[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 101 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4023-S4024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE

  Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Madam President, on the subject of our business 
here on the floor, the Senate has had a very productive week.
  We began the week by passing landmark, bipartisan legislation to 
supercharge American innovation and lay

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the groundwork for another century of American leadership on the world 
stage. It passed with nearly 70 votes--an overwhelming and rare display 
of bipartisan support. As I mentioned yesterday, we are going to work 
with Speaker Pelosi and the relevant committee chairs in the House to 
move this bill forward as quickly as possible. It is vital to our 
Nation's future that the House and Senate must come together to send 
President Biden a bill that he can sign into law.
  The Senate also confirmed the first judicial appointments of 
President Biden's tenure--two district court judges--and we will 
confirm a third today, the first Muslim American to serve as an article 
III judge in our history. On Monday, the Senate will confirm President 
Biden's first circuit court nominee, the amazing Judge Ketanji Brown 
Jackson, and next week, this Chamber will take up additional, highly 
qualified nominees to the executive branch, including Lina Khan for the 
Federal Trade Commission and several others.
  The Senate Democratic majority will move swiftly to perform our 
constitutional duty to advise and consent on the President's nominees.

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