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Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read ...

You my intentions on how i will vote, id like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. Theres been some good discussion hering this morning as were considering discussion here this morning as were considering the unanimous consent agreements, some statements made, but not action moving forward. I i had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating debating the merits of a receive relief bill. And in my home state of alaska, as in so...

Senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski mr. President , i want to start with a personal you this to you as the thank you to you as the presiding officer for indulling me for an additional few moments here so i may speak this afternoon on the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice of the u. S. Supreme court. And while i intend to share with you my intentions on how i will vote, id like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. Theres been some good discussion hering this morning as were considering discussion here th...

University North Carolina chapel hill. My parents earnest jones and mom pertis jones. Dad, a farmer born and raised on a farm. That was his life. Thats what he loved to do. Im a member of a family of ten children, 6 boys and 4 girls. And the first five children was born as routen because their dad was routen and he was killed cutting logs in the wood. So that first five were very young when he died, and then my dad, earnest jones married my mama and has five more children. But my dad raised all ten of us because they were very, very young when their dad got killed. And basically what he did wa...

He was killed cutting logs in the woods. So that first five were very young and my dad ernest jones married my mama and has five more children, but my dad raised all ten of us because they was very, very young when their dad got killed. Basically they were very disciplined, had a seventh grade education. Mom had a seventh grade education but very bright, very brilliant people and one of the ambitions they had, they gave us as we were little kids, he two goals for us, he wanted all of us to be educated and he wanted to see all ten of us in heaven, so he wanted us to be committed to church, hard...