PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW RELATING TO "APPELLATE PROCEDURES FOR...

On 2026-06-16, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered a floor speech titled "PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE EXE" in the Senate.

PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW RELATING TO "APPELLATE PROCEDURES FOR...

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2807] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW RELATING TO ``APPELLATE PROCEDURES FOR THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS''--Motion to Proceed Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I appreciate my colleague from Illinois so much, who has been such a great champion on these issues, and I now move to proceed to Calendar item No. 425, S.J. Res. 190. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 425, S.J. Res. 190, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Executive Office for Immigration Review relating to ``Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals''. Vote on Motion to Proceed Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 173 Leg.] YEAS--46 Alsobrooks Baldwin Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Cantwell Collins Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Schatz Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--48 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Marshall McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Paul Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tillis Tuberville Wicker Young NOT VOTING--6 Bennet Booker Hawley Lummis McConnell Sanders The motion was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Armstrong). The Democratic leader. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Padilla and I be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled recess. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Referenced legislation: SJRES190, SJRES190