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SenateFloor Session

December 3, 2025

Speeches 42Members 21Roll Calls 1

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Bills Debated

01S.J. Res. 91 and H.J. Res. 131 (Executive Session)
S.J.Res. 91 →H.J.Res. 131 →1 member spoke
02S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)
S.J.Res. 91 →1 member spoke
03S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)
S.J.Res. 91 →H.J.Res. 131 →2 members spoke
04Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...
S.J.Res. 91 →3 members spoke
05250th Anniversary of the United States Postal Service
S.Res. 337 →1 member spoke
06Ensuring That the Adoption and Foster Care System in the United States Is Child-Centered and Compassionate and That Young People Aging Out of Foster Care Are Provided With Adequate Support And...
S.Res. 516 →1 member spoke
07National Principals Month
S.Res. 518 →1 member spoke

Roll Calls

S.J.Res. 91Vote to See ResultA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91

Speeches and Other Business

01Nigeria (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
02One Big Beautiful Bill (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
03Affordability (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
04Honoring Specialist Sarah Beckstrom (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
05Immigration (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
06Immigration (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
07Kids Online Safety Act (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
08Healthcare (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
09Parole Authority and Operation Allies Welcome (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
10Vote on Orso Nomination
3 members spoke
11Healthcare (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
12Ukraine (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
13Tribute to Taylor Nordseth
1 member spoke
14Tribute to Gene Dodaro
1 member spoke
15Tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Susie Dunham
1 member spoke
16Welcoming Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
1 member spoke
17Tribute to Dr. James E. Shmerling
1 member spoke
18Welfare Fraud
1 member spoke
19The Economy
1 member spoke
20Caribbean Boat Strike
1 member spoke

Routine Business (26)

01Senate
02Healthcare (Executive Session)
03Secretary Hegseth (Executive Session)
04Waiving Quorum Calls (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
05Cloture Motion (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
06Kids Off Social Media Act (Executive Session)
07Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...
08Executive Calendar (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
09Cloture Motion (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
10Legislative Session
1 member spoke
11Tribute to Dr. Wendy Wintersteen
12Executive Reports of Committees
13Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions
14Senate Resolution 524: Recognizing the 90th Anniversary of the Alabama Highway Patrol and Commemorating Its History of Excellence
S.Res. 524 →
15Senate Resolution 525: Condemning the Government of Iran's State- Sponsored Persecution of the Baha'I Minority and Its Continued Violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights
S.Res. 525 →
16Senate Resolution 526: Withholding the Pay of Senators If a Government Shutdown Occurs
S.Res. 526 →
17Senate Resolution 527: Supporting the Goals and Ideals of a National Move Over Law Day
S.Res. 527 →
18Senate Resolution 528: Supporting After-School Programs and Lights on Afterschool, a National Celebration of After-School Programs Held on October 23, 2025
S.Res. 528 →
19Text of Senate Amendment 3955
20Text of Senate Amendment 3956
21Authority for Committees to Meet
1 member spoke
22Privileges of the Floor
1 member spoke
23Resolutions Submitted Today
S.Res. 527 →S.Res. 528 →1 member spoke
24Orders for Thursday, December 4, 2025
1 member spoke
25Order for Adjournment
1 member spoke
26Confirmation

Daily Digest

Routine Proceedings, pages S8455-S8491 Measures Introduced
Twenty-six bills and six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3316-3341, S.J. Res. 98, and S. Res. 524- 528.
Pages S8482-83
Measures Passed
Compassion in Adoption and Foster Care: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 516, ensuring that the adoption and foster care system in the United States is child-centered and compassionate and that young people aging out of foster care are provided with adequate support and resources to transition successfully to independent adulthood, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S8487
National Principals Month
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 518, designating October 2025 as ``National Principals Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S8487
National Move Over Law Day
Senate agreed to S. Res. 527, supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day.
Page S8487
Lights On Afterschool
Senate agreed to S. Res. 528, supporting after-school programs and Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of after-school programs held on October 23, 2025.
Page S8487
Measures Considered
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision: Senate began consideration of S.J. Res. 91, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision'', after agreeing to the motion to proceed.
Pages S8472-73
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action
By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 630), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution.
Pages S8472-73
Rodriguez Nomination: Agreement
Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
Pages S8473-75
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action
By 63 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 631), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S8474
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the previous order with respect to S.J. Res. 91, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision'', be vitiated, and that at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 4, 2025, Senate proceed to consideration of H.J. Res. 131, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision'', and Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, and if passed S.J. Res. 91 be indefinitely postponed; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, following disposition of H.J. Res. 131, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. Res. 520, authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar; and that at 1:45 p.m., Senate execute the order with respect to the nomination of Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
Pages S8487-88
Nomination Confirmed
Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 629), Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
Pages S8455-72, S8491
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action
By 56 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 628), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S8463
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S8485-87
Record Votes
Four record votes were taken today. (Total--631)
Pages S8463, S8472-74
Adjournment
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8491.)

