Fetterman
     Justice
     McConnell
     Padilla
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Banks). On this vote, the yeas are 50, the
nays are 46.
  Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.

  The motion was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

                          Motion to Reconsider

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I enter a motion to reconsider.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is entered.

  NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027--Motion to
                                Proceed

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 436, S.
4784.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 436, S. 4784, a bill to
     authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military
     activities of the Department of Defense, for military
     construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
     Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such
     fiscal year, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

                       Remembering Lindsey Graham

  Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to my colleague but,
most of all, to my friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.
  We were all shocked to learn of his passing this weekend, and I mean
it--stunned. It is hard to imagine the Senate without Lindsey. It
already seems quieter. We will miss his humor, his advice, and, of
course, his friendship.
  Lindsey was dedicated to serving the people of South Carolina and the
Nation. He spent nearly his entire adult life in public service, from
the military to the South Carolina House, to the past 31 years--31
years--here, both in the House and in the Senate. In having spent 33
years in the Air Force, the South Carolina Air Guard, or the Reserves,
Senator Graham was a staunch supporter of our men and women in uniform.
  Since 2010, he served as co-chair of the National Guard Caucus. With
his help, we were able to successfully convince the Department of
Defense to change its policy and allow guardsmen and reservists to
concurrently receive their Federal tuition assistance and their GI bill
benefits in full.
  Given our close, personal friendship and his ardent support of our
servicemembers, our national defense, and our military, I liked to call
him ``Grambo.'' For me, that was his nickname, ``Grambo''--you know,
kind of like ``Rambo.'' Well, he was ``Grambo.'' He really was the
Senate version of ``Rambo'' in all things military, and he was
relentless, as we saw. I mean, right up until almost the day he died,
he was working and advocating for our military, on behalf of American
military strength, and our role as, truly, the leader of the free
world.
  As chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Graham advanced
conservative causes that have made our Nation stronger and more
prosperous. He helped steer through the Working Families Tax--the One
Big Beautiful Bill, or the OB3. It has got a lot of names, but the
important point is that it really made a huge difference for our
country and for working families. He cared about that. He cared about
taking on the big challenges and doing big things.
  Likewise, as the Budget chair, he was instrumental in helping us fund
border security and law enforcement. He was a big part of helping us
implement the Trump agenda, and that was so appropriate. Lindsey was
really--you know, as they say in sports, he was a triple threat. He was
a triple threat. He was a force in our Republican caucus, and he could
work with the Democrats.
  Of course, he had a tremendous relationship with President Trump, and
they truly cared about each other. They were real friends. They worked
together, but they truly were friends.
  We will miss all of that.
  As the former chairman and the senior member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, Senator Graham shaped the Federal judiciary. Think of how
impactful that has been from the Supreme Court down to the district
courts. He played a central role in the confirmations of Supreme Court
Justices, including Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett,
while also helping to oversee a massive conservative shift in the
Federal judiciary.
  I think the time that, on the Judiciary Committee, he really said
what he thought, what he felt in his heart about Justice Kavanaugh was
perhaps, if not his finest moment, one of his truly finest moments
where he truly stood up and said what he felt was right on the national
stage and made an incredible difference, a lasting and important,
incredible difference. And it wasn't rehearsed; it was just Lindsey
spontaneously being Lindsey, saying what was in his heart. There is
that old saying: Speak from your gut and your heart. Boy, did he, and
it made a huge difference. That was vintage Lindsey Graham.
  His leadership on defense, judiciary, and budget issues will be felt
for years to come.
  But for all his accomplishments in the Senate and around the globe,
Senator Graham was most proud of his family. He was a loyal and loving
brother and uncle who once said of his sister: