary documents so that you were legal in America, under the DREAM Act, you would still have a chance of a pathway to citizenship.
The DREAM Act led to DACA, which was an Executive order of President Obama, and 830,000 young people who were brought to the United States went through a serious criminal background check and found nothing wrong, paid their fees, and submitted themselves to our government. Madam President, 830,000 qualified for DACA.
There is a question now on moving forward on DACA and the DREAM Act. My invitation to the President of the United States is: Keep your word. Work with Democrats. Pass the DREAM Act now. There is no reason to slow it down whatsoever. This is a document which should become a part of the law of the land and a part of the values of the United States.
I am willing to work with the President and anyone in the White House who wants to make sure we pass the DREAM Act before the end of this year. We can do it on a bipartisan basis. It has always been a bipartisan bill.
I see presiding over the Senate one of my colleagues from South Carolina whose brother was a cosponsor of mine on the DREAM Act. I always respected him so much for it because it was a tough political decision, but he stood by me, and I appreciate that.
Now we have an opportunity--I hope we have an opportunity--to have Lisa Murkowski, my current cosponsor of the DREAM Act, to join me in seeing this finally become law. We can do it. We have the time to do it. The House has a bill before them that can be considered and sent over to the Senate, which I hope it will be. That will be evidence of an effort to take the message from the voters and turn it into real progress in fairness in the United States.
I yield the floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in concurrence with the Democratic leader, no later than Friday, November 20, H. Con. Res. 93 be discharged from the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate proceed to its consideration; further, that there be 6 hours for debate only, with the time equally divided between the leaders or their designees on the concurrent resolution, and that following the use or yielding back of the time, the Senate vote on adoption of the concurrent resolution.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Without objection, it is so ordered.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Britt)
The Senator from Kansas.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Madam President, I also ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2347.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Madam President, sadly, on January 29, 2025, our Nation witnessed a tragedy. We witnessed it here in Washington, DC, at Reagan National Airport. Flight 5342, a regional jet originating in Wichita, KS, collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near that airport. Sixty-seven people lost their lives. Seven of them were from my State of Kansas.
Nearly 2 years later, their families continue to live with an unimaginable loss, and Congress still has not completed the comprehensive aviation safety legislation necessary to address the failures that contributed to the tragedy. It is unacceptable.
Among those aboard Flight 5342 was Grace Maxwell. Grace should have graduated from Cedarville University with her bachelor's degree. And after graduation, she planned to pursue a master's degree. Instead, her family is left to imagine that future she would have had. The Maxwell family is not alone.
The families of the victims have continued to urge Congress to act, not simply for their loved ones but to make certain that no other family--no other family--has to experience this kind of tragedy. We owe them more than our condolences. We owe them action.
In December, almost a year ago, the Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan ROTOR Act to strengthen aviation safety and prevent future accidents.
The ROTOR Act was carefully developed with the support and input of the crash victims' families, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense.
Rather than pass the Senate's legislation, the House advanced its own proposal. The House bill contains important safety reforms. And I appreciate the work of my colleagues in both Chambers, but the two bills take different approaches to some of the important safety requirements. Productive negotiations have taken place between the House and Senate. I am encouraged by that progress, but we must finish the job. We have been talking about that progress and those negotiations for a long time. We must get the job done. We must get it done right.
One of the most important provisions in the ROTOR Act is the requirement for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, known as ADS-B In. This technology provides pilots with real-time information about nearby aircraft. This allows pilots to see surrounding air traffic from their cockpits and make better and quicker informed decisions. It is particularly important in congested airspace like the airspace surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Investigators from both the Army and NTSB identified a series of failures that contributed to the January 29 tragedy, including faulty equipment, dangerous flightpaths, and inadequate tracking technology. The NTSB concluded that the technology allowing pilots to see GPS-based information about nearby aircraft could have helped prevent this collision. With the appropriate technology, pilots could have had nearly a minute of warning to recognize the danger and potentially change the course--nearly a minute that could have made the difference between the life and death of 67 people.
The ROTOR Act incorporates those findings and puts critical safety improvements into law. It is not an arbitrary mandate. It is a recommendation rooted in the independent investigation of a tragedy that should never have happened.
The House and Senate have different approaches to ADS-B In. We need to find a common ground and produce a bill that can pass both Chambers, but compromise cannot mean abandoning the lessons of January 29. We must reach an agreement that addresses the recommendations of the NTSB and the Army's investigation, and we cannot water down critical safety reforms. Our focus must remain on one mission: making our skies safer and preventing another tragedy.
Every provision in the final bill should be measured against that standard. Does it address a demonstrated safety concern? Does it implement the recommendations of experts who investigated this crash? Does it make our aviation system safer--commonsense questions that need to be answered about the legislation.
This work extends, however, beyond the ROTOR Act. As chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, I have also worked to address the growing number of close calls involving aircraft on runways and airport services. In June, I held a hearing to examine these incidents and identify ways to prevent them before they become tragedies as well. I worked with my colleagues to advance the bipartisan Runway SAFE-T Act to improve training and technology and reduce runway and airport surface incidents. That legislation was approved by the Commerce Committee in September, and I will continue to work with my colleagues to advance it.
We cannot and should not wait for another tragedy before addressing known safety concerns. Congress has a responsibility to finish this aviation safety legislation. The Senate has acted. The House has acted. There is bipartisan support for improving aviation safety, and now we must resolve our differences and deliver a final bill.
I am grateful to the families of the victims for their continued commitment to aviation safety. To those families, I want to again say: We have not forgotten your loved ones. We have not forgotten January 29. We cannot. I cannot. The time for delay is over. We have the findings. We have the recommendations. We have a path forward. We just now need determination--determination to finish the job.
We cannot bring back the 67 people who lost their lives, but we can honor them by making certain that the failures that contributed to the tragedy are addressed and that the same mistakes are not repeated. The traveling public deserves to know when they board an airplane that Congress has done everything within its power to protect their safety.
We need to reach an agreement and pass comprehensive aviation safety legislation and send a strong bill to the President's desk. The families of the 67 victims deserve nothing less. The American people deserve nothing less.
Madam President, over the weekend there was an announcement, and I rise as a result of that announcement. I rise tonight--this evening--to recognize Ed Bolen, a native of Salina, KS, who has been a leading voice for the aviation industry for decades. After 22 years as president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, Ed announced his retirement.
Ed's passion for flying began early, when he was introduced to aviation by his father, who served on the board of the Salina Regional Airport Authority. Ed went on to earn his pilot's license, and he turned a love of flying into a career as a champion of general aviation and the men and women who support that industry.
Early in his career, Ed served as a legislative aide for U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, who had played a key role in the passage of the historic General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994. This legislation helped revitalize aircraft manufacturing, preserve thousands of jobs, and strengthen the general aviation industry, which remains a critical component of the Kansas economy.
Throughout his career, Ed has worked across the aisle to achieve results for aviation. His career included time as a member and chair of the Management Advisory Council at the Federal Aviation Administration, and he also served on the Commission on the Future of U.S. Aerospace. In each of these roles, he helped shape our national aviation policies to further national security, economic growth, and technological advances.
Since joining NBAA in 2004, Ed has continued to be a champion--a champion for that aviation industry that he loves so much. He has been a trusted adviser to Members of Congress, policymakers, and aviation stakeholders, building consensus around issues that matter most to the future of aviation. Whether advocating for a safer and more efficient aviation system, protecting access to our Nation's airports and airspace, supporting workforce development, or championing air traffic control modernization, Ed has met every challenge with determination, thoughtful leadership, and an unwavering commitment to the community he represents.
In true Kansas fashion, Ed has always focused on people, on relationships, on bringing others together to accomplish positive outcomes. That mindset has made him not only an effective advocate but also a valued friend, adviser, and respected voice throughout the aviation community.
It is fitting that Ed first discovered his love for flying at a regional airport in Kansas, the air capital of the world. On behalf of the U.S. Senate, I want to thank Ed for his years of service and his steadfast commitment to the men and women who make up the aviation community. I express my appreciation to him and his family for his commitment, and I wish them the very best now and in the future. His leadership will clearly be missed.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The Senator from Rhode Island.
Madam President, I am here a bit ahead of my colleague from the Environment and Public Works Committee, Chairman Capito, to say some words in favor of the permitting reform bill that we are about to consider moving to proceed.
In broad strokes, this is an affordability bill to begin with. For reasons that are obvious to Rhode Islanders who see offshore wind now beginning to come ashore at 9 cents per kilowatt hour into a grid that averages 18 cents per kilowatt hour, the arrival of clean energy as a supply is a very good thing for ratepayers.
We, as we crafted this bill, had lots of experts looking at it, and it is modeled at this point to save American customers, ratepayers, more than $10 billion per year. So this is a real downpayment on the affordability agenda that was so much at the front of Americans' minds when they went to the polls on Tuesday.
This gives us a chance to start now with something that actually moves quite quickly. This begins to generate savings much more quickly than many of the other issues that we are going to have to deal with, like healthcare and grocery prices and so forth. This is a now savings as well as a real savings.
It is also the first bill to crack down on data centers. It ends the data center freeloading, period. Right now, a data center can come to the grid, and it can require the grid, the utility, to invest tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure for the massive load that it is about to dump onto the grid. That all goes into the rate base of the utility. That all becomes the responsibility of all of the ratepayers. That is not fair. Our bill says that ends. If you come to the grid with a big, big demand, you have to pay for the additional infrastructure that needs to be added to meet your requirements.
By the way, that is a savings, too, because it is estimated that about $55 billion over 10 years that ratepayers would have to pay for these data centers to come onto their grids--now that goes to the data center developers themselves. So if you are voting against this bill, you are voting for a $55 billion handout over 10 years to data center developers. I don't think that is a good idea.
We have immense labor support for this bill across the labor sector--the Laborers' International Union, Teamsters, IBEW, steelworkers, iron workers, plumbers and pipe fitters, operating engineers, boilermakers, building trades--and that is because it is estimated to create over 100,000 jobs, and those jobs are real jobs. Those are construction jobs on big projects where people make great wages and in most cases are union workers.
The last thing about it--I see that my chairman is here, so I will wrap up. This is a climate and clean energy bill. This is gigaton-scale emissions reduction savings, and it moves us much more toward solar, wind, and battery. The increased wind capacity from this bill by 2035 is supposed to be 25 percent up; solar, 28 percent up; storage, battery storage, almost a 70-percent increase--vitally important to bringing down costs and to protecting our environment.
With that, I see the chairman is here, so I will yield the floor to her. I thank her for her good work during the many months that led up to this product.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The Senator from West Virginia.
Madam President, I would like to thank my ranking member and good friend Sheldon Whitehouse for his steady and informed and innovative approach to this.
This is not easy. This is legacy setting. This is big. This is, I think, something that all of us--and I appreciate the fact that he made the point: If you are voting against this bill, you are voting against 100,000 new jobs, and you are voting against making data centers pay. But you are also voting against not--cutting redtape or duplicative reviews or regulatory uncertainty that is just weighing us down.
Businesses, large and small, are looking to invest meaningfully in our country, and they lack the certainty to be able to make those decisions.
Communities nationwide have waited in regulatory limbo. And it is not just energy. It is roads. It is bridges. It is energy infrastructure. It is manufacturing facilities and other investments--things like launchpads for the space industry. All of this has led to us losing jobs or not being able to create them, missed economic opportunities, and higher prices across the country.
Data from the National Association of Manufacturers shows that permitting delays are costing America's manufacturers $12.1 billion every year--including in my State, $87 million. That is significant.
According to new data from McKinsey, $1.8 trillion worth of investment is on hold and locked up in the Federal permitting system right now. That includes in my small State--$22 billion in West Virginia.
These are projects that have good-paying jobs, improved mobility, increased access to clean drinking water, deployed broadband into rural areas, and so much more.
The environmental permitting and review processes should be tools for informed decision making, not reasons that decisions can't be made. This is not a sustainable way for the United States to compete with the rest of the world, and it is certainly not a sustainable way to address the energy and affordability issues that we are facing today.
It is no secret that America's energy demand--and Senator Whitehouse talked about this--is growing rapidly to meet the needs of a modern economy. To meet those needs, we have got to modernize. We have to modernize our grid, increase our energy production, and build the fracture to keep America competitive and secure for decades to come.
So it is time for Congress to act, and, in my view, it is actually past time. As chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, I worked, as I mentioned, with my ranking member, Senator Whitehouse. We also worked with Chairman Lee of Energy and Natural Resources and his ranking member, Senator Heinrich from New Mexico.
We have introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026. Everything has a name. This one is called BAAJA, and it is not California Baja. It is American BAAJA. It will unlock economic opportunity, infrastructure development, and energy production.
So it is kind of in two parts because we share jurisdiction here. The first part is in our jurisdiction of EPW, and it consists of reforms to the laws that set the frameworks of our environmental review and permitting processes.
NEPA--we have heard a lot of about NEPA; it has been in effect, I think, since the seventies--and the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act are in the EPW section. It provides certainty for permitted projects, and they will retain their permits if they remain in compliance with the law.
You say: Of course, they would retain their permits.
Well, guess what. That hasn't been happening. It didn't happen in the last administration. It hasn't happened in this administration.
In the second part of the bill--and also, I want to add, in the EPW, because we oversee the environmental regulations--we are not skirting any environmental regulations at all. We don't want to. We won't. We didn't touch those. We are merely making it more efficient and more time sensitive.
The second part of the bill captures reforms to the statutes in the ENR's jurisdiction, which is the National Historic Preservation Act and the Federal Power Act. This section also includes the part that Senator Whitehouse was talking about, the Ratepayer Protection Act. This is legislation that would make potential data centers pay their own way--pay their own way--instead of American consumers facing higher electric bills, higher power bills, higher utility bills.
Together, the package that our committee has put together fulfills these key policy priorities for Members of both sides of the aisle and a diverse set of stakeholders.
I think these comprehensive permitting reforms will generate benefits for our country for years to come for three reasons.
First--and I think we have heard this during the last election, this last week--this bill is something that they want. They want us to work together. This bill is bipartisan. Senators Lee, Whitehouse, Heinrich, and I have worked together for over a year, and our staffs have done an incredible job. This is together because this is the only way that we can achieve durable and implementable reforms for our environmental review and permitting processes.
There is something in this bill for everyone, and it is fair to everyone. That was important to me. Let's be fair, regardless of what your project is. And we owe it to the American people to come together as a body and pass this legislation.
OK, first, bipartisan. Second, it will help all types of projects. We can't adjust processes for just one type of project and not the other. I didn't think that was a good idea, and neither did my fellow Senators. Projects like coal mines, windmills, gas pipelines, solar farms, and steel mills will all benefit from this legislation.
Third, lastly, I think the package addresses critical stages of the permitting process. It creates predictability, consistency, and finality in securing a permit. And it will allow our laws to balance public health, the environment, and the needs of our economy.
Quite frankly, you are not going to make an investment if you don't have this certainty.
And, finally, our legislation will prevent unneeded and unnecessary delays and endless litigation that could block growth.
In West Virginia, investments have collapsed under the weight of legal challenges, denying potential benefits in areas that need the support the most. When a project sits in the environmental review and permitting process for years, what happens? Jobs are not created. Critical infrastructure is not built. Energy is not brought onto the grid. The grid is not modernized. And, ultimately, American families and businesses face higher costs and fewer opportunities.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a report on the benefits of BAAJA, and the results are clear. Families would feel the benefit of between $82 to $164 billion in economic output every single year.
So what would that result in? Real wages will increase. Electricity bills will fall. And everyday expenses would be reduced.
We cannot let the costs of permitting delays fall onto the American families as they have in the past.
I am no stranger to trying to get permitting reform into the Congress. I have introduced multiple bills over multiple years to approve this process. And while Congress has passed very limited reforms, we have not passed significant reforms to NEPA in several decades. Republicans and Democrats alike recognize the need for reforms to unlock investment, to build projects that are important to our States.
On both sides of the aisle, we understand that our constituents need lower costs, good jobs. Communities need economic investment. Businesses need certainty. And America needs to build. These are not partisan ideals. These are American principles.
The administration has also rallied behind this deal, supporting our efforts in the Senate to pass durable reforms so we can unleash our Nation's full potential.
Additionally, we made it a priority to have a robust managers' amendment to this legislation that makes targeted changes based on a lot of the feedback that we got from our Members and stakeholders--regardless of their party or regardless of what their particular interests would be--to help us build further support.
So I am thankful for my colleagues' efforts to strengthen BAAJA and the contributions from Members of the House of Representatives as well. This legislation reflects a vast amount of perspectives and priorities, and I am proud of the product that we are voting on today.
The ranking member mentioned a lot of the support that we have received. We have received--we have a list of like over 1,100 entities that are in support of this legislation. And it represents a broad swathe across the country--really, people who have never been on the same side of any argument.
It includes oil and gas producers and solar energy groups, labor unions and business associations. They all recognize the critical need for permitting reform and the benefits that BAAJA will have on affordability, energy reliability, and economic growth.
A statement from the American Petroleum Institute's Mike Sommers says:
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Washington has a generational opportunity to fundamentally transform a broken permitting system and help address the affordability challenges facing American consumers.
In another statement, Solar Energy Industries Association CEO Tim Pawlenty said:
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This is . . . the kind of bipartisan action America needs to meet growing energy demand, put downward pressure on energy prices, and deploy more affordable, [exactly] reliable solar and storage for American families and businesses.
Xan Fishman, who is the vice president of the Energy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center says:
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[The BAAJA, Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act] would fix our permitting processes so that we can review and build efficiently, reducing costs, improving quality of life, growing our economy, and improving economic outcomes.
In my home State, from the Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia, Rebecca McPhail has said the following:
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GO-West Virginia supports BAAJA for the stated goals of modernizing Federal environmental review, providing certainty for holders of Federal permits and authorizations, and supporting an all-of-the-above energy strategy.
From the business community, Rodney Davis, senior vice president and head of government affairs at U.S. Chamber, has said:
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The Senate's progress toward a comprehensive, bipartisan permitting reform deal brings us one step closer to streamlining the outdated process that is holding up critical projects of all kinds, from energy and water infrastructure to roads, broadband, and manufacturing.
Demonstrating the breadth of support this bill has, the Laborers' International Union of North America general president, Brent Booker, gave the following statement of support:
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For more than a decade, LIUNA has testified before Congress, submitted comments, participated in roundtables, and endorsed numerous iterations of permitting [reform].
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We urge lawmakers in both parties to seize this moment, pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, and finally deliver . . . permitting reform.
And, finally, representing a broad coalition of labor groups, in a letter from Sean McGarvey, president of North America's Building Trades Unions, he said:
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This legislation represents a significant step toward a more efficient permitting system that supports job creation, strengthens America's energy and infrastructure capabilities, and helps reduce costs for working families.
I could not agree more with all of this.
This is an unprecedented opportunity. This is big. This is big for us to come together at this moment to show the American people we are listening to you; we have heard you. And the substance of what we have been working on for the last year will answer a lot of some of the questions that we have heard over the last several months.
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is a win--a win--for America. We cannot let this moment pass by.
The reality is this. Over the next several years, we will have no choice but to increase our national energy production and manufacturing capacity to meet increasing demand. And that means making sure that our infrastructure projects can be built quickly, efficiently, and responsibly.
The House has already passed several key pieces of legislation, including the SPEED Act and the PERMIT Act. Now, it is our turn in the Senate to act on the opportunity in front of us. I encourage my colleagues to rise to the importance of this moment and to vote in favor of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. American growth, competitiveness, security, and families are at stake.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows:
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We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 453, H.R. 2347, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any damages, other than punitive damages, received on account of any sexual acts or sexual contact.
John Thune, Ted Budd, Jim Banks, Bernie Moreno, Pete
Ricketts, James Lankford, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Steve
Daines, Jon A. Husted, Eric Schmitt, Roger Marshall,
Roger F. Wicker, John R. Curtis, John Barrasso, James
E. Risch, Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The mandatory quorum call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2347, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any damages, other than punitive damages, received on account of any sexual acts or sexual contact, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Montana (Mr. Sheehy).
I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) is necessarily absent.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 73, nays 25, as follows:
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The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). On this vote, the yeas are 73, the nays are 25.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The Senator from Texas.
Mr. President, I rise today to request confirmation of CDR Jesse M. Millard to be captain in the U.S. Coast Guard. His nomination was processed by the Commerce Committee back in March of this year.
Commander Millard is a Coast Guard Academy graduate with over 30 years of Coast Guard service. Commander Millard's operational experience and management responsibilities show that he is well qualified for promotion. His experience includes tours aboard medium endurance cutters, on intelligence assignment at Joint Interagency Task Force South, and senior budgetary and logistics roles.
Commander Millard's dedicated service has earned recognition from both the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. He has served on two award-winning teams: the Coast Guard's Enterprise Budget Execution Team, which received the 2022 Chief Financial Officer Award for Excellence, and the Financial Resources Transition Team, which received DHS's 2022 David Norquist Award for Excellence in Financial Management. These awards recognize outstanding performance, innovative thinking, and superior mission achievements.
Commander Millard's commitment to the Coast Guard is shared by his wife CDR Brooke Millard, who retired from the Coast Guard in 2024 after 21 years of service. Brooke now serves as the CEO of the Coast Guard's official family relief society, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance.
Promotions like this one are almost always approved by the Senate unanimously, but not this time. Democrats are attempting to kill Commander Millard's distinguished career over false allegations perpetuated by a leftwing political activist who was known throughout the Coast Guard for her frequent complaints and inability to get along with colleagues.
In October 2016, Commander Millard completed an officer evaluation report for this coworker. In his evaluation, which recommended her for promotion, Commander Millard described the officer as "competent, resourceful, and results-driven" and praised her "unwavering commitment to cadets."
Less than 3 months later, she was promoted based in part on this evaluation, but she was nonetheless unhappy. She had previously accused Commander Millard and his superiors of having bullied her, in part because her managers had rebuked her for being a bad colleague when she unilaterally decided to repaint the staff's office bright orange.
After multiple complaints, including complaints that she made to the Secretary of DHS Alejandro Mayorkas, no one--not the inspector general of the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard itself--found that Millard had ever bullied her or anyone else.
Despite these false attacks, Coast Guard brass put Commander Millard in the unenviable position of having to complete her officer evaluation report, which described her, again, as a "competent, resourceful, and results-driven officer with an unwavering commitment to cadets."
More than a year later, this individual filed a new complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General alleging that Millard's review constituted retaliation against her. Ultimately, with little evidence, the inspector general claimed Millard retaliated against this coworker when he gave her a rating of 5 out of a possible 7 in 2 of the 13 categories he evaluated, although he gave her 6's and 7's for the other categories.
Interestingly, one of the two 5's Commander Millard wrote on the officer evaluation report came about because he followed the direction of his superior, who told him to drop his rating from a 6 to a 5 because it was rare for an officer not in a formal supervisory role to receive a 6 in that category.
