HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE HONORABLE LINDSEY OLIN GRAHAM

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 801, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 801) honoring the life and legacy of
     the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State
     of South Carolina.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 801) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

                   ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the
Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m.
on Tuesday, July 14; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal
of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired,
the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the
day, morning business be closed, and the Senate proceed to executive
session and resume consideration of the Schwartz nomination,
postcloture; further, that at 12 noon, the Senate execute the order of
June 24 in relation to the Schwartz nomination; that following
disposition of the Schwartz nomination, the Senate recess until 2:15
p.m.; further, that when the Senate reconvenes at 2:15 p.m., the Senate
resume legislative session; and finally, that the cloture motion with
respect to the motion to proceed to S. 4784 ripen at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, for the information of my colleagues, at
2:30 p.m., the Senate will swear in the Senator-designate Darline
Graham and, following her swearing in, vote on cloture on the motion to
proceed to Calendar No. 436, S. 4784, the fiscal year 2027 National
Defense Authorization Act.

                       REMEMBERING LINDSEY GRAHAM

  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, a lot of words have been said today
about our colleague Lindsey Graham and his passing. As the Presiding
Officer knows well, where my desk sits, I literally sit and stand
directly behind Lindsey's chair--where right now there is a black drape
and white roses--where he should be today, but he is not.
  We miss our colleague. We miss his humor. We miss his ideas. We miss
his insight on a lot of things, his passion for Israel, his passion for
national defense, his passion for the life of the unborn, his passion
for this body, for our Nation, and for South Carolina.
  As much as we miss him here, we also understand full well there is a
lot of grieving in South Carolina and especially with his family and
with Darline, who will be here tomorrow, being sworn in to this body as
she takes her seat, literally sitting in the same chair he was sitting
in 2 weeks ago.
  So I thought it would be appropriate that we do more than just talk
about him. Many of us have actually shared. We are praying for his
family, we are praying for his staff, and we are praying for the folks
around him. So I thought it would be appropriate here in this body that
we don't just talk about him but that we actually fulfill the words
that are on the wall in our building where it says ``In God We Trust''
and just to take a moment to just express that.
  I am going to take just a moment to be able to pray for Lindsey's
family:
  Father, I do ask that You would help Darline and help the whole
family right now as they grieve and struggle through this: the 10
million emotions that she has to feel right now with the

loss of her brother and with the responsibility of coming to this body
to hold this spot for months.
  I pray that You give her the strength that she needs, the insight
that she will need in the days ahead, and that You would comfort her as
she grieves.
  For all of Lindsey's family and so many friends, for his staff, God,
we ask that You would fulfill what Your word says in Psalm 34:18, where
it says that You are ``[near] to the brokenhearted,'' and You ``[save]
those who are crushed in spirit.''
  We count on that today, Father, because this body will need Your
help. Lindsey's family needs Your nearness. The people of South
Carolina and so many friends will need that. So, Father, help us as we
grieve and help us to be able to honor You in the days ahead. God, I am
grateful that You are the One who cares for each of us and that You can
be trusted every day. So we are grateful for that. So help us, guide us
in the days ahead to do things well and to be able to honor You in our
work. That is what we ask in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
  I remember the first week that I came into this body. Lindsey caught
me just in a random conversation, and he said: You and I are the only
Southern Baptists that are in the Senate now. Then he smiled at me and
said: You should probably talk about that more than I do.
  And I have never forgotten that whole conversation. That was just
classic Lindsey. He is a person that loved this body. He loved the
country. He loved the people of South Carolina, and it showed. And as
we grieve, I pray that we grieve together and that we go again and
again and again to the source that hears our grieving and that meets us
in our pain.
  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.
  Mr. COONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Delaware.

