[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Senate Agenda

  Madam President, now, on the Senate agenda, the Senate has a very 
busy few days in store this week. Before April 19, the Senate must 
finish approving legislation to extend FISA's 702 authorities. The 
House is expected to send us an extension sometime this evening, after 
they address a few minor procedural delays.
  Once the House sends us the FISA reauthorization, I plan, as early as 
tonight, to take the first procedural step for the Senate to begin 
consideration. With less than a week to go before FISA authorities 
expire, time is a luxury the Senate doesn't have. Republicans need to 
work with us in a bipartisan way to ensure this program with important 
implications for our national security does not lapse.
  Now, as the Senate works on FISA authorities, we will also have to 
deal with the House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary 
Alejandro Mayorkas. For now, we still expect the Articles of 
Impeachment to arrive in the Senate sometime tomorrow afternoon. Should 
that happen, the Senate will swear in Members as jurors the day after 
the articles are presented.
  As I have said repeatedly, impeachment should never be used to settle 
a policy disagreement. That would set a horrible precedent for the 
Congress.
  Nevertheless, the Senate's plan has not changed since last week. We 
are ready to go whenever the House sends us the articles. We want to 
address this issue as expeditiously as possible.