Based on an incomplete understanding of the Coast Guard's evaluative process, the inspector general found that Commander Millard's evaluation of the officer was retaliatory. But there were good reasons to question the IG's finding and to side with the subsequent Coast Guard review Boards that saw the situation differently.
First, as noted, Commander Millard's superiors agreed with the evaluation. Second, a rating of 5 still signifies performance slightly above expectations. Indeed, a subsequent Coast Guard review Board even concluded that the evaluation remarks Commander Millard provided were too high, the opposite of the IG's conclusion that they were too low.
Two separate Coast Guard Boards reviewed the inspector general's report and concluded that Millard should be promoted. The most recent Board unanimously recommended him and said the IG report should not be a factor in his promotion. Further, eight of Commander Millard's colleagues submitted letters supporting him. One officer who served under Millard described him as "always extremely approachable and fair." Those firsthand assessments of his leadership deserve serious consideration.
Notably, the Senate has confirmed Commander Millard before. In 2018, after the inspector general issued the report some are using to argue against his promotion, this body confirmed Commander Millard's promotion to commander.
Therefore, as if in executive session and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of PN846, Jesse M. Millard; that the nomination be confirmed; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nomination; and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Is there objection?
The Senator from Washington.
Mr. President, reserving my right to object, as I made clear earlier at the time of Commander Millard's promotion, the Senate promoting a Coast Guard officer who committed retaliation on the whistleblower, I think, does not deserve a promotion.
I am not sure where anybody has been in this body--if you have been living under a rock, to not know that the Coast Guard has serious problems in their standing up for employees.
In this case, the Office of the Inspector General found out that after conducting an independent investigation into Commander Millard's actions, the IG found against Commander Millard. And that is really extraordinary; I wish more people understood what inspector generals do.
But to put it into perspective, between the fiscal year of 2019 and 2025, the inspector general validated only 11 out of more than 3,100--that is of 3,100 retaliation complaints it received, it only validated 11. And one of those cases is Commander Millard.
I recognize that the Coast Guard Board later removed the OIG finding, but I don't think that is their job to basically pass over the information that the inspector general gives. It certainly is our opportunity to either move forward on these promotions or not. But no internal administrative process can change the inspector general's findings, which are supported by the evidence.
So to be clear, this is not just about one officer; the Coast Guard's Operation Fouled Anchor scandal revealed a rampant cultural failing, a lack of accountability, and the need for the Coast Guard to change.
We have tried to work to promote those changes. I hope we can agree that the Coast Guard going around an established process to move an individual hurts the Coast Guard and the coastguardsmen who are serving our country.
Earlier this year, the Commerce Committee passed major structural reforms as part of a bipartisan Coast Guard Reauthorization Act to address those failures, and Congress must ensure that the right leadership is in place to make those durable changes.
Promoting someone who engaged in whistleblower retaliation, I don't think, would fulfill that mission. Therefore, I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The objection is heard.
The Senator from Texas.
Morning Business
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Tribute to Julian Coleman
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, I would like to take the opportunity to express my appreciation to Julian for his hard work as an intern in my Washington, DC, office. I recognize his efforts and contributions to my office, as well as to the State of Wyoming.
Julian was born in Plano, TX. Julian is currently enrolled at Catholic University, where he is pursuing a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in theological science. He has demonstrated a strong work ethic, which has made him an invaluable asset to our office. The quality of his work is reflected in his great efforts over the last several months.
I want to thank Julian for the dedication he has shown while working for me and my staff. It is a pleasure to have him as part of our team. I know he will have continued success with all of his future endeavors. I wish him all my best on his journey.
Tribute to Harry Liang
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, I would like to take the opportunity to express my appreciation to Harry for his hard work as an intern in my Washington, DC, office. I recognize his efforts and contributions to my office, as well as to the State of Wyoming.
Harry was born in Diamond Bar, CA. Harry is currently enrolled at George Washington University, where he is pursuing a bachelor's degree in international affairs. He has demonstrated a strong work ethic, which has made him an invaluable asset to our office. The quality of his work is reflected in his great efforts over the last several months.
I want to thank Harry for the dedication he has shown while working for me and my staff. It is a pleasure to have him as part of our team. I know he will have continued success with all of his future endeavors. I wish him all my best on his journey.
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, today I voted no on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, S. 5653. Permitting reform is needed to fully unlock the clean energy transition--and the good-paying jobs and affordable energy that it will bring--and I appreciate the effort that has gone into this bill. In reviewing it, I have focused on its potential to expand clean and affordable energy and the need to preserve critical protections for Maryland communities and the Chesapeake Bay. As it stands, this bill falls short of balancing those trade-offs, undercutting longstanding environmental protections without doing enough to protect the Maryland Offshore Wind project from the Trump administration's continued attacks.
The bill's changes to the Clean Water Act are particularly concerning, going well beyond what is necessary to speed up permitting of critical energy infrastructure and hamstringing Maryland's ability to effectively protect its waters and the health of the Chesapeake Bay--and may actually result in a two-tiered State and Federal system that causes additional delay. Language in the bill on project certainty is meant to put a stop to the Trump administration's attacks on renewable energy projects, but it fails to provide key protections for Maryland's Offshore Wind project--the State's largest renewable energy project which would provide affordable, reliable electricity to over 600,000 homes. Additionally, the bill's limitations on judicial review go too far, especially to the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, restricting the ability of communities to meaningfully weigh in on projects that will impact them.
We need permitting reform that makes targeted changes to address real problems while protecting the health of communities and the environment. As it currently stands, this bill needs major improvements to meet that mark. I will be introducing targeted amendments to address my concerns with the bill and will continue to push for a robust amendment process to improve it.
H.r. 2347
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, tonight, I voted that the Senate proceed to debate H.R. 2347.
The bill intends to accelerate construction of energy transmission and clean energy infrastructure in order to lower energy prices for American families and accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
While I believe the bill merits Senate debate, I reserve judgement on whether it merits passage pending upcoming debate and amendment.
Remembering Patricia Ann Alsobrooks
Page S5345 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to honor the life and memory of Patricia Ann Alsobrooks, a beloved mother, wife, and woman of remarkable strength and compassion who dedicated her life to supporting those around her.
Patricia embodied hard work, perseverance, and selflessness. Throughout her life, she showed an unwavering commitment to her family and a willingness to sacrifice for the well-being of others. In her career as a receptionist, she understood the importance of determination and creating opportunities for those she loved. Her generosity, kindness, and quiet strength were reflected in the many ways she cared for and supported her loved ones.
Patricia's life was a testament to the lasting impact of love and dedication. She believed in encouraging others to pursue their dreams and never hesitated to offer her support. Through her actions, she demonstrated that a person's influence is measured not only by their accomplishments but also by the lives they touch and the opportunities they help create for others.
Patricia's devotion to her family was especially evident in the values she instilled in her daughters Kim Alsobrooks and our colleague Angela Alsobrooks. Through her example, she taught them the importance of hard work, compassion, and perseverance. My heart goes out to Senator Alsobrooks, her sister Kim, her daughter Alex, their entire family during this difficult time. I hope they find comfort in the cherished memories they shared with Patricia and the love and support of those around them.
I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of Patricia Ann Alsobrooks and celebrating the legacy of strength, love, and kindness she leaves behind.
Tribute to Lisa Meyer
Pages S5345–S5346 · Official textMr. President, I am honored to recognize Lisa Meyer's incredible service to our State and our Nation and to congratulate her on her retirement. Lisa is the definition of a public servant, dedicating her 42-year career to serving the people of Florida. She taught English before working in State government. Lisa was an integral part of the operation, setting a standard of excellence in everything she did. When I began my first term as Florida's Governor, I asked Lisa to continue serving and join our team, and I am so grateful she agreed. Since then, Lisa has been central to our team's success. When I became Florida's Senator, she was one of my first hires. Throughout her time in my office as Governor and Senator, Lisa helped Floridians anytime and anywhere get the assistance they needed as my constituent services director. She led our casework team, and together, they always went above and beyond to deliver for Florida families. Anyone who knows Lisa will tell you she holds herself to an unmatched standard of excellence, which is why, under her leadership, our team won the Congressional Management Foundation's Democracy Award for Outstanding Constituent Services in 2022. If you have met Lisa, it is easy to see why the honor fell on our team. Lisa does not work for awards, but she does award-winning work. Driven by her faith that she witnesses in the way she lives, Lisa always leaves Floridians better off than when she meets them. I am truly sad to see her expertise and institutional knowledge leave our team, but I am beyond grateful for the countless hours she has given to communities in Florida in her various roles in my office and her community. She is a hard worker, a talented leader, and a trusted friend. I wish her my warmest congratulations on her retirement.
Tribute to Rick Snyder
Page S5346 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to recognize Rick Snyder, who recently announced he will retire from his role as the president of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police at the end of his current term. Rick has led Indianapolis Lodge 86 of the Fraternal Order of Police with faith and integrity for more than 12 years, representing more than 3,000 active and retired members from 10 different law enforcement agencies in central Indiana. He has also served Hoosiers as a law enforcement officer for more than three decades.
As the longest serving president in Indianapolis FOP's history to date, Rick Snyder has been a fierce and trustworthy advocate for members of the Indy Metro PD and he has led Indianapolis FOP to a strong position of national leadership.
Under Rick's leadership, Indianapolis police officers have received better salaries and equipment, and their working conditions have improved. Rick has been a strong advocate of "tough on crime" policies that keep Indianapolis residents safe, and he has stood by his members, supporting legal protections that allow law enforcement officers to perform their duties in good faith and without fear of retribution. Rick has consistently set the example as a spiritual leader for Indianapolis police officers and law enforcement officials around the country as chaplain for the National FOP.
It isn't surprising that National FOP president Patrick Yates affirmed Rick's strong leadership, saying "when lodges across the country call me about ideas, I always tell them they should look at what the Indianapolis FOP is doing."
I am proud of the strong legacy of public service Rick is leaving, and I look forward to working with Bobby Ferguson, who was elected to succeed Rick as the next Indianapolis FOP president just last week.
Tribute to Chief L.j. Fusaro
Page S5346 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to celebrate the distinguished career of Chief L.J. Fusaro. Chief Fusaro is retiring after giving 32 years of dedicated service to his community and providing stellar leadership within Connecticut's law enforcement organizations.
Chief Fusaro graduated from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina with a bachelor of arts in political science in 1992 and then received a master of science in criminal justice administration from Western New England College in 1999. He joined the Connecticut State Police as a deputy commanding officer for the troop and district commands unit in 2004.
Chief Fusaro immediately became a leader within the Connecticut law enforcement community, helping to manage criminal investigations, oversee operational planning and staffing, and coordinating with prosecutors, municipal leaders, and other regional stakeholders on investigations and public safety initiatives. He undertook many additional leadership assignments, including becoming a major crime squad commander and a troop commander.
Chief Fusaro's considerable leadership skills were quickly recognized when he was made a commanding officer of the casino operations and licensing unit, where he was responsible for coordinating and directing law enforcement and regulatory oversight activities involving two of the largest casino operations in the world. Chief Fusaro would go on to become commanding officer of the emergency services unit, providing critical guidance to a variety of specialized units and collaborating directly with Federal agencies and other security partners, as well as the director of the Connecticut Intelligence Center, where he was responsible for overseeing statewide intelligence, counterterrorism, and critical infrastructure protection programs.
After his distinguished career with the Connecticut State Police, Chief Fusaro joined the town of Groton as the chief of police and emergency management director. In these roles, Chief Fusaro was the executive leader of a full-service municipal public safety organization responsible for law enforcement operations, emergency management, risk mitigation, strategic planning, and community safety initiatives.
Chief Fusaro's distinguished career has been rightfully recognized with several awards and honors. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Chief Award from the Police Commissioners Association of Connecticut, as well as the FBI Director's Recognition for Service during his leadership of the Sandy Hook response. Chief Fusaro has also held leadership positions in several professional organizations, including being president of both the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the New England Association of Chiefs of Police.
Chief Fusaro's remarkable career is a testament to his dedication to public service and genuine commitment to his community. He has no doubt affected the lives of so many Connecticut residents and helped to make our State a safer place. I hope that my colleagues join me in celebrating Chief Fusaro's career and wish him the best in his next chapter.
Recognizing the Goose
Page S5346 · Official textMr. President, as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize The Goose of Dallas County, IA, as the Senate small Business of the Week.
The idea for The Goose began when the Merkle family recognized the need for a community space in Van Meter. In 2025, the family came across a vacant building for sale while on a run. Nickie and Rob Merkle saw an opportunity to build a business and serve their community, so they decided to purchase the space and open an ice cream shop. Nickie and Rob envisioned their shop as a place where locals could gather, encourage one another, and enjoy life's simple pleasures. To emphasize community even more, the Merkles named the shop "The Goose," symbolizing the tendency for geese to fly together and lift each other up along the way. The Goose opened in July 2026. Following a successful summer season, Nickie and Rob expanded the menu to include coffee to better serve the community through the winter months.
Though new, The Goose already plays a key role in Van Meter. Under Nickie and Rob's leadership, it has flourished into a vibrant social hub that hosts various community events. Their vision has become reality. To further engage with the community, The Goose partnered with a local elementary school to showcase student designs on its coffee cup sleeves and in the "Goose Gallery" on the store's walls. The shop also stays open late after large community events like high school homecoming and Music in The Park, so locals can grab a bite. The Goose sources its ice cream from Hiland Dairy and offers customers a wide range of flavors. The coffee menu features lattes, cold brew, and specialty drinks. Both coffee and ice cream orders can be placed online or in-store. As the Merkles continue to grow their business and serve others, they credit the success of The Goose to the community and staff who have supported them along the way.
I am pleased to recognize the Merkles and the employees of The Goose for their commitment to community building and involvement in Dallas County. I look forward to their continued success and wish them the very best in the years ahead.
Recognizing Natural Fertilizer
Pages S5346–S5347 · Official textMr. President, as Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Natural Fertilizer of Harrison County, IA, as the Senate Small Business of the Week.
Abe Sandquist came up with the idea of Natural Fertilizer after spending several years developing nutrient management plans for the USDA. His time there revealed that many agricultural producers did not realize the value of organic nutrients until they received professional guidance on how to effectively use them. Seeing the strong demand for assistance, Abe established Natural Fertilizer in 2007 to provide nutrient management consulting services. Since then, Natural Fertilizer has continued to grow. In 2009, Abe recognized the potential in brokering and selling excess manure to neighboring farms. Abe's decision to enter this new field allowed Natural Fertilizer to partner with local manure haulers, transforming the business into a full-service operation that incorporated transporting, marketing, and fertilizing. In 2021, Natural Fertilizer acquired Soil Solutions in Onawa, IA. This allowed the business to recycle industrial byproducts into high-value fertilizers and expand its reach to farmers in other States.
Today, Natural Fertilizer mainly focuses on the nutrient cycle of organic residuals in addition to its consulting services. Abe's goal is for everyone to win: the community, the processors, the feedlots, and the farmers. Abe and his team of 30 employees and 30 contractors have expanded operations to include two recycling centers in western Iowa. At these processing plants, heat and microbes break down thousands of tons of organic matter, transforming the waste into nutrient-rich, sustainable, and affordable fertilizer. Once fully processed and tested for quality, the business distributes its fertilizer to over 500 farmers across Iowa. In 2025, Abe was awarded the USDA Fertilizer Production Expansion Program, FPEP, grant to begin constructing the Waste Into Nutrient Recovery, WINR Center. Since then, construction of a second WINR Center has begun, and a site for a third has been purchased. Abe hopes that Natural Fertilizer will one day be the national standard.
Natural Fertilizer's impressive growth has been recognized by several organizations in the community. The Harrison County Farm Bureau honored Abe with the 2026 Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award. In 2025, Iowa's Small Business Development Center awarded him the Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Sustainable Innovation in Agricultural Waste. That same year, Abe was named Iowa Entrepreneur of the Year. Beyond these accolades, Abe remains an active member of Woodbine Iowa's IGNITE Pathways Program, which provides high school students with opportunities and career paths post-graduation. Abe also previously served as vice chair and advocacy chair of the Iowa Composting Council, where he remains a member and continues to advocate for nutrient cycling across the agricultural industry. Abe and his team at Natural Fertilizer continuously demonstrate their commitment to improving the lives of fellow Iowans through their work.
I am pleased to recognize Abe Sandquist and the employees of Natural Fertilizer for their commitment to building and serving the Harrison County community. I look forward to their continued success and wish them the very best in the years ahead.
Recognizing Top Notch Fireworks
Page S5347 · Official textMr. President, as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Top Notch Fireworks of Union County, IA, as the Senate Small Business of the Week.
Located in Creston, IA, Top Notch Fireworks has served southwest Iowa communities for nearly a decade, as a family-owned and operated company specializing in consumer-grade retail and professional fireworks displays. Brandon and MaKenzi Vonk founded the business in 2017, although Brandon's interest began much earlier. In the early 2000s, when Brandon was in college, the sale of fireworks was not permitted in Iowa. To pursue his interest, Brandon spent time selling fireworks in Missouri.
In 2017, Iowa passed legislation allowing for the sale of fireworks. That same year, Brandon and MaKenzi founded Top Notch Fireworks in a 30-by-30-foot tent. Soon after, the couple moved to a permanent space off Route 34 where they continue to operate out of today. The Vonks run this seasonal business alongside 10 dedicated employees. While they are only open for a portion of the year, the Top Notch team is committed to honoring the traditions and excitement that come with fireworks displays.
After years of success, Top Notch Fireworks has built a reputation for safety and expertise throughout Iowa. Top Notch's commitment to safety and quality is why so many communities in the area have chosen the business for their fireworks needs. Top Notch provides 14 communities in southeast Iowa with their annual Fourth of July fireworks shows. The business is also trusted with fireworks displays at county fairs, high school football games, weddings. and more.
Top Notch Fireworks regularly donates products and proceeds to local causes. The business hosts the Wishes Fund, a raffle that raises money for a community member in need. But Top Notch does not stop there: Every Creston High School home game features fireworks to enhance the festivities. Top Notch Fireworks can also be found at the annual Cromwell Harvest Fest. The Vonks also donate to local sports teams, police, and fire departments. As an important fixture of the community, Top Notch Fireworks has been voted a Best of Southwest Iowa business for the past 3 years. The Vonks credit their team and community for Top Notch Fireworks' success and continue to view their achievement as an opportunity to give back.
I am pleased to recognize Brandon, MaKenzi, and the entire Top Notch Fireworks team for their commitment to safety, quality, and community. I look forward to their continued success and wish them the very best in the years ahead.
Tribute to Van Ingram
Pages S5347–S5348 · Official textMr. President, I would like to take a moment to honor Van Ingram, the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, ODCP, who is retiring at the end of this year after 22 years as one of the Commonwealth's leading drug enforcement officers. I have worked closely with Van to combat the issues of substance abuse, addiction, and the opioid crisis that has plagued our state. It is my privilege to look back at Van's lengthy career in public service fighting for the betterment of the people of the great State of Kentucky.
Prior to joining the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, Van spent more than 23 years in the Maysville Police Department, including his final 6 as chief. In 2001, Van was named Kentucky Chief of the Year and received the Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Enforcement in 2004, the same year that the ODCP was created. The ODCP's office's main mission since its inception when it was formed has been to help communities throughout the Commonwealth understand substance abuse and reduce the risk of addiction, while coordinating efforts with law enforcement and other agencies to help those receive the treatment and help they need. Van was at the forefront of these efforts and became executive director of the office in 2009. Van led drug-control policy in Kentucky during a time when the State was at in the height of its struggle with the opioid crisis. In 2012, Van helped Kentucky strengthen its prescription-monitoring efforts by requiring many prescribers to check the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system, known as KASPER, before prescribing controlled substances. Thanks to Van's innovation and leadership, almost all States in the years since have established similar systems.
During my time as Senate leader, I was proud to leverage my leadership role and work alongside Van in fighting the substance abuse epidemic. From 2000-2012, Kentucky saw hospitalizations for drug-dependent newborns drastically increase from 28 in 2000 to 824 in 2012. By 2018, the crisis had worsened, with Kentucky ranking fifth for the most overdose deaths in the Nation. Van and I both shared a commitment to finding solutions to this crisis that was plaguing the Commonwealth. Together, we supported new legislative efforts and created new programs to help combat the epidemic, including the bipartisan SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act in 2018, which provided Federal funding to establish the State's first official comprehensive opioid recovery center. As part of these efforts, Kentucky saw overdose deaths fall by nearly 15 percent in 2018, the largest drop in more than a decade. That same year, the Nation also recorded its first decline in drug overdose deaths since 1990.
Van was truly a critical member in the nationwide fight against the opioid epidemic, and it is thanks to his leadership and commitment to the people of the Commonwealth that Kentucky is a healthier and safer State today. I ask my Senate colleagues to join me in celebrating the work and career of Van Ingram and wish him well during his retirement.
Tribute to Steve Pendery
Page S5348 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a good friend of mine and a devoted public servant to the people of Campbell County, KY, County Judge-Executive Steve Pendery. Steve is wrapping up his service after 28 years at the helm leading Campbell County, and I ask my colleagues to please join me in applauding his efforts to improve the lives of his fellow residents and help usher in an era of economic growth and success for the region.
A lifelong resident of Campbell County, Steve built his career working in the insurance industry. His professional roots cemented in him a resolve that making a difference through hard work is possible and service to others is important. Since being elected county judge-executive, Steve has accrued numerous accolades and accomplishments on behalf of Campbell County residents.
Steve's wins for Campbell County have all come from his dedication to common sense, fiscally responsible government. Judge Pendery helped expand fiber optic cable across the county to keep residents connected, and he worked hard to expand water service to many households. He even managed to eliminate park fees and lower property taxes for residents while maintaining the highest quality local government services.
In addition, Steve's focus on Campbell County's infrastructure has been vital for commuters throughout the region and for managing increased economic growth. His core belief in running a small, efficient government focused on providing top-tier, superior services for the people has worked. All who are familiar with Campbell County can see the impact Steve has made on the community, and I am grateful for his work and service that has benefited so many Kentuckians.
Over the years, I have been honored to work together with Steve to fight the opioid epidemic that has plagued the lives of so many of our neighbors across the Commonwealth. Through understanding the issue and collaborating with people in the community, Judge Pendery has been a great partner in this work which has led to a significant reduction in fatal overdoses over the last several years in Campbell County. I am glad to have had Steve on the ground in northern Kentucky pushing forward on the frontlines of this issue.
Steve's invaluable leadership over nearly three decades leaves behind an enduring legacy that will benefit Campbell County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky for many generations to come. I know that his wife Dana and his children Chase and Allie are incredibly proud of him, and I look forward to seeing what comes next for him in this next chapter of his life. So once again, I will ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Judge-Executive Steve Pendery for his distinguished record of public service to Campbell County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Tribute to Reagan Taylor
Page S5348 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a true patriot and devoted Kentuckian who has served the great people of Madison County, KY, for the last 11 years as county judge-executive. As Reagan Taylor wraps up his time leading Madison County's local government, I would like to ask my colleagues to please join me in applauding his dedicated service to the people of Richmond, Berea, and the surrounding areas during a time of tremendous growth and success for the region.