                       REMEMBERING LINDSEY GRAHAM

  Mr. COONS. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about my friend and
colleague Lindsey Olin Graham.
  Now, some watching might be surprised that I would describe T5Lindsey
Graham as my friend, but those who know me and know the 16 years I have
spent here know that Lindsey and I traveled the world together,
legislated together, served together, fought for our Nation together.
  We had our ups and downs. We certainly had our disagreements, and I
will tell a few quick stories, if I might, in his memory.
  There was a moment during the Kavanaugh hearings that was one of the
most tense and ugly and difficult we had together on Judiciary. And it
was also the time when we were working together on the bill that funds
the State Department and foreign aid.
  And he and I had worked together to create an outside organization to
support U.S. foreign aid. And he arrived first and spoke, and I had
waited for him to leave for me to come and speak because we were having
one of our moments.
  And I could see as I stood up to speak that he was waiting. He was
born the same day as my older brother, July 9. And I said to that room:
It may surprise a room full of people in Washington that I can love
Lindsey Graham and want to throttle Lindsey Graham in the same minute
in the same day, but that is Lindsey.
  We served on Judiciary together. We served on Foreign Relations
together. We served on Appropriations together. He could make up his
mind like that. He would commit to doing something, and he would stick
with it. He had some core commitments and passions that were a through
line for the entire time we served together.
  I first got to know Lindsey best through our mutual friend John
McCain. Senator McCain kept trying and trying to get me to travel with
him to the Munich Security Conference, and on that very first trip,
Lindsey was, of course, also along. And in meeting after meeting with
leaders from around the world, hearing his insights, his humor, and his
powerful commitment to the fight for freedom inspired me.
  He and I also traveled all over Africa and the Middle East, and over
many years, we did a lot of good together. We wrote and shaped and
passed some of the most important bills I have had the honor of working
on while here.
  And when I woke up Saturday morning, shocked to hear that he had died
abruptly the night before, I thought back to the dinner we had just had
together in Ankara, Turkiye at the NATO summit. Providentially, it was
our first really good, warm dinner together in a while. And it was a
chance for me to see the Lindsey I knew best from years gone by.
  He was a fierce and tireless advocate for the Ukrainian cause for
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and for the fight for freedom currently unfolding
in Eastern Europe, and he had had a fabulous day. Zelenskyy's meeting
with President Trump had gone well. Trump had pledged to let Zelenskyy
and the Ukraine license our critical PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, and
Trump had told him he would at long last let us take up and pass in the
Senate a bill to impose greater costs and sanctions on the buyers of
Russian oil and gas. He was on cloud nine.
  And we celebrated his birthday, which was the next day, together. One
of the things we talked about, as we often did, was how neither one of
us could believe we were here. I was in a tough car accident a few days
earlier in Lewes, DE, where a pickup truck came across the center line
and totaled the car I was in. And I and everybody else involved in what
was a five-car pileup walked away unscratched.
  And as we were walking back to the hotel, he put his arm around me
and he said: I hope you are going to stick with this because we have
got a lot more good to do. I had no idea that would be the last time we
would speak.
  Born in the town of Central, SC, raised by a couple who owned a bar
and a restaurant. He was the first in his family to go to college.
Orphaned at a young age. He was dedicated to caring for his younger
sister Darline, who we will soon have join us here in the U.S. Senate.
  And when he found here in the Senate his friend and mentor and role
model John McCain, in many ways he found his life's purpose. He and I
did our best work together on Appropriations and Foreign Relations.
Looking at how hard it was to get the nation of Colombia, which was
nearly collapsing in internal conflict with Marxist guerrillas and drug
cartels, we looked at something called Plan Colombia that over several
administrations with a determined and broad engagement by the United
States and hard work by the Colombian people and their government
helped stabilize a country otherwise descending into chaos.
  And over years of working together, we crafted something called the
Global Fragility Act, which was designed to take that same view, having
our State Department and, yes, USAID, and our Department of Defense and
have a common strategy for identifying countries that were teetering on
the edge and where thoughtful, engaged, long-term American involvement
could make the difference.
  He and I were working right now on its reauthorization. One of the
bills I am proudest of that we worked on over several Congresses was
the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act. We renamed it
the Foundation for Counterterrorism and Conservation. Lindsey, ever
agile, was working for ways to make the argument for this foundation.
The bill has been signed into law. We are simply trying to get the
administration to launch it. In his usual clever and agile way, he
summarized what I would make as an argument in paragraphs, and he would
make in two sentences.
  He made up red ball caps that said ``good for animals, bad for
terrorists'' and handed them out broadly.
  Lindsey and I gave a speech once to the major supporters of the
University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and I had worked on my speech and
had all sorts of remarks and points and comments. He showed up looking
like he had just woken up, smoothing his hair down. And I stood up and
gave, you know, 10 minutes of detailed and thorough, and I thought,
thoughtful remarks about terrorism and the West and the balance

