4:41 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m. on January 9, 2025.

After the prayer and pledge, morning business will expire and the Senate will then resume consideration of the Motion to Proceed to the calendar, S. 5. The cloture vote with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar, S. 5 will occur at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9, 2025.

3:14 p.m. Senator Moran paid tribute to WWII Veteran Owen Mitchell.

2:15 p.m. Senator Schmitt spoke on federal spending.

2:08 p.m. Senator Marshall spoke on the national debt and deficit.

1:59 p.m. Senator Ricketts spoke on government efficiency.

1:50 p.m. Senator Ernst spoke on federal telework policies and the federal budget.
She then received unanimous consent to include her proposed legislation on the record regarding government spending.

1:41 p.m. Senator Capito spoke on the federal budget and the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

1:34 p.m. Senator James Lankford spoke on federal spending.

12:46 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke about the 119th congress agenda.

12:34 p.m. Senator Kaine spoke on citizenship.

12:16 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on the Senate Budget Committee.

11:48 a.m. Democratic Whip Durbin paid tribute to President Carter.

11:40 a.m. Majority Whip Barrasso spoke on President Biden’s final days in office and recent policies. He later discussed the Lake Riley Act.

11:28 a.m. Democratic Leader Schumer spoke on President-elect Trump’s visit to the Capitol and meetings with Senate Republicans today. He then spoke on the upcoming cabinet-nominee hearings.

11:12 a.m. Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 5, The Laken Riley Act, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft and for other purposes.

He also received unanimous consent for the second reading of S. 9, a bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance of Title 9 of the Education Amendment, sex shall be recognized by a person’s genetics at birth.

11:06 a.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on future Senate legislation, cabinet nominations, and budget reconciliation.

11:02 a.m. Senator Grassley paid tribute to President Carter.

The Senate will convene at 11:00 a.m. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to morning business with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each.