After an impressive career in business, Reagan decided it was time to give back to the community that raised him and run for office. Reagan was first elected in 2014, and his tenure has been marked by a vision of efficient and effective government that invests taxpayer dollars with honest stewardship. Judge Taylor and I share a strong belief that when you invest in your constituents, it pays off in dividends. And most of the growth that Madison County has experienced over the last 11 years is, no doubt, thanks to and because of Judge Taylor's leadership.
I have had the pleasure of working with Judge Taylor over the years on securing additional Federal funding for Madison County, and our most significant collaboration has been working on the Blue Grass Army Depot, BGAD. After decades of effort, in 2023, we were proud to celebrate the safe destruction of the remaining chemical weapons stored at BGAD. Reagan and I have worked together to support the installation's future as hundreds of constituents rely on this installation as a place of employment. As warfare adapts and our Armed Forces continue to evolve, Reagan and I have also worked tirelessly to keep BGAD in the conversation, making sure it has the necessary funding to continue providing the military with vital resources.
I have been proud to help secure hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Federal funding through the appropriations process for BGAD to expand the manufacturing and production process of energetics at the installation. I am thankful for Reagan's support and his advocacy efforts on behalf of the Blue Grass Army Depot and residents of Madison County who support its mission. His work is admirable and his trusted counsel has been critical for our work together to modernize BGAD.
Judge Taylor has been a great representative on behalf of the people of Madison County, and I am honored to have worked with him to provide for our constituents. It is difficult to find someone who has done as much as he has for so many hard-working Kentuckians. I know that whatever Reagan decides to do next, his exemplary leadership skills will serve him well in this new chapter of his life. I wish Reagan, his wife Kelly, their children the best, and I thank them for their time and devotion to Madison County.
Tribute to Joe Neves
Pages S5348–S5349 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Kings County Supervisor Joe Neves on his retirement. Supervisor Neves was first elected to serve Kings County in 1994, and during his last year of service in 2026, he was the longest serving seated county supervisor in California.
Supervisor Neves was born in Hanford, CA, and grew up working at his family's farming operation, which included diversified farming, beef production, and trucking of agriculture commodities. He worked on his family farm throughout high school and college. He is a first-generation graduate from West Hills Community College, University of Phoenix, and Brandman University. In 1979 he became a volunteer fireman at the Stratford Fire Station and soon after became the manager of the Stratford Public Utilities District.
At age 37, Supervisor Neves was elected to the Kings County Board of Supervisors, where he would go on to serve for nearly three decades. Supervisor Neves' service can be defined by his commitment to his community. His work in establishing a 40,000-acre solar zone in Kings County helped bridge the gap between farmers with fallowed land and the State's renewable energy goals. As the chairman of the Kings County Area Public Transit Agency, Supervisor Neves oversaw a $31 million investment into the county through the construction of a public transportation hub, supporting rural communities' access to local resources. Through his work, Supervisor Neves made investments in the Central Valley that will continue to serve constituents in the future.
Upon retiring, Supervisor Neves was awarded the 2025 Agricultural Supporter of the Year from the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce. This recognition speaks to his local advocacy for California farmers who sustain our economy. He has also been honored as the Lemoore Citizen of the Year and was awarded the Tachi Tribe Award, reflecting the respect he has garnered with local stakeholders. Supervisor Neves is often seen barbequing at local events, announcing sports games, or even as dressing up as Santa Claus with his wife Kathy as Mrs. Claus. Even in the small things, Supervisor Neves has found a way to make a positive impact in Kings County.
I ask all Members to join me in recognizing Supervisor Joe Neves on his retirement after 30 years of service. His impact on the Kings County community will be enjoyed and remembered for years to come.
Recognizing Temple Israel of Hollywood
Page S5349 · Official textMr. President, today I rise to honor and celebrate Temple Israel of Hollywood as it commemorates its 100th anniversary.
Founded in 1926 by seven families, Temple Israel of Hollywood has been a cornerstone of the Los Angeles Jewish community for a century. What began as a small congregation has grown into a beautiful community that provides a place of worship, education, and service, bringing generations of families together through their shared faith and commitment to tradition and justice.
For 100 years, Temple Israel of Hollywood has worked to preserve Jewish traditions while embracing the changing needs of its community members. Through its Religious School, Bay-Nimoy Early Education Center, and Briskin Elementary School, the congregation has educated generations of young people and helped foster a lasting connection to Jewish identity and values.
Temple Israel of Hollywood's commitment to service extends far beyond its congregation. From raising funds following the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster to supporting relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, the temple has continually answered the call to help those in need. Its longstanding tradition of providing Christmas dinners and monthly lunches to vulnerable populations reflects its dedication to improve the human condition across communities.
The temple has also played an important role in advancing social change. In the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Harry Belafonte spoke from its sanctuary. Throughout its history, the congregation has championed civil rights, supported underserved communities, and built meaningful relationships across religious traditions. Its founding of Big Sunday in 1999, a single-day community service initiative, further reflects its enduring commitment to bringing people together through service.
I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the impact and importance of Temple Israel of Hollywood. For a century, the congregation has enriched the Los Angeles community through its dedication to Jewish tradition, thought, and practice. I congratulate Temple Israel of Hollywood on this remarkable milestone and wish the congregation continued success for the next 100 years and beyond.
Remembering David Hollister
Page S5349 · Official textMr. President, it is my honor to recognize the life and public service of the late David C. Hollister, the esteemed former mayor of Lansing, MI.
Mr. Hollister passed away earlier this year at the age of 84, leaving behind a remarkable career of passionate public service to Michigan. He transformed our State for the better, especially our capital city, for generations of Michiganders.
Born in Kalamazoo in 1942 and raised in Battle Creek, Mr. Hollister studied at Kellogg Community College and Michigan State University. While studying at MSU, he was inspired by a speech Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave, as well as a chance meeting with him. This compelled Mr. Hollister to travel to Mississippi to volunteer as a teacher on the frontlines of the civil rights movement. These life-changing experiences encouraged him toward public service.
A common thread throughout Mr. Hollister's life was his commitment to peace, social justice, equality, education, and human rights. His philosophy was called "VP3." First, you need a positive vision to help people. Then, you need the three "Ps": a plan to get there, partners who are truly committed to the vision, and perseverance to get it done. This was the foundation of his five decades of public service, which were marked by integrity, consistency, and passion for a better Michigan.
Mr. Hollister first served Michigan as a teacher in Durand and Lansing. He saw firsthand how many of his students suffered because they did not have enough food at home or their families could not pay their bills. These experiences drove him to run for elected office. He served on the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and then nearly two decades in the Michigan House of Representatives. Chairing the appropriations subcommittee on social services for one decade, Mr. Hollister was a staunch advocate for helping families get the healthcare, food, wages, and resources they needed to stay healthy. He helped establish the Greater Lansing Food Alliance, now known as the Greater Lansing Food Bank, a lifeline providing food to families in need.
Mr. Hollister is most revered for his leadership in revitalizing Lansing into the incredible city that Michiganders enjoy and love today. He believed to his core that Lansing was the best city in the world. When he spoke about his positive vision for the city, he was passionate and excited; and Lansing elected him three times as mayor to carry it out, starting in 1993.
When you drive down Michigan Avenue, you see a beautiful baseball stadium and a sea of restaurants, shops, and apartments. Much of that is because of Mr. Hollister. He helped establish the beloved Lansing Lugnuts, a minor league baseball team that helped revitalize Lansing's downtown.
He also helped strengthen Lansing's economy. When General Motors announced plans in 1996 to close plants in the region, Mr. Hollister created a grassroots coalition of labor unions, business leaders, State officials, and community advocates from both sides of the aisle to keep the business in town. Their efforts were successful, saving thousands of good-paying jobs and ensuring Lansing's economy was set up for success for decades to come. He also helped bring new industries to the region that are still thriving today.
For his tenacious and strong-willed service to Lansing, the capital's city hall now bears his name. Mr. Hollister also served at Michigan State University and as the director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth under former Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Mr. Hollister was a champion for Lansing who will be dearly missed by our State. He was also a proud and caring husband, father, grandfather, friend, and mentor.
As we celebrate David Hollister's life, it is my honor to appreciate his lifetime of getting things done to help Michigan families and children, especially in our State's wonderful capital city.
Tribute to Christopher Carlile
Pages S5349–S5350 · Official textMr. President, transitioning from military to civilian life can be difficult for many of our veterans. For U.S. Army COL Chris Carlile of Enterprise, he has combined many of his passions and experiences to make this transition easier for Alabama's heroes. Chris is a sixth-generation Army veteran who spent more than 36 years protecting our country across the globe.
He held some of the most critical military positions in the post-9/11 era, including serving as a nuclear strike adviser to President George W. Bush, where he was entrusted with carrying the nuclear football. He also oversaw thousands of soldiers for numerous missions throughout his Army tenure. Though this was a heavy responsibility, Chris said it was the soldiers that deserve the recognition.
After retiring from the military, Chris and his wife Sandra returned to the Wiregrass where they first met when he was a young pilot in training. He became involved in the Wiregrass veterans' community and now helps veterans apply for their benefits as a veterans' service officer with Disabled American Vets, Post No. 9. Chris also serves as the chairman of the executive committee of the Army Aviation Museum Foundation, where he helps tell the story of Fort Rucker's role in Army aviation to more than 100,000 visitors every year. His passion for Army aviation also shines through his involvement with the Friends of Army Aviation, where he has coordinated public nationwide air shows, funeral honor flights, displays for community service, and helicopter ride events with their Huey choppers. They made Alabama proud with their flights during the Army's 250th birthday parade in Washington, DC. Chris is also a Harvard-educated cattleman and is part of the Coffee County Cattlemen's Association, where he mentors other veterans who are wanting to transition from the military to the ag industry.
We have a lot to thank Chris for when it comes to our military security and our national food security. It is my honor to recognize him as the October Veteran of the Month.
Tribute to Robert Killen
Page S5350 · Official textMr. President, whether or not you grow up planning to join the military, any time in the uniform has a way of sticking with you for many years. For U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class Robert Killen of Huntsville, he has carried the same conviction to protect those around him even after his time in the Navy as a firefighter and police officer.
Growing up in Florida, Robert was drawn to the Navy a few years after he graduated from high school. He went on to serve for 7 years during 1989 to 1995 and deployed during both the Gulf War and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Part of his responsibilities on the Navy ships included aircraft rescue firefighting, a passion that has remained at the forefront of his life all these years later.
Eventually, Robert moved to Huntsville where he met and married his wife Christy. And they have built quite a life for themselves in the Rocket City. As the oldest graduate of both the policy and fire academies, Robert began his career in public safety at the Huntsville International Airport as both a police officer and firefighter. For the last 15 years, he has kept travelers safe from threats they likely won't ever know they faced.
In the last few years, he has gone the extra mile by getting certified and bringing in a Crisis Intervention Team--CIT--to the airport's public safety operations. Along with his critical fire and police work, his CIT training keeps travelers even more safe from a potential mental health crisis. Not to mention, outside of his 24-hour shifts at the airport, Robert also serves as a sheriff with the Madison County Sheriff's Department. He is truly keeping north Alabamians safe on multiple fronts.
Robert also uses his position to help the most vulnerable among us. Every year around the holidays, he participates in a "shop-with-a-cop" program, where officers take underprivileged children to pick out Christmas gifts they might otherwise not receive. He also drives the aircraft rescue and firefighting truck in the Huntsville City Christmas Parade every year.
Robert and his wife have two children: Cannon, who followed in his dad's footsteps and also works at the airport, and Kendall, who is currently pursuing her college degree. As Thanksgiving approaches, I hope we all take some time to express our thankfulness for the men and women, like Robert, who have given their time and resources to keeping us safe.
It is my honor to recognize him as the November Veteran of the Month.
Tribute to Bryan Price
Page S5350 · Official textMr. President, I rise today to recognize Bryan Price, who will retire from his role as the president and CEO of the Indiana University Credit Union in April 2027.
Bryan has been with IU Credit Union for more than 40 years, spending the last 20 as its president and CEO. Throughout his career, Bryan has provided leadership that has benefited the credit union's 72,000 members, touching communities throughout the State. In addition to his contributions to the IU Credit Union, Bryan worked on behalf of Indiana's more than 2.8 million credit union members through service on the board of Indiana's Department of Financial Institutions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Credit Union Advisory Council, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank Community Depository Institution Advisory Council, and the board of the Indiana Credit Union League.
Bryan has provided leadership with exceptional vision, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to improving the financial well-being of Indiana families and communities. Under his stewardship, IU Credit Union has grown into one of Indiana's largest and most respected credit unions while remaining steadfast in its cooperative, member-focused mission. He has consistently championed the belief that a credit union's purpose extends beyond banking: that it exists to strengthen the community it serves. His leadership has inspired employees, community partners, and fellow credit union leaders to embrace that same philosophy of service.
His leadership has fostered a culture of service and community investment that has produced meaningful and lasting benefits for Hoosiers. This has included the credit union contributing more than $300,000 annually to community sponsorships and charitable initiatives; awarding more than $47,000 annually in scholarships to students pursuing higher education; supporting United Way campaigns, affordable housing initiatives, financial literacy programs, and numerous nonprofit organizations throughout south-central Indiana; and investing in partnerships that improve educational opportunities, economic development, and the overall quality of life for Hoosier communities.
Bryan has also distinguished himself as one of Indiana's most effective credit union advocates. He has worked with legislators and regulators at the State and Federal levels to help shape public policy and improve consumer access to affordable financial services. In recognition of these accomplishments and more, he was inducted into the Indiana Credit Union Hall of Fame on October 2 of this year.
Bryan's legacy will be measured not only by the growth and success of the organizations he led; it will also be measured by the countless lives he has positively impacted through his commitment to public service, financial empowerment, education, and community investment. He embodies the leadership qualities that others look up to, and his contributions have left a lasting mark on his credit union, community, colleagues, and everyone who benefited because of his dedication to the cooperative principle of people helping people.
Messages from the President
Page S5350 · Official textMessages from the President of the United States were communicated to the Senate by Ms. Meyerson, one of his secretaries.
Executive Messages Referred
Page S5350 · Official textAs in executive session the Presiding Officer laid before the Senate messages from the President of the United States submitting sundry nominations and a withdrawal which were referred to the appropriate committees. (The messages received today are printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.)
Messages from the House Received During Adjournment
Pages S5350–S5351 · Official textUnder the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2025, the Secretary of the Senate, on October 9, 2026, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. Houchin) has signed the following enrolled bills:
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H.R. 952. An act to convey the revisionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California.
H.R. 1721. An act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for critical infrastructure sectors, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2388. An act to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2481. An act to require online dating service providers to provide fraud ban notifications to online dating service members, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4467. An act to modify the boundary of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes.
Under the authority of the order of the January 3, 2025, the enrolled bills were subsequently signed on October 9, 2026, during the adjournment of the Senate, by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Young). Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2025, the Secretary of the Senate, on October 15, 2026, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. Houchin) has signed the following enrolled bills:
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H.R. 227. An act to allow a period in which members of the clergy may revoke their exemption from Social Security coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 837. An act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
H.R. 997. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform to the intent of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, as set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-599, that the National Taxpayer Advocate be able to hire and consult counsel as appropriate.
H.R. 1190. An act to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1550. An act to redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park.
H.R. 1703. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify payment rules for manual wheelchairs under part B of the Medicare program.
H.R. 1744. An act to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on Internal Religious Freedom through December 31, 2028.
H.R. 1945. An act to designate the America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3620. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4307. An act to direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their official duties, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5235. An act to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5284. An act to require the Social Security Administration to make changes to the social security terminology used in the rules, regulation, guidance, or other materials of the Administration.
H.R. 6380. An act redesignate the Chiricahua National Monument in the State of Arizona as Chiricahua National Park, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7022. An act to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7730. An act to amend title 11, United States Code, to modify certain bankruptcy eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7831. An act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8205. An act to amend the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to reauthorize the provisions of such Act through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8352. An act to authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9496. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to postpone tax deadlines and reimburse paid late fees for United States nationals who are unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad, and for other purposes.
H.R. 10159. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of North Carolina a certain parcel of real property located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on which the State shall construct a veterans' State home, and for other purposes.
H.R. 10167. An act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to stop minting the penny, to require cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents, and for other purposes.
Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2025, the enrolled bills were subsequently signed on October 15, 2026, during the adjournment of the Senate, by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Moreno).
Enrolled Bills Presented
Page S5351 · Official textThe Secretary of the Senate reported that on October 5, 2026, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills:
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S. 240. An act to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 283. An act to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
S. 2403. An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide a clear definition of adequate consideration for certain closely held stock, and for other purposes.
Privileged Nomination Referrred to Committee
Page S5351 · Official textOn request by Senator Maria Cantwell, under the authority of S. Res. 116, 112th Congress, the following nomination was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Joshua Shoemaker, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Executive and Other Communications
Pages S5351–S5355 · Official textThe following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated:
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EC-4965. A communication from the General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Review of the President's Special Message of September 25, 2026"; to the Committees on Appropriations; the Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the Judiciary.
EC-4966. A communication from the Assistant Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy and designation of an acting officer for a position covered by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 for the position of General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
EC-4967. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Secretary of State's intent to designate Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization as well as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4968. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, the Navy's proposed letter(s) of offer and acceptance to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for defense articles and services estimated to cost $1.041 billion ((RSAT Case 26-100) (OSS-2026-0718)); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4969. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, the Army's proposed letter(s) of offer and acceptance to the Government of Egypt for defense articles and services estimated to cost $832 million ((RSAT Case 25-CO(25-67))(OSS-2026-0717)); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4970. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, the Army's proposed letter(s) of offer and acceptance to the Government of Kuwait for defense articles and services estimated to cost $400 million ((RSAT Case 26-89) (OSS-2026-0719)); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4971. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Syria Country Policy Revision" (RIN1400-AG38) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4972. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to the Malaysia in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 26-071); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4973. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data, and defense services to the Romania in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 26-078); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4974. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data, and defense services to Mexico in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 26-082); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4975. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, the Navy's proposed letter(s) of offer and acceptance to the Government of Australia for defense articles and services estimated to cost $300 million (RSAT Case 26-103); to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4976. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report entitled "Resolution of the Cyprus Dispute"; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-4977. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a nomination for a position covered by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 for the position of Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4978. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Transparency in Coverage" (RIN0938-AV64) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4979. A communication from the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "HHS Has Not Made Additional Progress Toward Compliance With the Geospatial Data Act"; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4980. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Use of Salt Substitutes To Reduce the Sodium Content in Standardized Foods" (RIN0910-AI27) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4981. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Temporary Moratoria on Certain Agent and Broker Registration to Participate in the Exchanges" (RIN0938-AW26) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4982. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, reports entitled "Community Services Block Grant Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023", "Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)" and "CSBG Disaster Supplemental Reports"; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4983. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Transparency in Coverage" (RIN1210-AC30) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-4984. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Report on the Adequacy of the Rules Prescribed Under the E-Government Act of 2002"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4985. A communication from the Chief Regulatory Officer, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Removing 30-Day Refugee Termination Notice" (RIN1615-AD23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4986. A communication from the Chief Regulatory Officer, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Removal of Automatic Extensions for Certain Employment Authorization Documents" (RIN1615-AD05) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4987. A communication from the Regulatory Analysis Team Supervisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations, Final Rule" (RIN1125-AB42) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4988. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Report to Congress on the Notifications of Thefts, Losses, or Release of Biological Select Agents and Toxins for Calendar Year 2024"; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-4989. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13664 with respect to South Sudan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4990. A communication from the Senior Legal Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Forms and Procedures for Review of State Certifications by the Stablecoin Certification Review Committee" (RIN1505-AC97) received during the adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4991. A communication from the Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Expanded Examination Cycle for Certain Small Insured Depository Institutions and U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks" (RIN7100-AH28) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4992. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13413 with respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4993. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Cuban Assets Control Regulations" (31 CFR Part 515) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4994.
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A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Cuban Sanctions Regulations" (31 CFR Part 516) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4995. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations" (31 CFR Part 560) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-4996. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Modernizing Consumer Opt-Out Rights Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991" (FCC 26-67) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-4997. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Satellite Spectrum Abundance; Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff; Expanding Use of 12.7-13.25 GHz Band for Mobile Broadband or Other Expanded Use; Shared Use of the 42-42.5 GHz Band; Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio Services" (FCC 26-65) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-4998. A communication from the Supervisory Program Analyst, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Selmer, Tennessee)" (DA 26-1039) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-4999. A communication from the Chief for Regulatory Development, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration" (RIN2126-AC77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5000. A communication from the Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code" (RIN2137-AE58) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5001. A communication from the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Rules of Practice; 16 C.F.R. Chapter I" (RIN3084-AB85) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 22, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5002. A communication from the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Rules of Practice; 16 C.F.R. Parts 4 and 5" (RIN3084-AB85) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5003. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to action on a nomination for a position covered by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 for the position of Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5004. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model" (RIN0938-AV66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5005. A communication from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Guidance and Other Actions Being Considered Regarding Certain Potentially Abusive Investment Fund Strategies Involving Financial Products" (Notice 2026-62) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5006. A communication from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Trump Accounts" (RIN1545-BS27) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5007. A communication from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Section 351 Exchange-Traded Fund Transactions" (Rev. Rul. 2026-20) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5008. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "FY 2023 Annual Report to Congress on the Child Support Program"; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5009. A communication from the Supervisory Program Analyst, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Whitehall, Michigan)" (DA 26-1040) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-5010. A communication from the Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Measures to Restrict Stockpiling of Polysilicon and Polysilicon Derivatives Under Proclamation 11052" (RIN0694-AK57) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5011. A communication from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Federal Scholarship Tax Credit" (RIN1545-BS17) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5012. A communication from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Extension of the Phase-in Period for the Enforcement and Administration of Section 871(m)" (Notice 2026-61) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5013. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Attainment Date Extension for the South Coast, California 2012 Annual PM2.5 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area" (FRL No. 13379-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5014. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of NOx Emissions From Large Stationary Internal Combustion Engines" (FRL No. 13460-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 6, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5015. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-1)" (FRL No. 13317-02-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5016. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (24-5.5e)" (FRL No. 12742-03-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5017. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for Reporting Year 2025 to March 10, 2027" (FRL No. 12720.2-01-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5018. A communication from the Director, Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Exemptions from Materials Licensing" (RIN3150-AL61) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5019. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "MO-478 Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permit Exemptions" (FRL No. 13486-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5020. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; New Jersey; RACT Certifications for the 2008 and 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards" (FRL No. 13420-02-R2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5021.
