Volume 167, No. 88, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME–S. 1775 AND H.R. 3237” mentioning Catherine Cortez Masto was published in the Senate section on pages S3313-S3314 on May 20.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME–S. 1775 AND H.R. 3237
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time en bloc.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 1775) to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
A bill (H.R. 3237) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. I now ask for a second reading, and I object to my own request, all en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bills will receive their second reading on the next legislative day.
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