Nigeria (Executive Session)

Chuck GrassleyRepublican, Iowa

Mr. President, if you watch television, you are hearing a lot of reports from Nigeria about kidnappings and murders, other reports of violence, and particularly you are hearing it about Christians in Nigeria.

This violence has grown more frequent and more troubling as time goes on. The enforcement of blasphemy laws by the Nigerian Government coupled with the rise of violent attacks by terrorists against religious communities represents a serious infringement upon the freedom of religion that you are supposed to have in that country.

Blasphemy laws are enforced in 12 Nigerian states and also at the Federal level. That enforcement is resulting in the prosecution and imprisonment of Christians, Muslims, traditional practitioners, and even humanists. Furthermore, violence by terrorists like Boko Haram and the other organization called the Islamic State West Africa Province continues to pose serious security challenges.

Unfortunately, these challenges are not new developments. For years, we have been hearing from our own government Agencies, particularly the FBI and the Department of Justice, urging our own State Department to designate the terrorist group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization, a step that was delayed until 2013.

For my part, I have consistently sought information and action to address this ongoing threat. Going way back almost 10 years in 2016, I sent a letter to then-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch requesting information regarding the yearslong process of designating the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization.

In 2020, I wrote to then-Secretary Pompeo and Ambassador Sam Brownback asking what steps were being taken to protect Christians in Nigeria and whether a Special Envoy might be appointed.

At that time, the Department assured me that they were actively addressing the issue at multiple levels with the Nigerian Government, but now, years later, we continue to see concerning reports about violence and religious prosecution in Nigeria.

That is why I was so very happy to see our own President Trump take long-awaited action in designating Nigeria a country of particular concern. That designation puts Nigeria on a watch list, puts Nigeria on notice that if they don't take care of this situation, other things can intervene.

The Nigerian Government must take immediate action to end this violence, and the United States should do all it can to support and encourage those efforts. Once again, I am proud to see President Trump on television, at his news conferences and things like that, speaking up for the Nigerian Government to take action and supporting the plight of Christians in Nigeria.

I yield the floor.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

John ThuneRepublican, South Dakota

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Bills Debated

Roll Calls

Speeches and Other Business

Routine Proceedings, pages S8455-S8491 Measures Introduced

Measures Passed

National Principals Month

National Move Over Law Day

Lights On Afterschool

Measures Considered

During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action

Rodriguez Nomination: Agreement

During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action

Nomination Confirmed

During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action

Record Votes

Adjournment

Nigeria (Executive Session)

One Big Beautiful Bill (Executive Session)

Affordability (Executive Session)

Secretary Hegseth (Executive Session)

Honoring Specialist Sarah Beckstrom (Executive Session)

Waiving Quorum Calls (Executive Session)

Immigration (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 and H.J. Res. 131 (Executive Session)

Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

Immigration (Executive Session)

Kids Online Safety Act (Executive Session)

Healthcare (Executive Session)

Kids Off Social Media Act (Executive Session)

Parole Authority and Operation Allies Welcome (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)

Vote on Orso Nomination

Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...

Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...

Executive Calendar (Executive Session)

Healthcare (Executive Session)

Ukraine (Executive Session)

Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

Legislative Session

Tribute to Taylor Nordseth

Tribute to Gene Dodaro

250th Anniversary of the United States Postal Service

Tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Susie Dunham

Welcoming Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Tribute to Dr. James E. Shmerling

Authority for Committees to Meet

Privileges of the Floor

Ensuring That the Adoption and Foster Care System in the United States Is Child-Centered and Compassionate and That Young People Aging Out of Foster Care Are Provided With Adequate Support And...

National Principals Month

Resolutions Submitted Today

Orders for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Order for Adjournment

Welfare Fraud

The Economy

Caribbean Boat Strike

Nigeria (Executive Session)

One Big Beautiful Bill (Executive Session)

Affordability (Executive Session)

Secretary Hegseth (Executive Session)

Honoring Specialist Sarah Beckstrom (Executive Session)

Waiving Quorum Calls (Executive Session)

Immigration (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 and H.J. Res. 131 (Executive Session)

Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

Immigration (Executive Session)

Kids Online Safety Act (Executive Session)

Healthcare (Executive Session)

Kids Off Social Media Act (Executive Session)

Parole Authority and Operation Allies Welcome (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)

S.J. Res. 91 (Executive Session)

Vote on Orso Nomination

Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...

Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management Relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing...

Executive Calendar (Executive Session)

Healthcare (Executive Session)

Ukraine (Executive Session)

Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

Legislative Session