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A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Louisville Area Limited Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS" (FRL No. 13322-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5022. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Clean Data Determination for the Berrien, Michigan and Muskegon, Michigan Areas for the 2015 Ozone Standards" (FRL No. 13264-02-R5) received during adjournment
of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5023. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS" (FRL No. 13190-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5024. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Colorado Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy" (FRL No. 12995-02-OW) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5025. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Removal of Nonattainment Area New Source Review" (FRL No. 12934-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5026. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Municipal Waste Combustors" (FRL No. 12837-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5027. A communication from the Acting Branch Chief of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Compliance Date Delay and Changes to Reflect Administration Policy" (FRL No. 7881.1-02-OLEM) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5028. A communication from the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Long Island Sound 2024 Report to Congress"; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5029. A communication from the Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Key Ring-Necked Snake and Rim Rock Crowned Snake" (RIN1018-BE84) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5030. A communication from the Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Florida Keys Mole Skink" (RIN1018-BG24) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 15, 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5031. A communication from the Executive Director of the Build America Bureau, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the financial performance of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-5032. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 102 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5033. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 103 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5034. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 104 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5035. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 105 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5036. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 106 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5037. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 107 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5038. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 108 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5039. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 109 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5040. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 110 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5041. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 111 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5042. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 112 regarding duties; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5043. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 113(a) regarding duties; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5044. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, certifying that it is in the national interests of the United States to waive the application of section 117 regarding sanctions provisions and other restrictions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-5045. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of the reasons for action to adjust imports of robotics and industrial machinery, as well as their parts and components, so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security of the United States in relation to Proclamation 110077 of October 28, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5046. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of the reasons for action to adjust imports of wind turbines and their components and subcomponents so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security of the United States in relation to Proclamation 11074 of October 22, 2026; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-5047. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that was declared in Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5048. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5049. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in Nicaragua that was declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5050. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of
November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5051.
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A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5052. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that was declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs .
EC-5053. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-5054. A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report to advise that he is exercising his authority to designate an Acting Inspector General of the Department of Education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-5055. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of his intent to terminate the designation of the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of South Africa as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act; to the Committee on Finance.
Reports of Committees
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By Mr. CRUZ, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
S. 933. A bill to authorize programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 119-156).
S. 2378. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish funds for investments in aviation security checkpoint technology, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 119-157).
S. 4448. A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to create tools for tracking the progress of grant recipients under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, to require the Assistant Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance with the statutory deadline for processing communications use applications, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 119-158).
By Mr. CRUZ, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, without amendment:
S. 4691. A bill to support improved awareness and coordination of Federal communications resources during disasters and emergencies, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 119-159).
By Mr. PAUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
S. 3226. A bill to provide for the creation of the missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel Records Collection at the National Archives, to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records, and for other purposes.
Introduction of Bills and Joint Resolutions During Adjournment
Page S5355 · Official textOn October 15, 2026, under the authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, the following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
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By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 5682. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to clarify that foreign government-owned media operating in the United States must register as a foreign agent; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Lankford):
S. 5683. A bill to require the development of a best practices guide for individuals seeking to establish and operate a Family Child Care home on a military installation; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 5684. A bill to require the debarment of any Federal contractor who improperly discloses personally identifiable information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan,
and Mr. Wyden):
S. 5685. A bill to require the disclosure of supervisory records of certain financial institutions that relate to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Coons):
S. 5686. A bill to prohibit recording or broadcasting military executions and to prohibit the use of Federal funds for public executions; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 5687. A bill to codify the process for petitions for executive clemency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MORENO:
S. 5688. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands and the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the State share of oil and gas leasing revenue from acquired lands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MORENO:
S. 5689. A bill to prohibit Federal and State incentives for the development or commercial operations of data centers; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
Carolina):
S. 5690. A bill to provide for the replacement of the plaque at Lincoln Memorial commemorating the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King, Jr; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Markey):
S.J. Res. 221. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions During Adjournment
Page S5355 · Official textSUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS DURING ADJOURNMENT On October 15, 2026, under the authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, the following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
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By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Warnock,
Mr. Hickenlooper, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Curtis, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, and Mr. Sullivan):
S. Res. 950. A resolution designating the week of September 14 through September 18, 2026, as "National Clean Energy Week"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself and Mr. Ossoff):
S. Res. 951. A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduction of Bills and Joint Resolutions
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By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 5691. A bill to authorize certain death-related commemorative uses of the Peace Corps seal, emblem, logo, and name; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 5692. A bill to prohibit the use of automatic license plate readers by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization, to withhold grants awarded by certain agencies from State and local governments that use automatic license plate readers, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase automatic license plate readers; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Curtis):
S. 5693. A bill to amend section 453 of title 37, United States Code, to provide for the reimbursement of costs of long commutes for members of the Armed Forces assigned to remote or isolated installations in areas without affordable housing; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Schiff):
S. 5694. A bill to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
S. 5695. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate duplicative and misguided enforcement units of the Internal Revenue Service; to the Committee on Finance.
Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions
Pages S5355–S5356 · Official textThe following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
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By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. McConnell):
S. Res. 952. A resolution authorizing the use of the atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for the commemoration and reunification of Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds on November 18, 2026; considered and agreed to.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. Con. Res. 41. A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latinas in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Additional Cosponsors
Pages S5356–S5358 · Official textAt the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Moreno) was added as a cosponsor of S. 537, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 605, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes. At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 659, a bill to establish a grant program within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to States that require the recording of all child welfare interviews with children and adults, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1245, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Kim) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1275, a bill to provide Federal-local community partnership construction funding to local educational agencies eligible to receive payments under the Impact Aid program. At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1532, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit. At the request of Mrs. Moody, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1782, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants. At the request of Mr. Hawley, the names of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1829, a bill to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech industry. At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1957, a bill to repeal certain executive orders targeting LGBTQI+ individuals. At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2006, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the Armed Forces on the basis of gender identity, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2061, a bill to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. McCormick) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2376, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity. At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2426, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services. At the request of Mr. Kelly, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2448, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve dependent coverage under the TRICARE Young Adult Program. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2842, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns. At the request of Mr. Hickenlooper, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3042, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress each year an annual report that contains data and information on the causes of deaths among veterans, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3077, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide appropriate standards for the inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3226, a bill to provide for the creation of the missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel Records Collection at the National Archives, to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records, and for other purposes. At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3322, a bill to amend or repeal certain provisions of Public Law 119-21 that undermine protections and heighten dangers for unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) were added as cosponsors of S. 3395, a bill to expand the telescreening mammography pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3426, a bill to establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ People, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3466, a bill to improve health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3654, a bill to improve housing and environmental health and safety protections for members of the Armed Forces and their families residing in military family housing, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Gallego, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3774, a bill to prohibit online platforms from displaying fraudulent or deceptive commercial advertisements, and for other purposes. At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3990, a bill to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV. At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 4389, a bill to protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Gallego, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 4421, a bill to amend the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act to expand review by Congress of actions relating to sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation. At the request of Mr. Moreno, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 4429, a bill to prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in the United States of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries. At the request of Mr. McCormick, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4469, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to modify provisions relating to event contracts, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4568, a bill to amend the definition of professional student in the Higher Education Act of 1965. At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4621, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to reduce systemic risk while increasing geographical diversity and competition with respect to depositories for the storage of precious metals, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4767, a bill to extend the authorization of the African American Civil Rights Network. At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4775, a bill to amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to clarify liability protections for firearms and associated manufacturers and retailers, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5012, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for career support for a skilled, internationally educated health care workforce. At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5075, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5118, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to meaningfully involve the public and State, Tribal, and local government officials prior to determining whether to offer certain parcels of land for oil or gas leasing, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5289, a bill to protect the right to the free exercise of religion. At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 5308, a bill to designate Afghanistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Afghanistan to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5335, a bill to amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to provide for fair audits and inspections for examinations. At the request of Mr.
Coons, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5476, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank. At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5481, a bill to expand youth access to voting, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Armstrong) were added as cosponsors of S. 5487, a bill to require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to develop certain guidelines to improve access to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. At the request of Mr. King, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 5497, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5547, a bill to add the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to the list of permitted disclosures for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mrs. Moody) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5642, a bill to require the addition of a ticker symbol modifier to securities issued by Chinese military companies, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mrs. Moody) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 216, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles and services. At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 931, a resolution recognizing the month of October 2026 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino Americans and their immense contributions to the United States.
Text of Submitted Resolutions During Adjournment
Pages S5358–S5359 · Official textSENATE RESOLUTION 950--DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18, 2026, AS "NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY WEEK" Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, and Mr. Sullivan) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
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Whereas, across the United States, clean and readily abundant forms of energy are powering more homes and businesses than ever before;
Whereas clean energy generation is readily available from zero- and low-emissions sources;
Whereas the clean energy sector is a growing part of the economy and in recent years has been a key driver of economic growth in the United States;
Whereas technological innovation can further reduce costs, enhance reliability, and increase deployment of clean energy sources;
Whereas the report of the Department of Energy entitled "2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report" found that, at the end of 2024, the energy and energy efficiency sectors in the United States employed approximately 8,500,000 individuals;
Whereas the scaling of affordable and exportable clean energy is essential to reducing global emissions;
Whereas clean energy jobs contribute to the growth of local economies; and
Whereas innovative clean energy solutions and clean energy jobs are part of the energy future of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates the week of September 14 through September 18, 2026, as "National Clean Energy Week";
(2) encourages individuals and organizations across the United States to support commonsense solutions that address the economic, environmental, and energy needs of the United States in the 21st century;
(3) encourages the Federal Government, States, municipalities, and individuals to invest in affordable, clean, and low-emitting energy technologies;
(4) supports reliable and affordable energy for the people of the United States; and
(5) recognizes the role of entrepreneurs and small businesses in ensuring the leadership of the United States in the global energy marketplace and in supporting low-cost, clean, and reliable energy in the United States.
SENATE RESOLUTION 951--DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2026 AS "NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH", RAISING AWARENESS OF INFANT MORTALITY, AND INCREASING EFFORTS TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself and Mr. Ossoff) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
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Whereas the term "infant mortality" refers to the death of a baby before the first birthday of the baby;
Whereas, each year, approximately 20,000 infants in the United States die in the first year of life;
Whereas the United States ranks 32nd out of the 38 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (referred to in this preamble as "OECD") for infant mortality rate, with 5.5 deaths per 1,000 live births;
Whereas high rates of infant mortality are especially prevalent in minority and underserved communities, including communities experiencing high rates of poverty and unemployment and those with limited access to health care providers;
Whereas more than 35 percent of counties are considered maternity care deserts, where there is no access to birthing hospitals, birth centers offering obstetric care, or obstetric providers, affecting more than 2,300,000 women of reproductive age and impacting 150,000 births in 2022;
Whereas approximately half of rural communities lack a birthing facility or obstetrician;
Whereas the leading causes of infant mortality are--
(1) birth defects;
(2) low birth weight;
(3) sudden infant death syndrome;
(4) unintentional injuries;
(5) maternal complications;
(6) bacterial sepsis of newborn; and
(7) cord and placental complications;
Whereas infant mortality can be substantially reduced through--
(1) community-based services, such as outreach, home visitation, care coordination, health education, and interconceptional care;
(2) early prenatal care; and
(3) paternal involvement;
Whereas support for community-based programs to reduce infant mortality may result in lower spending on medical interventions, special education, and other social services required by infants and children born with a low birth weight;
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has implemented the Newborn Supply Kit program;
Whereas newborn screening is important to detecting potentially fatal or disabling conditions as early as possible, often before the infant displays any signs or symptoms of a disease or condition, and early detection allows treatment to begin immediately, which may lead to eliminate or reduce the effects of the condition;
Whereas, if left untreated, these conditions can have serious effects, such as lifelong nervous system damage, intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities, and even death;
Whereas untreated maternal mental health conditions during pregnancy have been linked to adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth and low birth weight babies, which can impact infant mortality;
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Safe Motherhood Portfolio, maternal mortality review committees, and perinatal quality collaboratives, provides information that is important to addressing preterm birth rates and conditions that put babies at risk;
Whereas the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Healthy Start program has supported communities facing high rates of infant mortality and maternal illness to improve
health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy;
Whereas Congress continues to support adequate staffing and resources to ensure infant mortality programs are administered in a timely and effective manner and that funds are distributed without unnecessary delay;
Whereas coordination programs related to preterm birth, infant mortality, and other adverse birth outcomes can contribute to improved maternal and infant health;
Whereas partnerships among educational institutions, States, and other stakeholders play a role in maternal and infant health initiatives; and
Whereas public awareness and education campaigns on infant mortality are held during the month of September each year: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates September 2026 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month";
(2) supports efforts--
(A) to educate people in the United States about infant mortality and the factors that contribute to infant mortality;
(B) to reduce infant deaths, low birth weight, preterm births, and disparities in perinatal outcomes; and
(C) to increase access to and encourage early prenatal care;
(3) recognizes the critical importance of including efforts to reduce infant mortality and the factors that contribute to infant mortality as part of prevention and wellness strategies; and
(4) calls on the people of the United States to observe National Infant Mortality Awareness Month with appropriate programs and activities.
Senate Resolution 952--Authorizing the Use of the Atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for the Commemoration and Reunification of Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds on November...
Page S5359 · Official textMr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. McConnell) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
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Whereas the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building (referred to in this preamble as the "Hart Building") is home to Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds, one of the most significant pieces of modern art on the Capitol Grounds;
Whereas Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds was commissioned for the Hart Building and conceived as an integral part of the building's architecture and public spaces;
Whereas Alexander Calder's design was selected by the Architect of the Capitol in 1975 and the plans were presented in November 1976, with installation completed in November 1986;
Whereas Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was one of America's greatest sculptors of the 20th century, known for his invention of the suspended moving sculpture, with Mountains and Clouds representing his final work;
Whereas the Clouds were removed and have been separated from the Mountains since 2014, leaving the Senate and the public without the artwork as it was originally conceived and experienced; and
Whereas the historic refabrication and reinstallation of the Clouds in 2026 as part of Alexander Calder's extraordinary Mountains and Clouds in the Hart Building was made possible through the collaboration and commitment over the past 10 years by the Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Senate, the Senate Commission on Art, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and several current and former Senators, as well as the exceptional dedication and generous support of the Calder Foundation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved,
SECTION 1. USE OF THE ATRIUM IN THE HART SENATE OFFICE
BUILDING FOR COMMEMORATION OF THE REUNIFICATION
OF ALEXANDER CALDER'S MOUNTAINS AND CLOUDS.
The atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building is authorized to be used on November 18, 2026, for the commemoration of the reunification of Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 41--Recognizing the Significance of Equal Pay and the Disparity in Wages Paid to Latinas in Comparison to White, Non-Hispanic Men
Pages S5359–S5360 · Official textMs. CORTEZ MASTO submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Whereas October 8, 2026, is designated as "Latina Equal Pay Day" to observe the pay gap between Latinas and White, non-Hispanic men; Whereas, as of 2025, there were 15,276,000 Hispanic women in the labor force, representing approximately 17 percent of all women in the labor force; Whereas section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)) (commonly known as the "Equal Pay Act of 1963") prohibits discrimination in wages on the basis of sex for equal work; Whereas title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) prohibits discrimination in compensation because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex; Whereas, despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-38; 77 Stat. 56) more than 6 decades ago, which established that employers shall not discriminate in wages on the basis of sex but shall provide equal pay for equal work, Bureau of the Census data show that Latinas working full-time and year-round are paid 60 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men, while the average wage differential for all Latinas with reported earnings working full-time, part-time, and part-year is 53 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men; Whereas an analysis by Justice for Migrant Women shows that Latinas in rural communities are paid, on average, 43 cents for every dollar made by White, non-Hispanic men and face unique challenges that contribute to the pay gap, including lack of access to transportation, child care, and health care; Whereas National Latina Equal Pay Day is vital to acknowledge and understand the economic reality of Latinas and the impact that their race, gender identity, occupation, migration status, and geographic location have on their earnings; Whereas increased and further disaggregated data is necessary to understand the impact of the pay gap within different groups of women of the same racial or ethnic background; Whereas the pay gap for Latinas persists across sectors and education levels; Whereas an analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families of data from the Bureau of the Census shows that disabled Latinas are paid 46 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic, nondisabled men; Whereas the National Women's Law Center has calculated that, on average, Latinas lose over $1,344,800 in potential earnings over a 40-year career to the wage gap; Whereas lost wages due to the wage gap mean Latinas have less money to support themselves and their families, save and invest for the future, and spend on goods and services; Whereas the lack of access to affordable, quality child care, paid family and medical leave, and other family-friendly workplace policies forces many Latinas to choose between their paycheck or job and getting quality care for themselves or their family members, a dynamic that contributes to the wage gap; Whereas workplace harassment forces many women to leave their occupation or industry, or pass up opportunities for advancement, which contributes to the gender wage gap; Whereas targets of workplace harassment are 6.5 times as likely as nontargets to change jobs; Whereas there is a high personal cost for women who have been sexually harassed, including unemployment, under-employment, and financial stress resulting from changing jobs, which leads to long-term consequences for earnings and career attainment; Whereas, in 2025, more than 61 percent of the low-paid workforce were women; Whereas the pay disparity Latinas face is part of a wider set of disparities Latinas face in homeownership, unemployment, poverty, access to childcare, and the ability to build wealth; Whereas the underpayment of Latina workers causes businesses and the economy to suffer; Whereas true pay equity requires a multifaceted strategy that addresses the gender and racial injustices that Latinas face daily; and Whereas many national organizations have designated October 8, 2026, as "Latina Equal Pay Day" to recognize the pay gap between Latinas and White, non-Hispanic men in the prior year: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress--(1) recognizes the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and the impact of that disparity on women, families, the economy, and the United States; and (2) reaffirms its support for ensuring equal pay and closing the gender wage gap.
