the company owns its own policies and ought to be accountable for them.

I would be prepared to make a bet that if we took a vote on a plain Section 230 repeal, it would clear this Committee with virtually every vote.

Nobody knows better than Dick Blumenthal the tragedy of the families of Sandy Hook and the lies that were told about what took place that day.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Pete Reed, an alum of the Community College of Rhode Island and former U.S. Marine who was killed while on a humanitarian mission delivering aid to evacuees in Bakhmut, a besieged city in the Donetsk…

Mr. Speaker, February 20th will mark the 20th anniversary of a tragic fire at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that took the lives of 100 people and injured hundreds of others. That horrific fire ripped a hole in our…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following the 11 a.m. vote today, the Senate recess until 1 p.m. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague Senator Whitehouse to pay tribute to a legendary police officer, Vincent Vespia, Jr., whose distinguished career in Rhode Island law enforcement spanned 57 years, from a young State trooper, to…

Madam President, I have 15 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the following to be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Rules of…

Mr. President, I am delighted to join my senior Senator to honor our common friend, Vincent Vespia, who was lately the chief of the South Kingstown, RI, police department. He passed away on January 24, 2023, surrounded by his wife…

Mr. President, rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my first general remarks on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, and I would like to start by thanking my predecessor, Jim Langevin, for his 22 years of distinguished service…

So, yes, there is a crisis at the border. It is not the one that the Republican leadership is shouting about.

We are not going to begin the hearing with the Pledge of Allegiance?

Most concerning is that the bill effectively expands the policy that's of Title 42 without any exceptions for those with bona fide asylum claims, unaccompanied children, victims of torture, victims of trafficking.

I am happy to lead it.

Let's stop demonizing the immigrant who comes and asks for help.

We urge you to vote against H.R. 29, as well as any subsequent legislative proposals that would unjustly deprive vulnerable peoples the legal right to seek humanitarian protection in the United States.