We want to take over. We should take over the voting. . . .
     Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.

  It is in his own words.
  Trump has issued unlawful Executive orders to try to kill vote-by-
mail. The administration is packed to the rafters with election
deniers, including key election oversight positions. MAGA loyalists
like Todd Blanche and Kash Patel have used the DOJ and FBI to torment
election officials and foment lies with politically motivated
investigations designed to sow doubt and instill fear. Trump's
Republican allies in Congress keep pushing the SAVE Act, the most
devious voter-suppression legislation Trump has ever dreamed up.
  Donald, when it comes to the SAVE Act, the courts have rejected it,
Congress has rejected it, and even members of your own party have
rejected it. Give it up. The SAVE Act isn't going anywhere.
  There is no way we are letting this administration feed Americans'
personal data into an algorithm Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Russell
Vought created and let it pick who gets to vote.
  Donald Trump made life harder and more expensive for the American
people, and now he wants to make sure the American people can't hold
him accountable at the ballot box. That is what Trump's speech is about
tonight. But in America, voters choose their leaders; leaders do not
choose their voters.
  Senate Democrats are going to fight like hell to make sure our
elections belong to the voters, not to Donald Trump.
  The country does not belong to Donald Trump. The ballot does not
belong to Donald Trump. The verdict does not belong to Donald Trump. It
belongs to the American people. And this vote in November, they will
deliver it.

                                Wyoming

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, over just the last couple of weeks, the
people of Wyoming have celebrated two very important events: July 4,
Independence Day, as America turned 250; and July 10, Wyoming Statehood
Day. My home State of Wyoming turned 136 that day. We celebrated both
of those great occurrences all across the State for a full week.
  We had the iconic Cody Stampede Rodeo in Cody, WY. We saw volunteers
in Gillette serve over 4,000 hot dogs at the Independence Day community
celebration. We saw the Boy Scouts in Sheridan serve over 1,000 pancake
breakfasts. And my Rotary Club in Casper celebrated the values that
started our country. We had Wyoming best-selling author C.J. Box read
the Declaration of Independence at a community gathering in Carbon
County. The streets were packed for the Independence Day parade in
Cody, and people then gathered at Veterans Park for the annual ``Let
Freedom Ring'' celebration. The seats were full for the Big Wyo Rodeo
in Sheridan and the Casper Rodeo finals just this past Saturday night.
Our entire congressional delegation attended parades and festivities
all across the Cowboy State.
  This is the America that we saw these past 2 weeks. Yet there is
another vision being offered to this country today, and we see it on
the other side of the aisle. It is the vision being offered by the
Democrats, and it is a dark vision, indeed. It is a vision of open
borders, of high taxes, and of lawlessness. It is a vision that damages
our communities and disrespects the values that Americans hold dear.
  Today's Democrat Party has taken a radical turn to the left. Today's
Democrat leadership is enabling it. America's largest city--the
hometown of the minority leader, Senator Schumer--is now being run by a
professed socialist. Our Nation's Capital is about to elect one as
well.
  People proclaiming to be socialists are winning Democrat primaries
across the country. In Michigan, a Democrat front-runner for the U.S.
Senate is campaigning with an extremist who blames America for the
September 11 terrorist attacks. These were the attacks that 25 years
ago cost the lives of 2,977 Americans.
  Extremism drives the Democrat Party, and its influence within the
party is growing. Here is what they want: Democrats want open borders.
Democrats want to defund the police. Democrats want to abolish
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Democrats want to abolish the U.S.
Border Patrol. Democrats want to weaken law enforcement. They want to
make it harder to remove illegal immigrant criminals from our
communities. Democrats want to pack the Supreme Court. They want judges
who will rewrite the law and ignore the Constitution. Democrats want to
abolish the electoral college. They want to make it possible for only a
handful of big cities in blue States to control the selection of the
next President. Democrats want higher taxes. They want hard-working
American families to pay for healthcare for illegal immigrants.
Democrats want to keep affordable, available, reliable American energy
in the ground.
  That is today's Democrat Party. They are radical, they are extreme,
they are dangerous, and they are scary.
  You may have noticed that, in the middle of a heat wave, the new
Democrat mayor told New Yorkers to turn up their air conditioning to 78
degrees. Why? Because the New York power grid was collapsing.
  How could that be? Why was the New York power grid collapsing? Well,
because New York Democrats--pressured by climate extremists--shut down
reliable nuclear powerplants.
  Welcome to the Democrat Party of 2026.
  Alarmingly, in this very Chamber, Democrat leaders are cheering on
the radical left. After socialists swept their primaries this summer,
one Democrat Senator said that ``this is a very good trend.''
  Another said it is a sign that their party is ``alive and well.''
  Another said we are now seeing the ``future of the Democrat Party.''
  By contrast, Republicans continue to deliver results. We passed the
Working Families Tax Cut law. We stopped the largest tax increase in
American history. We put more money back into the pockets of millions
of hard-working Americans. Ninety-six percent of Americans who make
under $200,000 a year benefited from the Working Families Tax Cut law.
  Republicans secured the border. We passed the largest investment in
border security in American history. We fully funded ICE and Border
Patrol for the next 3 years, and we are deporting illegal immigrant
criminals.
  The contrast is clear: Democrats stand for high taxes, open borders,
and lawlessness. Republicans stand for freedom, liberty, and American
greatness.
  America is worth defending. America is worth celebrating. America is
worth fighting for. That is what Republicans are committed to doing,
and that is what we did as the people of Wyoming over the Fourth of
July.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. RICKETTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.

                       Remembering Lindsey Graham

  Mr. RICKETTS. Mr. President, I rise today to talk about our colleague
Lindsey Graham, who tragically passed away last weekend.
  Lindsey Graham was the definition of the word ``patriot.'' He loved
this country and dedicated his life to serving this country. He was
from humble backgrounds. His parents ran a bar. And, again, tragically,
he lost his parents at a young age. His mom died when Lindsey was 20,
and his dad died when he was 22. And so, as a young man, he took over
the care of his sister Darline, who was only 13 years old.
  He was the first in his family to go to college and then got a law
degree, joined the Air Force. And to help take care of his sister, he
adopted her so she could get his Air Force benefits. He served our
country in the Air Force and in the National Guard and the Air Force
Reserve, a total of 33 years, retiring at the rank of colonel and a
Bronze Star.
  He began his career in politics in 1992 in the South Carolina
Legislature and got elected to the U.S. Congress, the House of
Representatives, in 1994. He was the first Republican to be elected
from his district since 1877. He served in the House for 8 years and
then came to the Senate, 2002, taking over for Strom Thurmond. And he
has been a dynamic personality in this body, and I have had the
privilege to get to know him and call him my friend.
  Lindsey Graham was part of the glue for the Senate, and not just for
Republicans but for Republicans and Democrats. He worked across the
aisle. Just a few days ago, my colleague from Delaware was talking
about how he