Foreign Travel Financial Reports
Pages S5360–S5376 · Official textIn accordance with the appropriate provisions of law, the Secretary of the Senate herewith submits the following reports for standing committees of the Senate, certain joint committees of the Congress, delegations and groups, and select and special committees of the Senate, relating to expenses incurred in the performance of authorized foreign travel: CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Tammy Baldwin: Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,865.77 .................. .................. 1,865.77 Panama......................... Balboa............................. 298.54 .................. .................. 298.54 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... 712.65 .................. .................. 712.65 Grant Saunders: Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,878.17 .................. .................. 1,878.17 Panama......................... Balboa............................. 301.71 .................. .................. 301.71 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... 685.87 .................. .................. 685.87 Delegation Expenses: ** Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 5,727.17 5,727.17 Guyana......................... Guyana Dollar...................... .................. .................. 26.11 26.11 Panama......................... Balboa, US Dollar.................. .................. .................. 706.07 706.07 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... .................. .................. 422.62 422.62 Senator John Boozman: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Senator Katie Britt: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,315.70 .................. .................. 5,315.70 Senator Deb Fischer: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Senator John Kennedy: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Senator Jerry Moran: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Nathan Flagg: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Toni-Marie Higgins: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 James Kelly: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Emily Leviner: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Sean Ross: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 37,843.28 37,843.28 Senator Jeanne Shaheen: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Alison Macdonald: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 7,568.65 7,568.65 Gabriella Armonda: China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... 889.34 .................. .................. 889.34 Japan.......................... Yen................................ 1,947.80 .................. .................. 1,947.80 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,321.43 .................. 10,321.43 Delegation Expenses: ** China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... .................. .................. 489.86 489.86 Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 1,784.00 1,784.00 Alexander Carnes: Japan.......................... Yen................................ 886.62 .................. .................. 886.62 Philippines.................... Philippine Peso.................... 754.13 .................. .................. 754.13 Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. 296.45 .................. .................. 296.45 Thailand....................... Baht............................... 1,025.40 .................. .................. 1,025.40 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,715.83 .................. 10,715.83 Delegation Expenses: ** Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. .................. .................. 351.61 351.61 Thailand....................... Baht............................... .................. .................. 270.27 270.27 Robert Karem: Australia...................... US Dollar.......................... 2,041.00 .................. .................. 2,041.00 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,136.82 .................. .................. 1,136.82 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,119.63 .................. 20,119.63 Alexa Lorick: Australia...................... US Dollar.......................... 2,041.00 .................. .................. 2,041.00 Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,069.72 .................. .................. 1,069.72 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,136.81 .................. .................. 1,136.81 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 25,934.33 .................. 25,934.33 Kimberly Segura: Australia...................... US Dollar.......................... 2,041.00 .................. .................. 2,041.00 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,136.82 .................. .................. 1,136.82 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 25,864.33 .................. 25,864.33 Delegation Expenses: ** Australia...................... Australian Dollar.................. .................. .................. 5,711.00 5,711.00 Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 1,784.00 1,784.00 Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. .................. .................. 1,767.81 1,767.81 Robert Leonard: Panama......................... Balboa............................. 463.54 .................. .................. 463.54 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... 796.84 .................. .................. 796.84 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 1,205.75 .................. 1,205.75 Chelsea Moser: Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 2,092.46 .................. .................. 2,092.46 Panama......................... Balboa............................. 306.27 .................. .................. 306.27 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... 796.84 .................. .................. 796.84 Delegation Expenses: ** Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 2,863.58 2,863.58 Guyana......................... Guyana Dollar...................... .................. .................. 26.11 26.11 Panama......................... Balboa, US Dollar.................. .................. .................. 706.07 706.07 Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... .................. .................. 422.62 422.62 Ryan Pettit: Japan.......................... Yen................................ 1,867.95 .................. .................. 1,867.95 South Korea.................... Won................................ 1,765.00 .................. .................. 1,765.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 5,886.53 .................. 5,886.53 Delegation Expenses: ** Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 5,376.40 5,376.40 South Korea.................... Won................................ .................. .................. 2,687.00 2,687.00 Kali Farahmand: Bolivia........................ Boliviano.......................... 377.91 .................. .................. 377.91 Colombia....................... Colombian Peso..................... 1,430.98 .................. .................. 1,430.98 Sarita Vanka: Bolivia........................ Boliviano.......................... 377.91 .................. .................. 377.91
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Colombia....................... Colombian Peso..................... 1,430.98 .................. .................. 1,430.98
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 5,594.26 .................. 5,594.26 Delegation Expenses: **
Bolivia........................ Boliviano.......................... .................. .................. 2,551.85 2,551.85
Colombia....................... Colombian Peso..................... .................. .................. 6,638.41 6,638.41
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Total........................ ................................... 97,644.00 105,642.09 85,724.49 289,010.58 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. **Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS, Chairman, Committee on
Appropriations, Oct. 26, 2026.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEP. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Richard Blumenthal: Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 401.36 .................. .................. 401.36 Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 2,165.00 .................. .................. 2,165.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,123.73 .................. 10,123.73 Grace Jones: Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 401.36 .................. .................. 401.36 Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 2,165.00 .................. .................. 2,165.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,838.54 .................. 10,838.54 Delegation Expenses: ** Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 4,767.89 4,767.89 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 17,288.04 17,288.04 Senator Theodore Budd: Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 557.00 .................. .................. 557.00 Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,518.00 .................. .................. 1,518.00 Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 590.00 .................. .................. 590.00 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,216.10 .................. .................. 1,216.10 Marylou Cooke: Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 557.00 .................. .................. 557.00 Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,518.00 .................. .................. 1,518.00 Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 590.00 .................. .................. 590.00 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,216.10 .................. .................. 1,216.10 Eric McCrery: Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 557.00 .................. .................. 557.00 Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,518.00 .................. .................. 1,518.00 Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 590.00 .................. .................. 590.00 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,216.10 .................. .................. 1,216.10 Delegation Expenses: ** Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,435.53 2,435.53 Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,619.49 2,619.49 Moldova........................ Moldovan Leu....................... .................. .................. 233.87 233.87 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... .................. .................. 3,161.10 3,161.10 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 6,483.46 6,483.46 Senator Tammy Duckworth: Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,151.94 .................. .................. 2,151.94 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 425.47 .................. .................. 425.47 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,467.73 .................. 10,467.73 Grace Cason: Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,918.96 .................. .................. 1,918.96 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 548.76 .................. .................. 548.76 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,467.73 .................. 10,467.73 Sylvia Gomez: Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,960.43 .................. .................. 1,960.43 Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 582.14 .................. .................. 582.14 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,467.73 .................. 10,467.73 Delegation Expenses: ** Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 10,109.49 10,109.49 Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. .................. .................. 2,743.86 2,743.86 Senator Joni Ernst: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 449.00 .................. .................. 449.00 Denmark........................ US Dollar.......................... 380.00 .................. .................. 380.00 Kosovo......................... US Dollar.......................... 228.00 .................. .................. 228.00 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 242.00 .................. .................. 242.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 22,648.63 .................. 22,648.63 Kendall Dehnel: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,183.13 .................. .................. 1,183.13 Denmark........................ US Dollar.......................... 985.49 .................. .................. 985.49 Kosovo......................... US Dollar.......................... 435.94 .................. .................. 435.94 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 924.23 .................. .................. 924.23 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 22,648.63 .................. 22,648.63 Lisa Goeas: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 449.00 .................. .................. 449.00 Denmark........................ US Dollar.......................... 191.00 .................. .................. 191.00 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 242.00 .................. .................. 242.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,127.40 .................. 18,127.40 Alison Whitaker: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 449.00 .................. .................. 449.00 Denmark........................ US Dollar.......................... 380.00 .................. .................. 380.00 Kosovo......................... US Dollar.......................... 228.00 .................. .................. 228.00 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 242.00 .................. .................. 242.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 22,648.63 .................. 22,648.63 Delegation Expenses: ** Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,998.84 2,998.84 Denmark........................ Danish Krone....................... .................. .................. 5,824.00 5,824.00 Kosovo......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 89.19 89.19 Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,730.22 1,730.22 Senator Joni Ernst: Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 185.00 .................. .................. 185.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,956.93 .................. 13,956.93 Kendall Dehnel: Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 185.00 .................. .................. 185.00
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United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 14,127.43 .................. 14,127.43 Delegation Expenses: **
Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,834.08 1,834.08 Senator Joni Ernst:
Jordan......................... US Dollar.......................... 509.00 .................. .................. 509.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,390.86 .................. 15,390.86 Kendall Dehnel:
Jordan......................... US Dollar.......................... 764.19 .................. .................. 764.19
Saudi Arabia................... US Dollar.......................... 479.26 .................. .................. 479.26
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,390.86 .................. 15,390.86 Eric Trager:
Jordan......................... US Dollar.......................... 610.24 .................. .................. 610.24
Saudi Arabia................... US Dollar.......................... 297.07 .................. .................. 297.07
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 19,230.86 .................. 19,230.86 Delegation Expenses: **
Jordan......................... Jordanian Dinar.................... .................. .................. 518.87 518.87
Saudi Arabia................... Saudi Riyal........................ .................. .................. 6,421.26 6,421.26 Senator Joni Ernst:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 896.00 .................. .................. 896.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,397.43 .................. 12,397.43 Lisa Goeas:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 896.00 .................. .................. 896.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,397.43 .................. 12,397.43 Alison Whitaker:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 896.00 .................. .................. 896.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,397.43 .................. 12,397.43 Caden Waterstradt:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 896.00 .................. .................. 896.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,397.43 .................. 12,397.43 Delegation Expenses: **
United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 7,711.45 7,711.45 Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand:
Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 5,857.28 .................. .................. 5,857.28
Vatican City................... US Dollar.......................... 123.76 .................. .................. 123.76 Jess Fassler:
Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 5,717.15 .................. .................. 5,717.15
Vatican City................... US Dollar.......................... 123.76 .................. .................. 123.76 Sachin Mathur:
Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 3,306.44 .................. .................. 3,306.44
Vatican City................... US Dollar.......................... 123.76 .................. .................. 123.76 Delegation Expenses: **
Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 17,996.57 17,996.57 Senator Gary Peters:
Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,896.30 .................. .................. 1,896.30
Panama......................... US Dollar.......................... 441.27 .................. .................. 441.27
Trinidad & Tobago.............. US Dollar.......................... 784.44 .................. .................. 784.44 Kala Smith:
Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 2,439.49 .................. .................. 2,439.49
Panama......................... US Dollar.......................... 512.74 .................. .................. 512.74
Trinidad & Tobago.............. US Dollar.......................... 1,029.74 .................. .................. 1,029.74 Delegation Expenses: **
Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 1,113.61 1,113.61
Guyana......................... Guyana Dollar...................... .................. .................. 29.38 29.38
Panama......................... Balboa, US Dollar.................. .................. .................. 532.94 532.94
Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... .................. .................. 422.61 422.61 Senator Jacky Rosen:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,534.78 .................. .................. 1,534.78 Dara Cohen:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,670.07 .................. .................. 1,670.07 Robert Waisanen:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,657.40 .................. .................. 1,657.40 Delegation Expenses: **
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 7,128.57 7,128.57 Senator Jacky Rosen:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,289.00 .................. .................. 5,289.00 Dara Cohen:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 4,863.37 .................. .................. 4,863.37 Delegation Expenses: **
United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 7,568.65 7,568.65 Senator Mike Rounds:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 175.00 .................. .................. 175.00
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 338.00 .................. .................. 338.00 Delegation Expenses: **
Hungary........................ Forint............................. .................. .................. 1,373.87 1,373.87
Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 821.05 821.05 Senator Timothy Sheehy:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 539.00 .................. .................. 539.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,219.03 .................. 12,219.03 Julian Tucker:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 370.00 .................. .................. 370.00
Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 169.00 .................. .................. 169.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,219.03 .................. 12,219.03 Delegation Expenses: **
Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 4,537.46 4,537.46
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 2,907.12 2,907.12
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 11,698.31 11,698.31 Senator Elissa Slotkin:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 875.00 .................. .................. 875.00
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 373.60 .................. .................. 373.60
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,061.23 .................. 17,061.23 Grace Kim:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 875.00 .................. .................. 875.00
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 373.60 .................. .................. 373.60
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 16,858.63 .................. 16,858.63 Delegation Expenses: **
Hungary........................ Forint............................. .................. .................. 5,434.00 5,434.00
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 3,033.91 3,033.91 Senator Tommy Tuberville:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 4,878.50 .................. .................. 4,878.50
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,020.13 .................. 17,020.13 Nicklous Doufexis:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 4,878.50 .................. .................. 4,878.50
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,020.13 .................. 17,020.13 George Henry:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 4,878.50 .................. .................. 4,878.50
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,020.13 .................. 17,020.13 David Jansen:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 4,878.50 .................. .................. 4,878.50
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,020.13 .................. 17,020.13 Delegation Expenses: **
United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 10,939.00 10,939.00 Senator Roger Wicker:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,990.03 .................. ..................
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Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 2,047.20 .................. .................. 2,047.20
Slovenia....................... US Dollar.......................... 1,426.80 .................. .................. 1,426.80 Sarah Drake:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,990.03 .................. .................. 1,990.03
Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 2,047.20 .................. .................. 2,047.20
Slovenia....................... US Dollar.......................... 1,426.80 .................. .................. 1,426.80 Julia Wood:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,934.24 .................. .................. 1,934.24
Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 1,631.32 .................. .................. 1,631.32
Slovenia....................... US Dollar.......................... 1,473.76 .................. .................. 1,473.76 Delegation Expenses: **
Greece......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,291.30 3,291.30
Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 27,893.64 27,893.64
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 997.95 997.95 Adam Barker:
Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,270.21 .................. .................. 1,270.21
Lithuania...................... US Dollar.......................... 710.97 .................. .................. 710.97
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,176.33 .................. 11,176.33 Maggie Cooper:
Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 846.81 .................. .................. 846.81
Lithuania...................... US Dollar.......................... 710.97 .................. .................. 710.97
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,176.33 .................. 11,176.33 Delegation Expenses: **
Finland........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,679.72 3,679.72
Lithuania...................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 149.37 149.37 Kristina Belcourt:
Australia...................... US Dollar.......................... 2,581.56 .................. .................. 2,581.56
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 21,115.03 .................. 21,115.03 Jonathan Epstein:
Australia...................... US Dollar.......................... 2,010.78 .................. .................. 2,010.78
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,961.53 .................. 20,961.53 Delegation Expenses: **
Australia...................... Australian Dollar.................. .................. .................. 8,144.50 8,144.50 Adam Barker:
Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 412.44 .................. .................. 412.44
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,106.73 .................. .................. 1,106.73
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,402.43 .................. 15,402.43 Kristina Belcourt:
Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 338.86 .................. .................. 338.86
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,106.73 .................. .................. 1,106.73
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,402.42 .................. 15,402.42 Jonathan Epstein:
Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 208.25 .................. .................. 208.25
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,061.59 .................. .................. 1,061.59
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,305.23 .................. 15,305.23 Adam Trull:
Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 185.00 .................. .................. 185.00
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 410.00 .................. .................. 410.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,305.23 .................. 15,305.23 Delegation Expenses: **
Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... .................. .................. 353.24 353.24 Kristina Belcourt:
Iceland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,996.76 .................. .................. 1,996.76
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,218.73 .................. 11,218.73 Jenny Davis:
Iceland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,931.51 .................. .................. 1,931.51
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,218.73 .................. 11,218.73 Cole Stevens:
Iceland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,931.51 .................. .................. 1,931.51
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 5,239.73 .................. 5,239.73 Glen Diehl:
Estonia........................ US Dollar.......................... 806.00 .................. .................. 806.00
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,815.00 .................. .................. 2,815.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 16,670.39 .................. 16,670.39 Chad Johnson:
Estonia........................ US Dollar.......................... 748.56 .................. .................. 748.56
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,823.99 .................. .................. 2,823.99
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 16,272.38 .................. 16,272.38 Katie Magnus:
Estonia........................ US Dollar.......................... 745.50 .................. .................. 745.50
Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,825.36 .................. .................. 2,825.36
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 16,158.53 .................. 16,158.53 Delegation Expenses: **
Estonia........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 877.19 877.19
Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... .................. .................. 4,111.75 4,111.75 Jonathan Epstein:
Spain.......................... US Dollar.......................... 422.26 .................. .................. 422.26
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,995.53 .................. 10,995.53 Delegation Expenses: **
Spain.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,070.56 1,070.56 Marty Fromuth:
Japan.......................... Yen................................ 1,982.00 .................. .................. 1,982.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 9,541.39 .................. 9,541.39 Kevin Gates:
Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,982.00 .................. .................. 1,982.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 9,541.39 .................. 9,541.39 Delegation Expenses: **
Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 3,565.64 3,565.64 Abigail Kane:
United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 405.38 .................. .................. 405.38 Delegation Expenses: **
United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 3,784.33 3,784.33 Eric Trager:
Lebanon........................ US Dollar.......................... 614.00 .................. .................. 614.00
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 467.40 .................. .................. 467.40
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 28,230.87 .................. 28,230.87 Delegation Expenses: **
Lebanon........................ Lebanese Pound..................... .................. .................. 2,970.23 2,970.23
Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 558.12 558.12 Michael Noblet:
Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,178.00 .................. .................. 1,178.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,990.00 .................. 6,990.00 Michael Urena:
Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 628.00 .................. .................. 628.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,990.23 .................. 6,990.23 Delegation Expenses: **
Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. .................. .................. 3,318.75 3,318.75 Michael Urena:
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 456.00 .................. .................. 456.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,231.63 ..................
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15,231.63 Delegation Expenses: **
Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 864.11 864.11 Meredith Werner:
Brazil......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,674.00 .................. .................. 1,674.00
Mexico......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,341.42 .................. .................. 1,341.42
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,864.14 .................. 18,864.14 Delegation Expenses: **
Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... .................. .................. 3,093.00 3,093.00 Meredith Werner:
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 2,065.27 .................. 2,065.27
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Total........................ ................................... 155,662.05 703,637.32 221,231.09 1,080,530.46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. **Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR ROGER F. WICKER, Chairman, Committee on Armed
Services
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS FOR TRAVEL FROM JAN. 1 TO MAR. 31, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Andrew Kim: Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 2,398.00 .................. .................. 2,398.00 Delegation Expenses: ** Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 8,398.45 8,398.45 Eliza Ramirez: Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,441.00 .................. .................. 1,441.00 Delegation Expenses: ** Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 12,026.64 12,026.64 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 3,839.00 .................. 20,425.09 24,264.09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR TIM SCOTT, Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, July 27, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS FOR TRAVEL FROM APR. 1 TO JUNE 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Audra Kinney: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,891.31 .................. .................. 1,891.31 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,013.93 .................. 15,013.93 Molly Venegas: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,987.37 .................. .................. 1,987.37 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 14,966.33 .................. 14,966.33 Jane Faulkner: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,875.31 .................. .................. 1,875.31 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 14,931.33 .................. 14,931.33 Delegation Expenses: ** Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,145.50 1,145.50 Christopher Lucas: South Korea.................... US Dollar.......................... 1,579.00 .................. .................. 1,579.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,211.33 .................. 18,211.33 Delegation Expenses: ** South Korea.................... Won................................ .................. .................. 829.00 829.00 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 7,332.99 63,122.92 1,974.50 72,430.41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under the authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR TIM SCOTT, Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Oct. 16, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Raphael Chavez-Fernandez: Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 2,772.27 .................. .................. 2,772.27 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,113.43 .................. 11,113.43 Delegation Expenses: ** Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 6,773.13 6,773.13 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 2,772.27 11,113.43 6,773.13 20,658.83 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR TIM SCOTT, Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Oct. 20, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON BUDGET FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Lindsey Graham: Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 658.92 .................. .................. 658.92 Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... 2,982.00 .................. .................. 2,982.00 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 241.95 .................. .................. 241.95 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 32,875.86 .................. 32,875.86 Aaron Strickland: Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 248.04 .................. .................. 248.04 Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... 2,082.00 .................. .................. 2,082.00 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 241.95 .................. .................. 241.95 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 34,497.07 .................. 34,497.07 Ryan Geary: Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 322.26 .................. .................. 322.26 Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... 2,082.00 .................. .................. 2,082.00 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 241.95 .................. .................. 241.95 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 33,288.07 .................. 33,288.07 Delegation Expenses ** Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 3,277.37 3,277.37 Delegation Expenses: ** Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 2,575.73 2,575.73 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 2,849.68 2,849.68 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 9,101.07 100,661.00 8,702.78 118,464.85 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR RON JOHNSON, Chairman, Committee on Budget, Oct. 15, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S.
SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lauren O'Brien: Argentina...................... US Dollar......................... 1,742.38 .................. .................. 1,742.38 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,609.13 .................. 12,609.13 Delegation Expenses: ** Argentina...................... Argentine Peso..................... .................. .................. 927.14 927.14 Megan Noriega: Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,305.18 .................. .................. 1,305.18 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 512.57 .................. .................. 512.57 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,841.33 .................. 17,841.33 Alexis Rudd: Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,305.18 .................. .................. 1,305.18 Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 512.58 .................. .................. 512.58 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,841.33 .................. 17,841.33 Delegation Expenses: ** Finland........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,291.00 2,291.00 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 5,377.89 48,291.79 3,218.14 56,887.82 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR TED CRUZ, Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation,P Oct. 15, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 6,505.03 .................. 6,505.03
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The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 1,437.36 .................. .................. 1,437.36 Senator Ruben Gallego:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 11,363.73 .................. 11,363.73
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 1,991.81 .................. .................. 1,991.81 Kyle Parker:
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15
Greece......................... Euro............................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00 Jordan Warlick:
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15
Greece......................... Euro............................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00 Samuel Green:
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15
Greece......................... Euro............................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00 Fleur Cowan:
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15
Greece......................... Euro............................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00 Alanna Novetsky:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 5,958.23 .................. 5,958.23
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15 Kristine Berzina:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 9,842.10 .................. 9,842.10
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 3,655.17 .................. .................. 3,655.17
Greece......................... Euro............................... 2,509.00 .................. .................. 2,509.00 Rachel Bauman:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 11,264.93 .................. 11,264.93
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 3,100.72 .................. .................. 3,100.72 Bakhti Nishanov:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 5,880.03 .................. 5,880.03
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,772.27 .................. .................. 2,772.27 Nathan Sibley:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 5,835.33 .................. 5,835.33
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 2,772.27 .................. .................. 2,772.27 Shannon Simrell:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 9,114.93 .................. 9,114.93
The Netherlands................ Euro............................... 4,517.31 .................. .................. 4,517.31 Janice Helwig:
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 225.87 1,254.80 .................. 1,480.67
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,394.79 .................. .................. 1,394.79 Connor Lewis:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 7,840.23 .................. 7,840.23
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 317.11 .................. .................. 317.11
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,394.79 .................. .................. 1,394.79 Nathan Sibley:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 7,840.23 .................. 7,840.23
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 317.11 .................. .................. 317.11
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,394.79 .................. .................. 1,394.79 Janice Helwig:
Kazakhstan..................... Tenge.............................. 1,980.25 5,455.03 .................. 7,435.28 Connor Lewis:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 10,761.94 .................. 10,761.94
Kazakhstan..................... Tenge.............................. 2,189.27 .................. .................. 2,189.27 Samuel Green:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 10,784.13 .................. 10,784.13
Bosnia and Herzegovina......... Convertible Mark................... 812.45 .................. .................. 812.45 Kyle Parker: *
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 9,587.93 .................. 9,587.93
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 321.22 .................. .................. 321.22
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,335.79 .................. .................. 1,335.79
Austria........................ Euro............................... 1,594.83 .................. .................. 1,594.83 Rachel Bauman:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 9,625.63 .................. 9,625.63
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 321.22 .................. .................. 321.22
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,335.79 .................. .................. 1,335.79 Kristine Berzina:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 9,666.13 .................. 9,666.13
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. 321.22 .................. .................. 321.22
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ 1,335.79 .................. .................. 1,335.79 Nathan Sibley:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 11,275.53 .................. 11,275.53
Czechia........................ Koruna............................. 1,278.46 .................. .................. 1,278.46
................................... .................. 1,335.79 .................. 1,335.79 Janice Helwig:
United States.................. Dollar............................. .................. 8,099.53 .................. 8,099.53
Austria........................ Euro............................... 30,078.00 .................. .................. 30,078.00 Delegation Expenses: **
Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 60,205.58 60,205.58
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,024.09 3,024.09
Greece......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 6,453.53 6,453.53
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 186.10 186.10
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 492.13 492.13
Kazakhstan..................... Tenge.............................. .................. .................. 562.63 562.63
Bosnia and Herzegovina......... Convertible Mark................... .................. .................. 2,279.24 2,279.24
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 490.00 490.00
Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 86.90 86.90
Czechia........................ Koruna............................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. .................. ..................
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Total........................ ................................... 95,475.25 157,955.42 73,780.20 327,210.87 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Per diem for Staffdel Parker to Ukraine is an estimate. Actual costs will be filed as an amendment once the State Department provides an expense
report. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under the authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of
1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR ROGER F. WICKER, Chairman, Committee on U.S.
Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Oct. 26,
2026.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nathan Kohlenberg: Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 1,815.43 .................. .................. 1,815.43 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 2,466.63 .................. 2,466.63 Delegation Expenses: ** Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 6,773.13 6,773.13 Mary-Eileen Manning: Canada......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,548.19 .................. .................. 1,548.19 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 3,422.66 .................. 3,422.66 Delegation Expenses: ** Canada......................... Canadian Dollar.................... .................. .................. 1,960.82 1,960.82 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 3,363.62 5,889.29 8,733.95 17,986.86 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Oct. 15, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON FINANCE FOR TRAVEL FROM APR. 1 TO JUNE 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Catherine Cortez Masto: Canada......................... Canadian Dollar.................... 286.45 .................. .................. 286.45 Greenland...................... Danish Krone....................... 29.10 .................. .................. 29.10 Iceland........................ Iceland Krona...................... 956.08 .................. .................. 956.08 Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... 1,389.06 .................. .................. 1,389.06 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 4,930.83 .................. 4,930.83 Lauren Wodarski: Canada......................... Canadian Dollar.................... 286.45 .................. .................. 286.45 Greenland...................... Danish Krone....................... 29.10 .................. .................. 29.10 Iceland........................ Iceland Krona...................... 847.53 .................. .................. 847.53 Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... 1,240.58 .................. .................. 1,240.58 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 4,168.13 .................. 4,168.13 Delegation Expenses: ** Canada......................... Canadian Dollar.................... .................. .................. 915.84 915.84 Iceland........................ Iceland Krona...................... .................. .................. 1,264.62 1,264.62 Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... .................. .................. 4,141.70 4,141.70 Senator Michael Crapo: Italy.......................... Euro............................... 3,461.36 .................. .................. 3,461.36 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,735.93 .................. 18,735.93 Molly Newell: Italy.......................... Euro............................... 3,461.36 .................. .................. 3,461.36 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,735.93 .................. 18,735.93 Greggery Richard: Italy.......................... Euro............................... 3,461.36 .................. .................. 3,461.36 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,735.93 .................. 18,735.93 Susan Wheeler: Italy.......................... Euro............................... 3,461.36 .................. .................. 3,461.36 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,735.93 .................. 18,735.93 Delegation Expenses: ** Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 9,631.51 9,631.51 Senator Michael Crapo: Czech Republic................. Czech Koruna....................... 1,652.86 .................. .................. 1,652.86 Germany........................ Euro............................... 1,173.94 .................. .................. 1,173.94 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,706.33 .................. 12,706.33 Kathleen Amacio: Czech Republic................. Czech Koruna....................... 1,652.86 .................. .................. 1,652.86 Germany........................ Euro............................... 1,173.94 .................. .................. 1,173.94 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,706.33 .................. 12,706.33 Greggery Richard: Czech Republic................. Czech Koruna....................... 1,652.86 .................. .................. 1,652.86 Germany........................ Euro............................... 1,173.94 .................. .................. 1,173.94 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,706.33 .................. 12,706.33 Susan Wheeler: Czech Republic................. Czech Koruna....................... 1,652.86 .................. .................. 1,652.86 Germany........................ Euro............................... 1,173.94 .................. .................. 1,173.94 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,706.33 .................. 12,706.33 Delegation Expenses: ** Czech Republic................. Czech Koruna....................... .................. .................. 3,747.94 3,747.94 Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 11,870.50 11,870.50 Gaden James: China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... 2,163.87 .................. .................. 2,163.87 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,221.33 .................. 11,221.33 Delegation Expenses: ** China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... .................. .................. 3,440.90 3,440.90 Mary Carter: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,185.00 .................. .................. 2,185.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,701.03 .................. 11,701.03 Rachel Lang: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,178.00 .................. .................. 2,178.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,736.03 .................. 11,736.03 Molly Newell: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,177.00 .................. .................. 2,177.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,701.03 .................. 11,701.03 Greggery Richard: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,202.00 .................. .................. 2,202.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,701.03 .................. 11,701.03 Elena Sherman: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,179.00 .................. .................. 2,179.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,701.03 .................. 11,701.03 Mary Wheeler: South Korea.................... Won................................ 2,178.00 .................. .................. 2,178.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,701.03 .................. 11,701.03 Delegation Expenses: ** South Korea.................... Won................................ .................. .................. 3,939.00 3,939.00 Rachel Lang: Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,529.00 .................. .................. 1,529.00
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United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 620.96 .................. 620.96 Molly Newell:
Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,528.00 .................. .................. 1,528.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 620.96 .................. 620.96 Mary Wheeler:
Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,526.00 .................. .................. 1,526.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 620.96 .................. 620.96 Delegation Expenses: **
Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... .................. .................. 4,581.00 4,581.00
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Total........................ ................................... 50,062.86 218,193.39 43,533.01 311,789.26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. **Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR MICHAEL CRAPO, Chairman, Committee on Finance,
Sept. 3, 2026.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON FINANCE FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Michael Crapo: Estonia........................ Euro............................... 364.68 .................. .................. 364.68 Finland........................ Euro............................... 478.68 55.60 .................. 534.28 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 3,438.00 .................. .................. 3,438.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,813.43 .................. 8,813.43 Molly Newell: Estonia........................ Euro............................... 364.68 .................. .................. 364.68 Finland........................ Euro............................... 478.67 55.60 .................. 534.27 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... 3,438.00 .................. .................. 3,438.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,813.43 .................. 8,813.43 Gregg Richard: Estonia........................ Euro............................... 364.68 .................. .................. 364.68 Finland........................ Euro............................... 478.67 55.60 .................. 534.27 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... 3,438.00 .................. .................. 3,438.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,813.43 .................. 8,813.43 Kathleen Amacio: Estonia........................ Euro............................... 364.68 .................. .................. 364.68 Finland........................ Euro............................... 478.67 55.60 .................. 534.27 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 3,438.00 .................. .................. 3,438.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,813.43 .................. 8,813.43 Delegation Expenses: ** Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,159.21 2,159.21 Estonia........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,146.78 2,146.78 Finland........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,489.58 1,489.58 Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,277.01 3,277.01 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... .................. .................. 4,184.00 4,184.00 Senator Michael Bennet: Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,024.21 .................. .................. 1,024.21 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 1,335.06 .................. 1,335.06 Charles Dunst: Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,018.24 .................. .................. 1,018.24 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 1,560.06 .................. 1,560.06 Delegation Expenses: ** Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... .................. .................. 3,319.00 3,319.00 Senator Steve Daines: France......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,985.00 .................. .................. 1,985.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 14,475.43 .................. 14,475.43 Darin Thacker: France......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,845.53 .................. .................. 1,845.53 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 36,294.99 .................. 36,294.99 Delegation Expenses: ** France......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 4,242.00 4,242.00 Senator Todd Young: Argentina...................... Argentine Peso..................... 1,738.76 .................. .................. 1,738.76 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 19,290.76 .................. 19,290.76 Gavin Laffoon: Argentina...................... Argentine Peso..................... 1,742.38 .................. .................. 1,742.38 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,512.96 .................. 20,512.96 Delegation Expenses: ** Argentina...................... Argentine Peso..................... .................. .................. 1,854.29 1,854.29 Senator Catherine Cortez Masto: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,997.90 .................. .................. 4,997.90 Trevor Dean: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 5,015.65 .................. .................. 5,015.65 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 1,009.93 .................. 1,009.93 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 7,568.65 7,568.65 Senator Peter Welch: Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 7,140.00 .................. .................. 7,140.00 Delegation Expenses: ** Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 8,398.40 8,398.40 Mary Kate Carter: Switzerland.................... Swiss Franc........................ 2,509.54 .................. .................. 2,509.54 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,150.93 .................. 13,150.93 Joseph Johnson: Switzerland.................... Swiss Franc........................ 2,601.00 .................. .................. 2,601.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,150.93 .................. 13,150.93 Delegation Expenses: ** Switzerland.................... Swiss Franc........................ .................. .................. 957.71 957.71 Mary Kate Carter: Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,501.00 .................. .................. 1,501.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 1,150.47 .................. 1,150.47 Rachel Lang: Mexico......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,489.00 .................. .................. 1,489.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 906.47 .................. 906.47 Mattie Wheeler: Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... 1,522.00 .................. .................. 1,522.00
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United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 906.47 .................. 906.47 Delegation Expenses: **
Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... .................. .................. 12,553.00 12,553.00 Darin Thacker:
China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... 715.86 .................. .................. 715.86
Japan.......................... Yen................................ 357.42 .................. .................. 357.42
Kyrgyzstan..................... Som................................ 228.00 .................. .................. 228.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,661.63 .................. 20,661.63 Delegation Expenses: **
China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... .................. .................. 3,591.44 3,591.44
Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 1,193.74 1,193.74
Kyrgyzstan..................... Som................................ .................. .................. 142.68 142.68
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Total........................ ................................... 54,556.90 179,882.21 57,077.49 291,516.60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR MICHAEL CRAPO, Chairman, Committee on Finance,
Oct. 20, 2026.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Roy Awabdeh: Lebanon........................ US Dollar.......................... 669.00 .................. .................. 669.00 Qatar.......................... US Dollar.......................... 759.84 .................. .................. 759.84 Saudi Arabia................... US Dollar.......................... 619.00 .................. .................. 619.00 Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 378.99 .................. .................. 378.99 United Arab Emirates........... US Dollar.......................... 581.00 .................. .................. 581.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,632.48 .................. 12,632.48 Delegation Expenses: ** Lebanon........................ Lebanese Pound..................... .................. .................. 2,970.22 2,970.22 Qatar.......................... Qatari Rial........................ .................. .................. 2,642.14 2,642.14 Saudi Arabia................... Saudi Riyal........................ .................. .................. 467.55 467.55 Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 279.06 279.06 United Arab Emirates........... UAE Dirham......................... .................. .................. 250.35 250.35 Senator John Barrasso: Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 6,397.00 .................. .................. 6,397.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,622.83 .................. 6,622.83 Delegation Expenses: ** Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 6,998.66 6,998.66 Megan Bartley: Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,232.32 .................. .................. 2,232.32 Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 931.48 .................. .................. 931.48 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,534.83 .................. 11,534.83 Vietnam........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,260.84 .................. .................. 1,260.84 Thomas Hanley: Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,238.75 .................. .................. 2,238.75 Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 956.89 .................. .................. 956.89 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,505.83 .................. 11,505.83 Vietnam........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,304.51 .................. .................. 1,304.51 Delegation Expenses: ** Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 2,524.29 2,524.29 Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 539.99 539.99 Vietnam........................ Dong............................... .................. .................. 1,173.29 1,173.29 Joseph Biegun: Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,141.74 .................. .................. 1,141.74 Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 384.84 .................. .................. 384.84 Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 737.92 .................. .................. 737.92 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,895.83 .................. 10,895.83 Delegation Expenses: ** Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 1,124.83 1,124.83 Victor Cervino: Canada......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,603.06 .................. .................. 1,603.06 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 5,200.08 .................. 5,200.08 Scott Lacy: Canada......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,603.06 .................. .................. 1,603.06 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 5,195.41 .................. 5,195.41 Delegation Expenses: ** Canada......................... Canadian Dollar.................... .................. .................. 15,031.76 15,031.76 Bessie Chen: Marshall Islands............... US Dollar.......................... 240.84 .................. .................. 240.84 Micronesia..................... US Dollar.......................... 247.80 .................. .................. 247.80 Palau.......................... US Dollar.......................... 420.00 .................. .................. 420.00 Philippines.................... US Dollar.......................... 301.00 .................. .................. 301.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 3,200.00 .................. 3,200.00 Zachary Hosford: Marshall Islands............... US Dollar.......................... 149.34 .................. .................. 149.34 Micronesia..................... US Dollar.......................... 151.30 .................. .................. 151.30 Palau.......................... US Dollar.......................... 263.50 .................. .................. 263.50 Philippines.................... US Dollar.......................... 202.50 .................. .................. 202.50 Delegation Expenses: ** Marshall Islands............... US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 325.81 325.81 Micronesia..................... US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 256.92 256.92 Palau.......................... US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 783.36 783.36 Philippines.................... Philippine Peso.................... .................. .................. 71.82 71.82 Senator Christopher Coons: Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,833.20 .................. .................. 1,833.20 Panama......................... US Dollar.......................... 329.44 .................. .................. 329.44 Trinidad & Tobago.............. US Dollar.......................... 890.18 .................. .................. 890.18 Jose Avila: Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,845.62 .................. .................. 1,845.62 Panama......................... US Dollar.......................... 263.45 .................. .................. 263.45 Trinidad & Tobago.............. US Dollar.......................... 764.43 .................. .................. 764.43 Delegation Expenses: ** Ecuador........................ US Dollar.......................... .................. .................. 8,556.45 8,556.45
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Guyana......................... Guyana Dollar...................... .................. .................. 117.51 117.51
Panama......................... Balboa............................. US Dollar .................. 532.94 532.94
Trinidad & Tobago.............. Trinidad and Tobago Dollar......... .................. .................. 422.61 422.61 Senator John Cornyn:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00
Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 2,149.92 .................. .................. 2,149.92
Slovenia....................... US Dollar.......................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15 Donald Stevens:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00
Netherlands.................... US Dollar.......................... 2,217.81 .................. .................. 2,217.81
Slovenia....................... US Dollar.......................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15 Delegation Expenses: **
Greece......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,438.00 2,438.00
Netherlands.................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 13,546.25 13,546.25
Slovenia....................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,209.63 1,209.63 Senator John Curtis:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 762.45 .................. .................. 762.45
Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 960.01 .................. .................. 960.01
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,224.23 .................. 17,224.23 Troy Dougall:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 762.45 .................. .................. 762.45
Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 960.02 .................. .................. 960.02
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,475.00 .................. 8,475.00 Delegation Expenses: **
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 3,203.33 3,203.33
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 14,111.54 14,111.54 Senator Steve Daines:
Azerbaijan..................... US Dollar.......................... 191.45 .................. .................. 191.45
Kazakhstan..................... US Dollar.......................... 278.40 .................. .................. 278.40
Turkmenistan................... US Dollar.......................... 600.00 .................. .................. 600.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 29,308.71 .................. 29,308.71 Gaden James:
Azerbaijan..................... US Dollar.......................... 378.00 .................. .................. 378.00
Kazakhstan..................... US Dollar.......................... 278.40 .................. .................. 278.40
Turkmenistan................... US Dollar.......................... 250.00 .................. .................. 250.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 24,512.33 .................. 24,512.33 Delegation Expenses: **
Azerbaijan..................... Azerbaijan Manat................... .................. .................. 1,071.34 1,071.34 Delegation Expenses: **
Kazakhstan..................... Tenge.............................. .................. .................. 149.35 149.35
Turkmenistan................... Turkmenistan New Manat............. .................. .................. 358.00 358.00 Alyssa Mitchell:
Japan.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,922.77 .................. .................. 1,922.77
Taiwan......................... US Dollar.......................... 487.11 .................. .................. 487.11
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,467.73 .................. 10,467.73 Delegation Expenses: **
Japan.......................... Yen................................ .................. .................. 3,369.83 3,369.83
Taiwan......................... New Taiwan Dollar.................. .................. .................. 914.62 914.62 Naz Durakoglu:
Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,366.00 .................. .................. 1,366.00
Qatar.......................... US Dollar.......................... 976.01 .................. .................. 976.01
Saudi Arabia................... US Dollar.......................... 619.00 .................. .................. 619.00
United Arab Emirates........... US Dollar.......................... 581.00 .................. .................. 581.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 9,023.91 .................. 9,023.91 Delegation Expenses: **
Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 283.00 283.00
Qatar.......................... Qatari Rial........................ .................. .................. 2,642.14 2,642.14
Saudi Arabia................... Saudi Riyal........................ .................. .................. 467.55 467.55
United Arab Emirates........... UAE Dirham......................... .................. .................. 250.35 250.35 Amy English:
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 962.84 .................. .................. 962.84
Estonia........................ US Dollar.......................... 275.86 .................. .................. 275.86
Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 414.00 .................. .................. 414.00
Latvia......................... US Dollar.......................... 143.43 .................. .................. 143.43
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 310.81 .................. .................. 310.81
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 16,494.76 .................. 16,494.76 Mark Iozzi:
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,165.84 .................. .................. 1,165.84
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 453.05 .................. .................. 453.05
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,143.03 .................. 6,143.03 Delegation Expenses: **
Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,008.13 1,008.13
Estonia........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 521.44 521.44
Finland........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,539.24 1,539.24
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 644.30 644.30 Thomas Hanley:
Ivory Coast.................... US Dollar.......................... 926.43 .................. .................. 926.43
Nigeria........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,459.76 .................. .................. 1,459.76
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,587.23 .................. 13,587.23 Philip Oke-Thomas:
Ivory Coast.................... US Dollar.......................... 932.64 .................. .................. 932.64
Nigeria........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,622.32 .................. .................. 1,622.32
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,175.36 .................. 17,175.36 Delegation Expenses: **
Ivory Coast.................... CFA Franc BCEAO.................... .................. .................. 426.19 426.19
Nigeria........................ Naira.............................. .................. .................. 2,679.39 2,679.39 Daniel Gottfried:
Armenia........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,333.24 .................. .................. 1,333.24
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 658.00 .................. .................. 658.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 3,583.83 .................. 3,583.83 Jodi Herman:
Armenia........................ US Dollar.......................... 651.00 .................. .................. 651.00
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 658.00 .................. .................. 658.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 3,648.83 .................. 3,648.83 Delegation Expenses: **
Armenia........................ Armenian Dram...................... .................. .................. 1,642.93 1,642.93
Hungary........................ Forint............................. .................. .................. 1,442.00 1,442.00 Jinanshu Jain:
Denmark........................ US Dollar.......................... 476.14 .................. .................. 476.14
Finland........................ US Dollar.......................... 300.36 .................. .................. 300.36
Greenland...................... US Dollar.......................... 462.07 .................. ..................
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Norway......................... US Dollar.......................... 634.63 .................. .................. 634.63
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,196.03 .................. 8,196.03 Delegation Expenses: **
Denmark........................ Danish Krone....................... .................. .................. 386.00 386.00
Finland........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 958.16 958.16
Norway......................... Norwegian Krone.................... .................. .................. 3,448.74 3,448.74 Senator Tim Kaine:
Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 477.10 .................. .................. 477.10
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,096.05 .................. .................. 1,096.05
Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 505.12 .................. .................. 505.12
Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,081.52 .................. .................. 1,081.52 Jinanshu Jain:
Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 475.87 .................. .................. 475.87
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,135.59 .................. .................. 1,135.59
Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 471.53 .................. .................. 471.53
Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,114.92 .................. .................. 1,114.92 Delegation Expenses: **
Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 2,169.60 2,169.60
Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,746.32 1,746.32
Moldova........................ Moldovan Leu....................... .................. .................. 155.90 155.90
Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... .................. .................. 2,341.54 2,341.54
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 3,929.36 3,929.36 Senator John Barrasso:
Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,134.62 .................. .................. 1,134.62
Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 556.54 .................. .................. 556.54
Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,025.00 .................. .................. 1,025.00 Delegation Expenses: **
Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 873.16 873.16
Moldova........................ Moldovan Leu....................... .................. .................. 77.95 77.95
Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... .................. .................. 1,170.77 1,170.77
Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 1,964.68 1,964.68 Scott Lacy:
Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 3,039.00 .................. .................. 3,039.00
Romania........................ US Dollar.......................... 980.27 .................. .................. 980.27
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,209.53 .................. 8,209.53 Delegation Expenses: **
Greece......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,314.00 3,314.00
Romania........................ Romanian Leu....................... .................. .................. 2,111.47 2,111.47 Sophia Lalani:
Ghana.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,715.00 .................. .................. 2,715.00
Ivory Coast.................... US Dollar.......................... 738.88 .................. .................. 738.88
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 8,836.73 .................. 8,836.73 Delegation Expenses: **
Ivory Coast.................... CFA Franc BCEAO.................... .................. .................. 1,414.05 1,414.05 Molly Barlow:
Haiti.......................... US Dollar.......................... 574.00 .................. .................. 574.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 2,405.52 .................. 2,405.52 Guy Mentel:
Bolivia........................ US Dollar.......................... 377.91 .................. .................. 377.91
Haiti.......................... US Dollar.......................... 657.68 .................. .................. 657.68
Paraguay....................... US Dollar.......................... 929.06 .................. .................. 929.06
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 7,825.53 .................. 7,825.53
Uruguay........................ US Dollar.......................... 993.00 .................. .................. 993.00 Delegation Expenses: **
Bolivia........................ Boliviano.......................... .................. .................. 553.44 553.44
Haiti.......................... Gourde, US Dollar.................. .................. .................. 1,626.30 1,626.30
Paraguay....................... Guarani............................ .................. .................. 1,671.78 1,671.78
Uruguay........................ Peso Uruguayo...................... .................. .................. 2,100.00 2,100.00 Elizabeth Leibowitz:
Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,654.74 .................. .................. 1,654.74
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 12,395.13 .................. 12,395.13 Delegation Expenses: **
Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 2,376.19 2,376.19 Senator Christopher Coons:
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,487.97 .................. .................. 2,487.97
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 19,047.53 .................. 19,047.53 Senator Jeanne Shaheen:
Hungary........................ Forint............................. 638.25 .................. .................. 638.25
Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... 1,688.53 .................. .................. 1,688.53
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,636.00 .................. 17,636.00 Naz Durakoglu:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 900.00 .................. .................. 900.00
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,988.00 .................. .................. 1,988.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 14,768.53 .................. 14,768.53 Amy English:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 450.00 .................. .................. 450.00
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,388.00 .................. .................. 1,388.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 18,997.28 .................. 18,997.28 Vidya Neelakantan:
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,815.52 .................. .................. 1,815.52
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 19,012.73 .................. 19,012.73 Michael Gwin:
Hungary........................ US Dollar.......................... 900.00 .................. .................. 900.00
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,388.00 .................. .................. 1,388.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,022.63 .................. 6,022.63 Delegation Expenses: **
Germany........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 15,021.79 15,021.79
Hungary........................ Forint............................. .................. .................. 2,425.50 2,425.50
Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 4,926.30 4,926.30 Roy Awabdeh:
Germany........................ US Dollar.......................... 281.74 .................. .................. 281.74
Turkey......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,611.00 .................. .................. 2,611.00
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,129.33 .................. 11,129.33 Delegation Expenses: **
Turkey......................... Turkish Lira....................... .................. .................. 289.64 289.64 Elizabeth Lewis:
Botswana....................... US Dollar.......................... 642.68 .................. .................. 642.68
South Africa................... US Dollar.......................... 1,566.60 .................. .................. 1,566.60
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 9,555.73 .................. 9,555.73 Matthew Sullivan:
Botswana....................... US Dollar.......................... 642.68 .................. .................. 642.68
South Africa................... US Dollar.......................... 1,566.60 .................. .................. 1,566.60
United States.................. US Dollar..........................
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.................. 9,555.73 .................. 9,555.73 Delegation Expenses: **
Botswana....................... Pula............................... .................. .................. 352.78 352.78
South Africa................... Rand............................... .................. .................. 1,012.79 1,012.79 Thomas West:
China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... 1,614.87 .................. .................. 1,614.87
United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,601.00 .................. 13,601.00
Paul Burdette: China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... 1,645.26 .................. .................. 1,645.26 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 13,671.27 .................. 13,671.27 Delegation Expenses: ** China.......................... Yuan Renminbi...................... .................. .................. 1,453.60 1,453.60 Thomas West: India.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,525.48 .................. .................. 2,525.48 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 9,527.59 .................. 9,527.59 Habiba Shebita: India.......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,684.46 .................. .................. 2,684.46 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,207.29 .................. 11,207.29 Delegation Expenses: ** India.......................... Indian Rupee....................... .................. .................. 740.30 740.30 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 118,173.40 448,033.35 159,600.22 725,806.97 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR JAMES RISCH, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Oct. 20, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator Alan Armstrong: Austria........................ US Dollar.......................... 532.76 .................. .................. 532.76 Belgium........................ US Dollar.......................... 1,442.15 .................. .................. 1,442.15 Moldova........................ US Dollar.......................... 590.00 .................. .................. 590.00 Sweden......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,230.00 .................. .................. 1,230.00 Terrance Wilson: Austria........................ Euro............................... 532.75 .................. .................. 532.75 Belgium........................ Euro............................... 456.00 .................. .................. 456.00 Moldova........................ Moldovan Leu....................... 282.00 .................. .................. 282.00 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... 1,230.00 .................. .................. 1,230.00 Delegation Expenses: ** Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 139.99 139.99 Belgium........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,746.33 1,746.33 Moldova........................ Moldovan Leu....................... .................. .................. 155.92 155.92 Sweden......................... Swedish Krona...................... .................. .................. 2,341.56 2,341.56 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 6,295.66 .................. 4,383.80 10,679.46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR WILLIAM CASSIDY, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Oct. 21, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator James Lankford: Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 222.35 .................. .................. 222.35 Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 165.08 .................. .................. 165.08 United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 922.09 .................. .................. 922.09 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,142.63 .................. 20,142.63 Grace Higgins: Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 222.35 .................. .................. 222.35 Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 165.08 .................. .................. 165.08 United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 947.26 .................. .................. 947.26 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 15,807.33 .................. 15,807.33 Derek Osborn: Poland......................... US Dollar.......................... 222.35 .................. .................. 222.35 Ukraine........................ US Dollar.......................... 174.08 .................. .................. 174.08 United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 910.27 .................. .................. 910.27 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 20,230.83 .................. 20,230.83 Delegation Expenses: ** Austria........................ Euro............................... .................. .................. 238.50 238.50 Delegation Expenses: ** Poland......................... Zloty.............................. .................. .................. 3,442.53 3,442.53 Ukraine........................ Hryvnia............................ .................. .................. 1,433.25 1,433.25 United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 1,687.50 1,687.50 Laura Lynch: Brazil......................... US Dollar.......................... 3,663.31 .................. .................. 3,663.31 Mexico......................... US Dollar.......................... 593.00 .................. .................. 593.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 17,872.51 .................. 17,872.51 Delegation Expenses: ** Brazil......................... Brazilian Real..................... .................. .................. 4,334.81 4,334.81 Mexico......................... Mexican Peso....................... .................. .................. 3,093.00 3,093.00 Christina Salazar: Greece......................... US Dollar.......................... 2,674.00 .................. .................. 2,674.00 Italy.......................... Euro............................... 2,801.00 .................. .................. 2,801.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 11,002.28 .................. 11,002.28 Delegation Expenses: ** Greece......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 1,077.00 1,077.00 Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 296.00 296.00 Laura Lynch: United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 971.04 .................. 971.04 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 13,682.22 86,026.62 15,602.59 115,311.43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR RAND PAUL, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Oct. 16, 2006. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sean Misko: Country 1...................... ................................... 438.42 .................. .................. 438.42 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 2,083.06 .................. 2,083.06 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,106.30 1,106.30 Arjun Ravindra: Country 1...................... ................................... 532.76 .................. .................. 532.76 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,442.16 .................. .................. 1,442.16 Country 3...................... ................................... 590.00 .................. .................. 590.00 Country 4...................... ................................... 1,230.00 .................. .................. 1,230.00 Country 6...................... ................................... .................. 11,214.10 .................. 11,214.10 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ...................................
