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provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben ray lujan, a senator from the state of new mexico, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i said the senate had a lot of hard work to do in order to address several critical priorities before the end of the year. when the month began, america knew we had to avoid a government shutdown. we had to approve our annual defense bill. we had to preserve the full faith and credit of the united states and take action on build back better before christmas. as well as deal with voting rights. it is now december 8, and the senate is making very good progress in all these priorities. it was a big, big agenda, and we're clearly not through w