[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 75 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2352-S2353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Unanimous Consent Request--S. 1081

  Mr. BRAUN. Mr. President, as in legislative session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1081 and the Senate proceed 
to its immediate consideration; further, that the Braun substitute 
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Ms. BALDWIN. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.
  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I suppose I prematurely gave my reasons 
for objecting as I responded to Senator Braun's objection to passing 
the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service 
Workers Act; but, again, this is pretty much the status quo. If it is a 
voluntary program, it is not an enforceable OSHA standard; and these 
frontline heroes who have endured so much over the past few years, with 
increases in violence and during the pandemic, deserve the legislation 
that I have sponsored, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health 
Care and Social Service Workers Act. The House passed it over a year 
ago, and that is what we should be taking up.
  So I object.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The Senator from Wyoming.