.................. .................. 70.00 70.00 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 873.16 873.16 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. .................. 77.96 77.96 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,170.78 1,170.78 Country 5...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,800.96 1,800.96 Anahita Dhungel: Country 1...................... ................................... 1,193.00 .................. .................. 1,193.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 864.53 .................. .................. 864.53 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 8,156.76 .................. 8,156.76 Madison Erstine: Country 2...................... ................................... 864.53 .................. .................. 864.53 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 9,982.37 .................. 9,982.37 Heather Melancon: Country 1...................... ................................... 941.35 .................. .................. 941.35 Country 2...................... ................................... 864.53 .................. .................. 864.53 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 8,156.76 .................. 8,156.76 John Pinegar: Country 1...................... ................................... 1,193.00 .................. .................. 1,193.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 864.53 .................. .................. 864.53 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 8,156.76 .................. 8,156.76 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 542.77 542.77 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 886.92 886.92 Madison Erstine: Country 1...................... ................................... 979.00 .................. .................. 979.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 749.07 .................. .................. 749.07 Country 3...................... ................................... 399.05 .................. .................. 399.05 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 12,088.73 --- 12,088.73 Elnigar Iltebir: Country 1...................... ................................... 979.00 .................. .................. 979.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 749.06 .................. .................. 749.06 Country 3...................... ................................... 399.04 .................. .................. 399.04 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 12,124.23 .................. 12,124.23 Heather Melancon: Country 1...................... ................................... 843.19 .................. .................. 843.19 Country 2...................... ................................... 749.06 .................. .................. 749.06 Country 3...................... ................................... 399.05 .................. .................. 399.05 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 12,124.23 .................. 12,124.23 Alex Moree: Country 1...................... ................................... 979.00 .................. .................. 979.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 749.06 .................. .................. 749.06 Country 3...................... ................................... 399.05 .................. .................. 399.05 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 9,890.80 .................. 9,890.80 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 5,076.00 5,076.00 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,111.11 1,111.11 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. .................. 2,195.97 2,195.97 Courtney Fellows: Country 2...................... ................................... 165.73 .................. .................. 165.73 Country 4...................... ................................... 1,341.46 .................. .................. 1,341.46 Country 5...................... ................................... .................. 20,650.83 .................. 20,650.83 Tri Nguyen: Country 5...................... ................................... .................. 35.00 .................. 35.00 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,147.51 1,147.51 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. .................. 477.75 477.75 Country 4...................... ................................... .................. .................. 562.50 562.50 Maria Mahler-Haug: Country 1...................... ................................... 1,201.50 .................. .................. 1,201.50 Country 2...................... ................................... 694.07 .................. .................. 694.07 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 15,700.23 .................. 15,700.23 Caldwell Willig: Country 1...................... ................................... 1,304.00 .................. .................. 1,304.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 694.07 .................. .................. 694.07 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 15,700.23 .................. 15,700.23 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 302.00 302.00 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 188.79 188.79 Senator Jerry Moran: Country 1...................... ................................... 919.00 .................. .................. 919.00
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Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 17,742.43 .................. 17,742.43 Nathan Heiman:
Country 1...................... ................................... 912.77 .................. .................. 912.77
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 11,255.83 .................. 11,255.83 Delegation Expenses: **
Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 806.47 806.47 Noelle Howey:
Country 1...................... ................................... 331.00 .................. .................. 331.00
Country 2...................... ................................... 993.92 .................. .................. 993.92
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 9,827.93 .................. 9,827.93 Alex Moree:
Country 1...................... ................................... 331.00 .................. .................. 331.00
Country 2...................... ................................... 993.92 .................. .................. 993.92
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 5,103.40 .................. 5,103.40 Alexandra Sabater:
Country 1...................... ................................... 331.00 .................. .................. 331.00
Country 2...................... ................................... 793.56 .................. .................. 793.56
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 5,053.40 .................. 5,053.40 Steve Smith:
Country 1...................... ................................... 331.00 .................. .................. 331.00
Country 2...................... ................................... 917.42 .................. .................. 917.42
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 5,053.40 .................. 5,053.40 Delegation Expenses: **
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,196.71 1,196.71 Jennifer Barrett:
Country 1...................... ................................... 387.14 .................. .................. 387.14
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,140.00 .................. .................. 1,140.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,651.93 .................. 14,651.93 Madison Erstine:
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 96.80 .................. 96.80 Michael Pevzner:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,161.36 .................. .................. 1,161.36
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,140.00 .................. .................. 1,140.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,713.53 .................. 14,713.53 Dennis Wischmeier:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,161.36 .................. .................. 1,161.36
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,140.00 .................. .................. 1,140.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,713.53 .................. 14,713.53 Delegation Expenses: **
Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 395.19 395.19
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 330.00 330.00 Zoe Bedell:
Country 1...................... ................................... 786.72 .................. .................. 786.72
Country 3...................... ................................... 655.74 .................. .................. 655.74
Country 4...................... ................................... 680.24 .................. .................. 680.24
Country 5...................... ................................... .................. 14,190.13 .................. 14,190.13 Arjun Ravindra:
Country 1...................... ................................... 393.36 .................. .................. 393.36
Country 3...................... ................................... 655.75 .................. .................. 655.75
Country 4...................... ................................... 680.24 .................. .................. 680.24
Country 5...................... ................................... .................. 14,734.33 .................. 14,734.33 Steve Smith:
Country 1...................... ................................... 569.37 .................. .................. 569.37
Country 3...................... ................................... 655.74 .................. .................. 655.74
Country 4...................... ................................... 680.24 .................. .................. 680.24
Country 5...................... ................................... .................. 14,190.13 .................. 14,190.13 Delegation Expenses: **
Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 311.58 311.58
Country 4...................... ................................... .................. .................. 727.22 727.22 Nathan Heiman:
Country 1...................... ................................... 771.99 .................. .................. 771.99
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 7,463.13 .................. 7,463.13 Alex Moree:
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 7,485.13 .................. 7,485.13 Samantha Roberts:
Country 1...................... ................................... 736.43 .................. .................. 736.43
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 7,485.13 .................. 7,485.13 Valli Sanmugalingam:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,021.99 .................. .................. 1,021.99
Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 7,485.13 .................. 7,485.13 Kate Kielceski:
Country 1...................... ................................... 714.54 .................. .................. 714.54
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,031.00 .................. .................. 1,031.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 9,976.43 .................. 9,976.43 Eric Losick:
Country 1...................... ................................... 714.54 .................. .................. 714.54
Country 2...................... ................................... 789.19 .................. .................. 789.19
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 9,976.43 .................. 9,976.43 Alex Moree:
Country 1...................... ................................... 714.54 .................. .................. 714.54
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,334.00 .................. .................. 1,334.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 17,734.03 .................. 17,734.03 Valli Sanmugalingam:
Country 1...................... ................................... 714.54 .................. .................. 714.54
Country 2...................... ................................... 1,031.00 .................. .................. 1,031.00
Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 9,976.43 .................. 9,976.43 Delegation Expenses: **
Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 87.37 87.37 Eric Losick:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,317.77 .................. .................. 1,317.77
Country 2...................... ................................... 678.00 .................. .................. 678.00
Country 3...................... ................................... 120.00 .................. .................. 120.00
Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 11,670.01 .................. 11,670.01 Alex Moree:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,317.77 .................. .................. 1,317.77
Country 2...................... ................................... 678.00 .................. .................. 678.00
Country 3...................... ................................... 120.00 .................. .................. 120.00
Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 11,670.01 .................. 11,670.01 Steve Smith:
Country 1...................... ................................... 1,210.06 .................. .................. 1,210.06
Country 2...................... ................................... 678.00 .................. .................. 678.00
Country 3...................... ................................... 120.00 .................. .................. 120.00
Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 11,670.01 .................. 11,670.01 Allen Souza:
Country 4...................... ................................... .................. 213.90 .................. 213.90
Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... ..................
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.................. 497.82 497.82 Elnigar Iltebir: Country 1...................... ................................... 202.00 .................. .................. 202.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,334.94 .................. .................. 1,334.94 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,143.53 .................. 14,143.53 Valli Sanmugalingam: Country 1...................... ................................... 287.00 .................. .................. 287.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,234.93 .................. .................. 1,234.93 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,086.53 .................. 14,086.53 Steve Smith: Country 1...................... ................................... 287.00 .................. .................. 287.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,180.58 .................. .................. 1,180.58 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,086.53 .................. 14,086.53 Caroline Wadhams: Country 1...................... ................................... 287.00 .................. .................. 287.00 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,162.93 .................. .................. 1,162.93 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 14,086.53 .................. 14,086.53 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 376.96 376.96 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 258.39 258.39 Benjamin Grass: Country 1...................... ................................... 848.34 .................. .................. 848.34 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,245.87 .................. .................. 1,245.87 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 10,988.03 .................. 10,988.03 Dennis Wischmeier: Country 1...................... ................................... 848.34 .................. .................. 848.34 Country 2...................... ................................... 1,245.87 .................. .................. 1,245.87 Country 3...................... ................................... .................. 10,988.03 .................. 10,988.03 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 2...................... ................................... .................. .................. 86.53 86.53 John Pinegar: Country 1...................... ................................... 1,642.38 .................. .................. 1,642.38 Country 2...................... ................................... .................. 10,551.13 .................. 10,551.13 Delegation Expenses: ** Country 1...................... ................................... .................. .................. 1,158.94 1,158.94 ---------------------Total........................ ................................... 71,154.66 489,126.94 23,823.66 584,105.26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. **Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR TOM COTTON, Chairman, Committee on Intelligence, Oct. 23, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chloe Clemenson: Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,843.00 .................. .................. 1,843.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,233.63 .................. 10,233.63 Samantha Scoca: Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,843.00 .................. .................. 1,843.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,408.73 .................. 10,408.73 Meredith West: Italy.......................... US Dollar.......................... 1,843.00 .................. .................. 1,843.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 10,416.53 .................. 10,416.53 Delegation Expenses: ** Italy.......................... Euro............................... .................. .................. 3,921.00 3,921.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total........................ ................................... 5,529.00 31,058.89 3,921.00 40,508.89 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. **Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under the authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR JONI ERNST, Chairman, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Oct. 19, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Garrison Holmberg: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 3,784.33 3,784.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total........................ ................................... 5,316.00 .................. 3,784.33 9,100.33 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR JERRY MORAN, Chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs, Oct. 16, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), MAJORITY LEADER FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senator John Thune: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Senator Jerry Moran: United Kingdom................. US Dollar.......................... 3,974.43 .................. .................. 3,974.43 Senator John Boozman: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Senator John Hoeven: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 2,508.15 .................. .................. 2,508.15 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... .................. 6,539.43 .................. 6,539.43 Senator Deb Fischer: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Jonathan Abdnor: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 3,970.51 .................. .................. 3,970.51 David Adkins: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Geoffrey Antell: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Stefanie Muchow: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Daffnei Riedel: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Ryan Wrasse: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 4,025.51 .................. .................. 4,025.51 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 65,804.92 65,804.92 Robert Duncan: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 3,784.33 3,784.33 Brian Monahan: Greece......................... Euro............................... 1,980.00 .................. .................. 1,980.00 Netherlands.................... Euro............................... 1,884.88 .................. .................. 1,884.88 Slovenia....................... Euro............................... 885.15 .................. .................. 885.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total........................ ................................... 52,723.20 6,539.43 69,589.25 128,851.88 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent. ** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR JOHN THUNE, Majority Leader, Oct. 13, 2026. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. SENATE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF SEC. 22, P.L. 95-384--22 U.S.C. 1754(b), DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR TRAVEL FROM JULY 1 TO SEPT. 30, 2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Per diem Transportation Miscellaneous Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name and country Name of currency U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency U.S. currency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gary Myrick: United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... 5,316.00 .................. .................. 5,316.00 Delegation Expenses: ** United Kingdom................. Pound Sterling..................... .................. .................. 3,784.33 3,784.33 Shir Attias: Haiti.......................... Gourde............................. 696.00 .................. .................. 696.00 United States.................. US Dollar.......................... 314.25 1,918.00 .................. 2,232.25 Delegation Expenses: ** Haiti.......................... Gourde, US Dollar.................. .................. .................. 388.40 388.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total........................ ................................... 6,326.25 1,918.00 4,172.73 12,416.98 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Note: All values are United States Dollar Equivalent.
** Delegation expenses include payments and reimbursements to the Department of State under authority of Sec. 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended by Section 22 of P.L. 95-384, and S. Res. 179 agreed to May 25, 1977. SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER, Democratic Leader, Oct. 13, 2026.
Appointments
Page S5376 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, appoints the following individual to the Congressional Award Board: Andi Fouberg of South Dakota.
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 119-60, appoints the following individual to serve as a member of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy: Carrie Filipetti of the District of Columbia.
Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act
Pages S5376–S5377 · Official textMr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 543, S. 3589.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
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A bill (S. 3589) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act" or the "RISE Act".
SEC. 2. PERFECTING AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF DISABILITY.
Section 103(6) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003(6)) is amended by striking "section 3(2)" and inserting "section 3".
SEC. 3. SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SUCCEED ONCE
ENROLLED IN COLLEGE.
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(30)(A) The institution will carry out the following:
"(i) Adopt policies that make any of the following documentation submitted by an individual sufficient to establish that such individual is an individual with a disability:
"(I) Documentation that the individual has had an individualized education program (referred to in this paragraph as an `IEP') in accordance with section 614(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, if the IEP for the student was utilized at any point in high school (without regard as to whether the date of the student's most recent evaluation or reevaluation occurred before the student entered high school).
"(II) Documentation describing services or accommodations provided to the individual pursuant to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) (referred to in this paragraph as a `Section 504 plan'), if the Section 504 plan for the student was utilized at any point in high school (without regard as to whether the date of the student's most recent evaluation or reevaluation occurred before the student entered high school).
"(III) A plan or record of service for the individual from a private high school, a local educational agency, a State educational agency, or an institution of higher education provided in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
"(IV) A record or evaluation from a relevant licensed professional finding that the individual has a disability.
"(V) A plan or record of disability from another institution of higher education.
"(VI) Documentation of a disability due to service in the uniformed services, as defined in section 484C(a).
"(ii) Adopt policies that are transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the institution determines eligibility for reasonable accommodations or modifications consistent with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
"(iii) Disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in an accessible format, including during any student orientation and making such information readily available on a public website of the institution.
"(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude an institution from establishing less burdensome criteria than that described in subparagraph (A) to establish an individual as an individual with a disability who may be eligible for reasonable accommodations or modifications.".
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR
POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 777(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1140q(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "From amounts appropriated under section 778," and inserting "From amounts appropriated under paragraph (5),"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
"(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.".
SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)), as amended by section 3, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through (30) as paragraphs (19) through (31), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following:
"(18)(A) The institution will submit, for inclusion in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or any other Federal postsecondary institution data collection effort, key data related to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the institution who are formally registered as students with disabilities with the institution's office of disability services (which, for purposes of this paragraph, includes an equivalent office), including--
"(i) the total number of undergraduate and graduate students registered with the institution's office of disability services;
"(ii) the number of undergraduate and graduate students accessing or receiving reasonable accommodations or modifications, as voluntarily reported to the institution's office of disability services;
"(iii) the percentage of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the institution who are registered with the institution's office of disability services; and
"(iv) the total number of undergraduate and graduate certificates or degrees awarded to students registered with the institution's office of disability services.
"(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an institution shall not be required to submit information under this paragraph if the number of such students would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Higher education act of 1965.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i) of section 152(a)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1019a(a)(1)(A)), by striking "(a)(27)" and inserting "(a)(28)";
(B) in section 153(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1019b(c)(3)), by striking "section 487(a)(25)" each place the term appears and inserting "section 487(a)(26)"; and
(C) in section 487 (20 U.S.C. 1094)--
(i) in subsection (d), by striking "subsection (a)(24)" each place the term appears and inserting "subsection (a)(25)";
(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (e), by striking "subsection (a)(25)" and inserting "subsection (a)(26)"; and
(iii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection (h)(1), by striking "subsection (a)(27)" and inserting "subsection (a)(28)".
(2) Title 38, united states code.--Title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in section 3679(f)(2)(C), by striking "section 487(a)(20) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20))" and inserting "section 487(a)(21) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(21))"; and
(B) in section 3696(c)(2), by striking "section 487(a)(20) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20))" and inserting "section 487(a)(21) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(21))".
SEC. 6. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
None of the amendments made by this Act shall be construed
to affect--
(1) the meanings of the terms "reasonable accommodation",
"reasonable modification", and "record of impairment"
under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12101 et seq.) or section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); or
(2) the rights or remedies provided under such Acts.
Mr. CRUZ. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was agreed to.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.
Mr. CRUZ. I know of no further debate on the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill?
Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
The bill (S. 3589), as amended, was passed.
Mr. CRUZ. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER: Without objection, it is so ordered.
Authorizing the Use of the Atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for the Commemoration and Reunification of Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds on November 18, 2026
Page S5377 · Official textAUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE ATRIUM IN THE PHILIP A. HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE COMMEMORATION AND REUNIFICATION OF ALEXANDER CALDER'S MOUNTAINS AND CLOUDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2026
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 952, which is at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
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A resolution (S. Res. 952) authorizing the use of the atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for the commemoration and reunification of Alexander Calder's Mountains and Clouds on November 18, 2026.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The resolution (S. Res. 952) was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record under "Submitted Resolutions.")
Orders for Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Page S5377 · Official textMr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 12 noon on Tuesday, November 10; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 453, H.R. 2347, postcloture; further, that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly conference meetings; finally, all time during adjournment, recess, morning business, and leader remarks count postcloture.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
Without objection, it is ordered.
Adjournment Until Tomorrow
Pages S5377–S5378 · Official textMr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order.
There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:49 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 12 p.m.
Nominations
Pages S5378–S5382 · Official textExecutive nominations received by the Senate:
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CHRISTOPHER MUFARRIGE, OF TEXAS, TO BE A FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR THE TERM OF SEVEN YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 2026, VICE ALVARO M. BEDOYA, TERM EXPIRED.
MICHAEL LOSAPIO, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, VICE JEN EASTERLY, RESIGNED.
GARY LAWKOWSKI, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, VICE JOHN DEVER, RESIGNED.
ARTHUR KLEINSCHMIDT, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, VICE AMY LEFKOWITZ SOLOMON, RESIGNED.
PHILIP LAWRENCE AUBART, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, VICE WILLIAM LINDSAY OSTEEN, JR., RETIRING.
GREGORY TODD BUTLER, OF MISSISSIPPI, TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, VICE LESLIE SOUTHWICK, RETIRING.
FERNANDO CAMPOAMOR-SANCHEZ, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE PETER ARNO KRAUTHAMER, RETIRED.
ROMAN MARIAN CHABAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE JENNIFER M. ANDERSON, RETIRED.
JOSEPH PATRICK FALVEY, OF INDIANA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, VICE PHILIP P. SIMON, RETIRING.
ERIC SEBASTIAN GLOVER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE ANITA M. JOSEY, RETIRED.
ERIC JAMES HAMILTON, OF NEBRASKA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA, VICE ROBERT F. ROSSITER, JR., RETIRING.
BRIAN S. MEYERS, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, VICE TERRENCE W. BOYLE, RETIRING.
NATALIE BAKER, OF TEXAS, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN.
JEFFREY COLYER, OF KANSAS, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
TOBY DEEN, OF COLORADO, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF ENERGY (HYDROCARBONS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY), VICE KYLE HAUSTVEIT.
BENITA GUNN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI.
CYNTHIA KIERSCHT, OF MINNESOTA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU.
IAN MCCARY, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALI.
CHRISTY MCCORMICK, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA.
ARTHUR MILLER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, VICE R. RUSSELL RUMBAUGH, RESIGNED.
LOREN SMITH, JR., OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, VICE CHRISTOPHER A. COES, RESIGNED.
MATTHEW ZANDI, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY 1, 2031, VICE JOCELYN SAMUELS, TERM EXPIRED.