of power in the world, things they had asked us to talk about.
  And like the incredible and talented country lawyer he was, without a
single note, he stood up and made a few simple, powerful, and engaging
points with humor and with engagement. And I watched that room full of
people just eating out of his hand.
  He could make an argument. When you were on the receiving end of an
argument you disagreed with, it was unpleasant and uncomfortable. When
you were pulling in the same direction, making an argument in all of
our best interests, it was a delight to work with him.
  One of the things I never really persuaded him on was my passion for
patent policy. I chaired the Intellectual Property Subcommittee on
Judiciary, a committee we long served on together.
  And as we were coming back from a conference in Europe--this was
years ago--I spotted my moment to make my case for my really important
patent policy legislation and sidling up and sitting down next to him
on the plane, I spent some time really making my best arguments.
  And as we landed back in the United States, Lindsey stumbled off the
plane and, to me memorably, turned to the other Senators and said: I
have a new idea for how we will torture people in Guantanamo; we will
make them listen to Chris Coons talk about patents.
  I said: So you will cosponsor the bill? And he ran.
  I have many, many other stories of moments, tense moments with heads
of state, moments with a group of Senators trying to hammer out a big
bill on immigration or infrastructure where Lindsey's humor, his
irreverent, often inappropriate, but hysterical humor broke the ice and
brought us together.
  One trip I will never forget was 2 weeks after October 7 when Senator
Graham and Senator Cardin pulled together 10 of us, 5 Republicans and 5
Democrats, of a very broad range. We went to Tel Aviv. We went to
Riyadh. We went to Cairo. We had 2-hour in-person and intense meetings
with Muhammad bin Salman of the Saudi Kingdom, with El-Sisi, President
of Egypt, with the Prime Minister Netanyahu and his war cabinet. It was
a grim and heavy moment because the people of Israel had just suffered
a horrific attack from Hamas.
  But part of why that attack had happened was this process of
negotiating Saudi recognition of Israel and Israeli recognition of
Palestinian self-governance, and an American guarantee to the Saudis
was so close to conclusion, was making real progress, that Hamas chose
that moment to strike.
  Lindsey never stopped trying to make that happen, not when Biden was
President, not now that Trump is President. And at a formal dinner we
were at together in Ankara at the NATO summit, he stood up and made the
case again.
  I hope that my colleagues will look on the history of this man who
couldn't believe he had the honor and the blessing of serving here in
the Senate, a man with a mercurial temper, a man of incredible humor,
and a man with a tireless work ethic who served our Nation in the Air
Force and who served our country in the Senate.
  And we will redouble our efforts to make real the dream that he and I
wrote together to create a conservation foundation that will secure
ungoverned spaces--South America and in Africa and Southeast Asia--and
shut down jihadist groups and extremist groups and conserve and protect
wildlife and open spaces for the future. It requires just one signature
from Secretary Rubio.
  I hope that this body will take up and reauthorize our Global
Fragility Act based on lessons learned over years together going to
difficult and dangerous and remote places and looking at what was
working and not working, places where our response was overmilitarized
or where our response was discoordinated or where our response was too
little, too late.
  And I certainly hope that we will take up and pass the Graham-
Blumenthal bill to impose real costs on Putin. That was the source of
his joy in his final days. He was so excited, when we spoke, about
going into Kyiv, about giving the good news to Zelenskyy, about coming
back here this week and passing this bill
  John, before him--Senator McCain, before him--and Senator Graham,
often after, said: Putin will only stop when we stop him.
  I believed that then. I believe it now.
  For someone who worked so hard and for so long on our Nation's best
interests, I think the least we could do to honor Lindsey Graham's
memory is to take up and pass in this Senate the legislation for which
he worked and fought so long.
  Let me close by saying to everyone who worked for Lindsey--and I have
known many of you over the years--to his sister Darline, to his
extended friends and family in South Carolina, know that even though he
and I fought like hell on many occasions, it was like fighting with a
brother--someone, although he changed and moved and at times we had
great difficulties in distance, I always knew in the end, in his heart,
he loved this Nation. He loved this institution. He loved South
Carolina. And he loved the people he represented.
  My predecessor in this seat--Senator, then-Vice President, then-
President--Joe Biden was close with Lindsey. They, too, had their
moments, their fights, their falling out. But President Biden has also
said that he and Dr. Biden are praying for Lindsey's family and all who
worked with him and knew him. And I join them in offering my deep and
heartfelt condolences.
  I am just so grateful--I am just so grateful--that my last memory of
him is of him in his best place, seeing a pathway toward accomplishing
yet another big goal. And as we walked back to the hotel, he turned to
me and he said: I never dreamed--I never imagined--I would get to be a
U.S. Senator. And I hope you, Chris Coons, won't give up on it because
it is a great place. It is a great institution. Change is going to
come, and we are going to get a lot of great things done together.
  Well, my friend, I look forward to doing those things in your honor.
  I yield the floor.

                   ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). Under the previous order,
pursuant to S. Res. 801, as a further mark of respect to Lindsey Olin
Graham, late Senator from South Carolina, the Senate stands adjourned
until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
  Thereupon, the Senate, at 7:12 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July
14, 2026, at 10 a.m.