John Thune

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to commit with instructions.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the instructions.

Mr. THUNE. I ask consent the reading be waived.

Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask consent that the reading of the names be waived.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to Calendar No. 168, H.R. 5371.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I would ask unanimous consent that the remaining rollcall votes be 10 minutes in length.

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, this has been a very long road--quite literally, the longest shutdown in history. I am very, very happy to be able to say that we are coming to the end. Before we close today, I want to take the time to say thank you to my staff, who have worked around the clock tirelessly now for the past 6 weeks; to the staff of the Appropriations Committee, who have played a critical role in getting us to where we are today; to the Cloakroom staff; to every Senate staffer on both sides of the aisle, who has spent 41 days coming into work without pay; to the custodial staff, who, again without pay, have kept this building and the Senate office buildings livable; to all institutional staff, without whom this place would not run; to the Secretary of the Senate and everyone in her office; the Sergeant at Arms and her team; the Architect of the Capitol and his staff; and everyone on the floor right now making this session happen; and to the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police, who have shown up during this shutdown day in and day out to protect the rest of us. I am humbled by and grateful for your service. I know that the strain of these weeks has been immense, and you all have families, rent to meet, bills to pay, car and mortgage payments. I am grateful for all you have done to keep the Senate running and for all that you do every day, shutdown or no shutdown, to serve the Senate and to serve our country. With that, after 6 excruciating weeks, I will stop talking and let all of you get some rest. I yield the floor.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 464.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 515.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all Members of the Republican conference be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from November 11 through November 18.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 497, which is at the desk.

Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following resolutions, which are at the desk: S. Res. 494, S. Res. 495, S. Res. 496, and S. Res. 498.

Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma session only, with no business being conducted, on the following dates and times: Thursday, November 13, at 6:30 p.m., and Monday, November 17, at 3 p.m.; further, that when the Senate adjourns on Monday, November 17, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each; finally, that notwithstanding rule XXII, the cloture motions filed today ripen at 5:30 p.m.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order.

Mr. THUNE

Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 168, H.R. 5371.