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
BRIG. GEN. ADAM K. AKE BRIG. GEN. KIMBERLY K. HAMILTON BRIG. GEN. RACHEL E. HUMPHREY BRIG. GEN. VANCE KUHNER BRIG. GEN. NOEL F. PALMER BRIG. GEN. SONYA A. POWELL THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
COL. JACK M. MUSHALLO
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
COL. CHRISTOPHER A. NAGELVOORT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
COL. JOSEPH S. MILLER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
COL. CHRIST W. CHANG COL. DENA R. GOBLE COL. KENNETH A. SHUBERT THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
COL. DANIEL J. ALLEN COL. JAMES H. BABBITT COL. ANTHONY K. BANGLOY COL. JOSHUA P. BARROW COL. DANIEL C. BELL COL. MATTHEW I. BIALY COL. STEPHEN E. BRACK COL. CLIFFORD M. BRACKMAN COL. LIANN R. BRENNEMAN COL. CRAIG A. BROYLES COL. TIMOTHY M. CASSEL COL. BRADLEY M. COMPTON COL. JOHN C. CRAFT COL. GENE M. CUMMMINS COL. CASEY L. DEGROOF COL. PHILIP T. DERING IV COL. JOHN C. DETLING COL. LAWRENCE M. DOANE COL. MANUEL O. DUENAS, JR. COL. JOHN W. DZIECIOLOWSKI COL. SHAWN R. EAKEN COL. TONY B. FEARS COL. MICHAEL A. FISH COL. ALEXANDER R. FISHER COL. JOHN M. FUCHKO III COL. ALAN W. GILMAN, JR. COL. JEREMIAH S. GLADDEN COL. JONATHAN W. GOCKE COL. JOSHUA A. GOODRICH COL. JOHN T. GRIFFIN COL. ROBERT J. GRIGGS COL. JASON M. HUNT COL. KHALID K. HUSSEIN COL. PHOEBECHELO P. INIGO COL. ERIC W. JAMES COL. WESLEY K. KAWAKAMI COL. JASON W. KETTWIG COL. MATTHEW J. KUKLA COL. JEAN P. LAURENCEAU COL. JONATHAN D. LLOYD COL. RANDY L. LUTZ II COL. BRIAN G. MALECHA COL. DAVID B. MAROUS COL. WILLIAM A. MATHENY, JR. COL. GERALD A. MAZUR COL. JOHN W. MCDANIEL, JR. COL. CHARLES D. MCWILLIAMS COL. GLENN E. MILLER COL. DAVID A. NAGEL COL. GINA M. NICHOLAS COL. JAKOB Z. NORMAN COL. STEPHAN L. NOWAKOWSKI COL. ANDREW P. O'CONNOR COL. ANDREW J. OWENS COL. JONAS PATRUNO COL. BRIAN A. PAZZAGLIA COL. ERIKA O. PERRY COL. KARLA M. PFEIFFER COL. BRIAN J. PIPKIN COL. CHRISTOPHER S. POWELL COL. REUBEN D. RIEKE, JR. COL. DAVID R. RIGG COL. ANDREW H. ROBERTSON COL. JUANITA F. ROHLER COL. ELIZABETH A. ROXWORTHY COL. JACOB B. ROY COL. ANTHONY Q. SANDERS COL. JOHN S. SARGEANT COL. JAMES C. SHAVER, JR. COL. EDDIE D. SIMPSON COL. THOMAS J. SKINNER IV COL. DENTON W. SMITH, JR. COL. JONATHAN M. STEWART COL. ALBERT T. STRICKLAND, JR. COL. BRANDON L. TACKETT COL. FRANK A. TANTILLO COL. CLINTON J. TAYLOR COL. ERIK H. TERRY COL. JASON E. TURNER COL. JORGE VELEZ COL. TODD W. WHEELER COL. BRANDYE L. WILLIAMS COL. CODY D. WORKMAN COL. CHRISTOPHER J. YORK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
BRIG. GEN. BRANDON C. ANDERSON BRIG. GEN. MAURICE O. BARNETT BRIG. GEN. JEREMY A. BARTEL BRIG. GEN. JAMES T. BLEJSKI, JR. BRIG. GEN. ROBERT G. BORN BRIG. GEN. MATTHEW W. BRAMAN BRIG. GEN. ROBERT S. BROWN BRIG. GEN. THOMAS E. BURKE BRIG. GEN. STEVEN P. CARPENTER BRIG. GEN. CHAD C. CHALFONT BRIG. GEN. KENNETH C. COLE BRIG. GEN. PATRICK M. COSTELLO BRIG. GEN. DALE S. CROCKETT BRIG. GEN. RORY A. CROOKS BRIG. GEN. JOHNATON L. DAWBER BRIG. GEN. TROY M. DENOMY BRIG. GEN. SARA E. DUDLEY BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH M. EWERS BRIG. GEN. ALRIC L. FRANCIS BRIG. GEN. ROGELIO J. GARCIA BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM C. HANNAN, JR. BRIG. GEN. PETER G. HART BRIG. GEN. DANIEL H. HIBNER BRIG. GEN. GREGORY L. HOLDEN BRIG. GEN. GREGORY S. JOHNSON BRIG. GEN. PAUL T. KRATTIGER BRIG. GEN. SHANNON M. LUCAS BRIG. GEN. ROBERT J. MIKESH, JR. BRIG. GEN. JIN H. PAK BRIG. GEN. DAVID C. PHILLPS BRIG. GEN. BRENDAN C. RAYMOND BRIG. GEN. MARNE L. SUTTEN BRIG. GEN. GEOFFREY R. VANEPPS BRIG. GEN. SCOTT D. WILKINSON BRIG. GEN. KEVIN J. WILLIAMS BRIG. GEN. JEREMY S. WILSON BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH W. WORTHAM II BRIG. GEN. DAVID J. ZINN
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION 2121(D):
ADAM A. CHAMIE ZEITA MERCHANT
THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
JOSEPH M. HARRIS MICHAEL D. HOFFMAN JAMES M. HOLIFIELD GREGORY S. KOESTER, JR. MATTHEW D. LIMEBERRY RYAN D. MCCARTHY CLAY N. MIDDLETON JOSHUA S. PATTERSON COLLEEN M. SHEPHERD THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203 AND 12211:
TIMOTHY H. HUNT ROBERT V. LUTHER III THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
ANDREW B. BADGLEY
BRADLEY C. CROCKETT JAY P. GUSTIN JASON S. HOFFMAN JONATHON L. NORRIS ESTHER D. PLATT ERIK J. SARSON ALICIA J. SCHWITZER LAWRENCE P. TOUPS IV DAVID A. WENDELL DOUGLAS A. WINDLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
COLBY M. BROADWATER JASON P. DETWILER NATHAN W. DOUGALL ERIC W. HOLLAND JOHN M. ISOM JEFFREY D. MCDONALD DANIEL J. PETERSON BILLY J. RILEY JEFFREY A. SILLS JAIME R. THOMAS BRADLEY M. WILLIAMS THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211:
DANIEL J. CAMPBELL BRENT L. DUNCAN PETER M. HOPKE KELLY D. MILNER ERICA L. POOLE BEN A. RAMOS JONATHAN L. ROBERTSON MARILYN M. UPTON JEREMY C. WILLIAMS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY NURSE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064:
LISA A. ABRAHAM VICTORIA O. ALADEOKIN AGUSTIN ALBA CLAUDIA V. APARCANA DEREK A. ARMIJO BRIANNA M. BARKLEY COLIN L. BARNEY POMPEO M. BASCO LEE J. BIZON, JR. SIENNA R. BOWMAN JULIE N. BRACAMONTE TRAVIS H. BRASSFIELD JENNIFER K. BROUGHTON CALEB A. BURGER INGA E. BURKHART JUSTIN L. BUTTS LIWEN CHEN MAGGIE J. COLVIN KAYLA N. COROB HEATHER C. CRAIGE JOSHUA P. DAVIS AMANDA R. DAWSON SUSAN M. DICK STEPHANIE R. DUNCAN JORDAN B. EISNER ASHLEY O. ELLIS CLAUDIU ENE JENNIFER L. FAUSETT NICKOLAS J. FEDACK CRISTINA FINOCCHIARO LEYLAND S. FURR LAUREN M. GOBAR LAURYN N. GREEN AMBAR M. GRESENS MACKENZIE G. GRIGSBY CHRISTOPHER P. GUNTER ERICA C. HATCHER LATASHA D. HENDERSON AARON C. HIGA HUNG V. HOANG BRADLEY R. HOLLIHAN JOSHUA R. HOLMES AMY L. HOLPUCH TERRI D. HOLT MOLLY K. HOMER JANELLE P. JASTILLANA MARC A. JOHNSON KWANGSUN JOO JOSEPH M. JORDAN BYUNG K. JUNG PAIGE N. KELLER EDWARD K. KEMEI BRAD A. KEMPKA CHRISTINA M. KIDD DONGHWAN KIM YONGHEE KONG MCKENZI L. LATCHFORD PHILIP T. LEYSHON WILLIAM I. LIEBHARD JULIUS C. LINDO LUKE J. LOFTIN ROELPATRICK P. MABUTAS REGINA M. MANGES ALEXANDRA P. MANJARREZ ANGELIQUE MATUSZ SAMANTHA T. MAZARELLA SAMANTHA J. MCCARDLEWILLCOX TONY M. MEDINA JOEL D. MELENDEZ DEVON I. MESSINA JASMINE B. OCCILIEN ALLISON R. OCONNOR RYAN D. OKEEFE ERIK A. OWEN REYNALYNN S. PALANCA MORGAN V. PLOWMAN JONATHAN K. POLLARD CHRISTOPHER M. REAVES RACQUEL J. REID JESSE M. ROBBINS EUN K. ROE KYLE L. RUTHERFORD REYNA J. RYAN TAYLOR C. SAFARIK ASHLEY M. SARLO WILLIAM J. SCHAHN KARALINE A. SCHMITZ RICHARD S. SIANOYA LAUREN J. SNODGRASS MILAGROS D. SOLER ARIK STEINBERG JUSTIN T. STEVENSON IDAL R. TCHOUNDJO ABIGAIL G. TIONGCO ANDREA K. TOSI AMAZA A. TRIPP KATHY T. TSUBER JASON G. TUTTLE JOSHUA C. VILLANUEVA CARMEN V. WILLIAMS KHALEESHA C. WILLIAMS ERIN E. WILSON MARK A. YADAO JENNIFER B. YINGLING MICHELLE M.
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ZAVALA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064:
BRANDON L. ALLEN ILSE G. ARCHIBALD ERICA M. ASENCIO CAMERON W. ASHDOWN MAHMUT A. ATABAY ELIZABETH H. BABCOCK SAMANTHA L. BABCOCK DOMINIC V. BARRALE LEANNE E. BISHARA CHRISTOPHER M. BITWINSKI KIMBERLY T. BOUA WILLIAM A. BRADLEY KEESHA N. BRAVO TYLER A. BRICKLES CHRISTOPHER T. BROWN WILLIAM C. BUCK III ANTHONY T. BUI BRENDAN M. BURCH MATTHEW M. BURROWS JORDAN D. CARBOL OVED A. CARDENASVERA ASHLEY N. CARRILLO KASHA K. CASEY JUNG B. CHUN AMELIA A. COLEMAN EVAN P. COLLINS BAYLEE C. CRONE MATTHEW G. DALESSANDRO HUY X. DANG JEFFREY A. DAVENPORT STEPHEN P. DAVIDSON JHON M. DELFIN PETER B. DERMODY SAMANTHA J. DEWS EARNEST R. DUCKSWORTH ERIK S. EGNER EILEEN C. GONZALEZLEGG TIMOTHY J. GOODALE JOSHUA P. GRAHAM KELLY A. GREGG SHALONDA C. GRIFFIN DYLAN J. GRIGSBY MARK GUTIERREZ ALLEN M. GUZMAN SUNG J. HA KYLE E. HALL LUKE C. HART NORMAN HART IV CHUCK A. HENNES STEVEN A. HERALD MARIE E. HING DIEDRE L. HOLTHAUS LOGAN R. HUNT CHARMAINE A. IBARRA AUSTIN W. JENSEN JERAMIAH B. JOHNSON HANNAH M. JONES LAUREN R. KAMINSKI RICHARD D. KEEZER JOANNA M. KETTLEWELL MATTHEW T. KOVARIK CHRISTOPHER H. KRAMER ANGELA D. LAMMERT JAN M. LAZNY ELYSSIA N. LEWIS TRISTAN M. LEWIS ASHLEY B. LOPEZ RICHARD C. MAHIEU GUSTAVO MALDONADO DAVID D. MANZANARES SAMANTHA A. MANZO AMALIA M. MARTINEZ EDDIE S. MARTINEZ ALEXANDER P. MCCARTHY BEATRICE K. METOBO RANDALL S. MILLS KAYLA M. MOEN KOREAN Z. MONTICETTROJAS JUSTIN T. MORRIS GEORGINA A. MOTLEY MORGAN A. NEGRETELUCKE NICHOLAS D. NEWMAN ALEECIA J. NEWTON YOSUEL NIEVESMARRERO MARIA K. NIKOLOVA JOHN ERIC M. NOVOSEL-LINGAT EMILIO E. OBREGON JAMES B. PARK BRYAN H. PITT ANTHONY A. PRIEST EDWARD F. PRUFER ANDREW R. QUATRO JAMES J. RAINEY III THADDEUS H. RAMAN WILLIAM D. REBMANN SARAH C. RUNEY BENJAMIN J. RYAN TAMMY J. SAENZ DAVID M. SAHMS EMILY L. SANDERS TRENTON D. SANDERS OYEMAYOWA V. SANWO JOHN L. SCHWARTZ, JR. GAVRIELLA SIMANTOV DARREN M. SMITH HARRIS J. SMITH BRANDON M. SUGDEN CODY R. THOMPSON CRUZ A. TOVAR JACOB T. TRIGLETH SUANNE C. TUMAQUIP HEATHER R. VANBREE VICTOR I. VELEZPADILLA ROY VILLALOBOS AUGUSTINE W. VOGELE ANYE L. WALKER ROY S. WALLS MICHAEL A. WALTON, JR. NICHOLAS D. WILDE DAVID L. WILKINSON, JR. MELISSA N. WORK DYLAN M. YATES HAN G. YOO RACHAEL I. YOUNAN ANNA X. ZHANG DWIGHT C. ZIEGLAR III 1057758330 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064:
JOSHUA R. AGARD JONATHAN H. ALLEN BRYAN C. ANDERSON MITCHELL R. ANDREAS MEGAN M. BALCOM BRUCE R. BALE ELISA C. BARBOZA TALIA R. BARROW JESSICA E. BATSON MICAYLA J. BERG LYDIA K. BLONDIN CHAD O. BOONE CHRISTIN N. BOYD JORDAN R. BURGESS BRANDON A. BURT KYLE A. BUSBY ANNA L. CARDENAS JOONGHOON CHOI WILLIAM P. CLARK REGINA A. COSTANZO THOMAS G. COX LAUREN C. CRITES BENJAMIN D. CROCKETT LATEEF A. DALY SARA E. DAVIS DANIEL L. DETTMAN JESSICA L. DOLAN CATHERINE S. DORR TIMOTHY M. DUFF REBECCA E. ESPEY DREW C. EVANS RODNEY M. FAUGHT II ROBERT L. GABBITAS MICHAEL D. GIANELLE JESSICA M. GONZALEZ ALYCIA J. GOYNER CAROLYN K. GREENE LUCAS R. GRUDI ARRISA D. HANSON KYLEIGH N. HARLOW TYLER S. HARRELL PHILLIP M. HARRISON DANIELLE N. HICKS-MORENO GRECIA N. IHARA RENEE L. JEFFREY RYAN R. JENSEN BETHANY C. KASEMAN JASON C. LAMM JAMES A. LANZE DORAN L. LINDSEY KATHARINE N. LONG LINDSAY M. MARTIN BRITTANY L. MCCLAY MARK A. MCKINLEY JACOB R. MILLER
DANIELLE M. MINICHELLO HEATHER M. MINNICK COURTNEY A. MOORE IVAN A. MORA ANTONIO M. NARVAES JASON T. NEPA PATRICK A. NORTHAM KELLY A. NORTON NICHOLAS V. OBERHOLTZER JAMES A. OBRIEN PATRICK M. OGDEN JONATHAN C. OH LEAH M. PARSONS MAKELINA M. PASTORELLA GEORGE B. PULVERMACHER LYDDIA A. REVELL DAVID J. REYNHOUT BRIANA L. RICHARDS ZACHARY J. ROBBINS LORRIE M. SANTOY GEORGETA SEALEY RYAN P. SHANNON ZACHARY D. SHORT GARRETT Q. SIMMONS RICHARD K. SMITH TREVOR J. SMITH DAVID R. SPAIN CHRISTINE S. SPANN CYNTHIA L. STINNETT MARIA J. STUKENBORG NATHANEAL R. SWANSON JAMES K. TASH JAMES T. TEEL MICHELLE A. THOMPSON ANDREW B. TOMAN ERIN E. TOWNLEY DEREK H. TURNDAHL LILLY T. VANEK NICHOLAS J. WANKUM AUSTIN R. WILDERMUTH DANIELLE S. WILHIGHT SETH D. WILLIAMS AMBER N. WILLIS AARON M. WILSON NATALI WILSON JOSEPH S. WISE HALEY E. YAW JOHN W. ZAMORA ANTONIO T. ZAVALA 1399769856 1287825907 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY VETERINARY CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064:
CAROLINE L. BARTON RACHEL A. BEAR LACEY A. BENEFIEL MICHELLE W. BLAKE SARAH R. BOHAC ALICIA B. BRUNO MEGAN J. CAMERON DAKOTA R. FORBES WILLIAM J. GALBRETH DANIELLE L. GOERING MICHAEL J. HOFFMAN KATHERINE E. HOWSER HANNAH C. KOEHLER JESSICA A. MARTINOFF COLLEEN A. MCCAMMOND BRIAN K. MCCOY KAITLIN E. MCGUFFIN ANDREW C. MOORE DANIEL L. MUDD ALEXANDRA L. ODONNELL CHELSEA E. PAYNE JAVIER PINO KATHARINE F. SCHERER KYLIE K. SMITH ALICIA K. TUTINO MARY H. WILSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
JOHN S. TILLEY
THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212:
JOHN A. ADAMS CONAN V. ALAILIMA KARI M. ARMSTRONG KYUNG S. AUH BRADFORD B. BALAZS JAMES P. BALCOM LYNDSEY M. BALLINGER WILLIAM R. BOHLKE CHRISTIAN J. BRAUNLICH STEPHEN J. BURGESS ANDUENA CAKESQUIRES SCOTT F. CAMPBELL JOSHUA O. CARPENTER JEFFREY R. CLARK ROBERT M. CLONTZ II TRAVIS L. DEGEN PHILIP R. DELONG, JR. SAHIRA G. DEMARCO LEE S. DEWALD, JR. THOMAS R. DOWD BRIAN P. DOYLE ELIZABETH A. DUFFY MILMO JEREMY J. DUGAN ERIC L. DURKINS II JAMES H. EDWARDS MITCHELL A. EHRESMAN JACOB M. ELBE RANDY D. FASIG ROSS P. FIELDING ANTHONY M. FRANCISKOVICH ZACHZARY S. FRANKLIN LUCAS A. FREUDENBURG JOSEPH FRIEDMAN PAUL M. GENSIC ANTHONY GIAMELLO ROBERT S. GLAS CHRISTOPHER R. GOOD TIMOTHY J. GOODWILLIE ZACHARY S. GRISWOLD HOLLIS D. GUENTHER KILEY O. HAND WILLIAM D. HARWELL IV GENE J. HEBERT, JR. CESAR A. HERNANDEZ CARRIE A. HIRONAKA JEREMIAH A. HITCHNER JEFFREY S. HOVDENES BRANDON R. HUFF STEVEN M. INDRA TRAVIS W. JAMES JEANNETTE L. JASINSKI SABRINA L. JENSEN AARON M. JORDAN STEPHEN G. KAMINSKI III CHRISTY T. KLEINKE ROBERT F. KOLVET JAMIE M. KREPS ANTHONY K. KRUEGER, JR. JASON M. KULAGA JEFFREY G. LARKIN MICHAEL F. LEARY JASON M. LEHMAN STEPHEN F. LEON-GUERRERO BRIAN G. LEWIS JAMES E. MACKLER THOMAS G. MARCUM KEITH L. MARSHALL ADAM K. MCAULEY MATTHEW M. MCCLURG GARY W. MCCULLOUGH STEPHEN T. MCNAMARA CHERYL L. MEAD NICHOLAS J. MEANZA JEREMIAH W. MIKELL ALANA S. MINX DAVID MOSS ALINA M. MYERS FRANCIS M. NAPPO JENNY L. NAYLOR JOANNA M. NELMS MICHAEL W. NEWMAN JOSEPH W. NICHOLLS JUSTIN P. OLANDER TIMOTHY M. OMAHONEY KAREGA Y. PAISLEY JASON R. PARK JOSEPH G. PASKO WILLIAM J. PEACE SASHA M. PERRONNE KENNETH R. PETERSON JAMES S. PHILBROOK, JR. DONALD F. PINTER, JR. BRADLEY S. PUTTY CHRISOPHER M. RAMAGE BRANDES N. RAMSEY DANIEL L. REID JEFFREY D. ROBERTSON ANDREW J. RODGERS ASHLEY D. ROLFE ANTHONY T. SCHEIDEL CHRISTINA M. SCHMOKER GREGORY C. SCHONBERGER JODY A. SCHWEICKART ALEXIS G. SCOTT ANDREA R. SEEFELDT JAYDE E. SHARP LUCAS A. SMITH TROY A. SNETSINGER DANIEL W. SNYDER CARSON C. SPROTT NICOLE S. STILIANOS PHILLIP A. SURREY JONATHAN M. SWINARSKI BENJAMIN A. SWOPE AARON C. TIMMERMANN JEREMY F. TINDER CATHERINE M. TOLVO KIP A. TRAUSCH SCOTT M. TREADWELL MICHELLE C. UNDERWOOD DARIN T. URBAN SHANNON M. VAN-SPLUNDER BRADLEY J. VAUGHN JASON M. WEST DANIEL R. WORDEN ANNE E. ZBARACKI THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
HARRY D. ALDERSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212:
JOHN M. HALEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212:
MARK K. FORD
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
MATHISON G. HALL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:
SAMANTHA M. MELLON
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
RENZO D. SOBREVILLA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
THEODORE J. KUCERA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
BRANDON N. CONLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
JONATHAN A. AKIN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
CONNOR J. CULLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
CHARLES M. CORCORAN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
JOSHUA M. SUKEENA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
MARK A. BARNES THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
DONALD M. MCNEIL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
JONATHAN T. NODA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
JOHN W. GIBSON FRANCIS OKOLI THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
TONY L. RICHARDS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
CALVIN C. KIRTLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
AARON L. MITCHEM THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:
CHRISTOPHER B. DAVIS
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203(A):
GREG T. LOVELESS KELSEY M. BARRION KRISTOPHER J. NOLAN CARTER W. FENSTEMACHER BRIAN T. SIMONSON ROBERT D. VESPI, JR. MATTHEW J. WALLER EDWARD E. CONNERY KATE J. GROSSMAN MICHAEL O. WALKER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203(A):
JESSE D. WEBSTER KILEY A. TINDOL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 14 U.S.C., SECTION 2121(E):
BENJAMIN AARONSON BRITTANY AKERS MELISSA ALMA MARK AMENDOLARA BO AMES BRYAN ANDREWS SHAWN ANTONELLI JOSEPH ATKINS STEPHEN ATWELL MECHELLE BALL CHARLES BARRETT SAMUEL BEAUCHAMP DANIEL BESHOAR ROBERT BIANCO KEITH BLEVINS LAUREN BLOCH ANDREW BOGDAN GUYER BOGEN MARK BONNER BRIAN BONOMI ANTHONY BORRUSO JOHN BRASS ANDREW BREEN KATHARINE BRODIE KELLEN BROWNE ERIN CALLAHAN IAN CAMPBELL NICOLE CANNAVO STEVEN CAOUETTE, JR.
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Withdrawal
Page S5382 · Official textExecutive Message transmitted by the President to the Senate on November 9, 2026 withdrawing from further Senate consideration the following nomination:
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DAVID MACNEIL, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR THE TERM OF SEVEN YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 2025, VICE MELISSA HOLYOAK, TERM EXPIRED, WHICH WAS SENT TO THE SENATE ON JANUARY 13, 2026.