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American journalists are not, should not, and must not be mere stenographers for the party in power or the Pentagon itself.

Secretary Hegseth’s restrictions on the press are part of a broader attempt by this Administration to cover up missteps, stifle independent journalism, and obscure the truth.

There is no evidence—none—that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

There is no evidence — none — that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

I would just like to offer one set of figures into the record in the hopes that it helps clarify things. My office tells me that Trump nominations that have been confirmed in the Senate as of September 3 number 135. President Biden's…

Your independence has already been seriously compromised.

Trump is — yet again — putting his fossil fuel megadonors first.

Trump is — yet again — putting his fossil fuel megadonors first,” he added.

But what Senator Schiff and I can both tell all of you is that it is extremely rare for even a U.S. attorney to go and do a witness statement and unusual in most circumstances even for an assistant U.S. attorney to go and do a witness…

Just one quick point of fact into this maelstrom of faux outrage about Democratic obstruction, and that is that the proposal that has been made to the Republicans to resolve the customary August jam-up where we clear nominees would…

Even as the lawless Emil Bove appears to have misled the committee about multiple, credible, backstopped allegations of misconduct, this body has sunk to simply being a partisan rubber stamp for President Trump.

This sham, hide-the-ball confirmation process is a new low for subservient Senate Republicans.

Isn't over, even when subservient Senate Republicans ignore another whistleblower and shove this character through their new-low.

I rise today for the 30th time to call on the Trump administration to restore lifesaving food aid for starving children. When children are starving, their organs shut down. At a certain point, they are not able to eat traditional food…

The thing that's particularly dangerous about it is that this is probably a test case.

When they’re ramrodding this very troubled, very dangerous nominee through, and blasting through committee rules as they’re doing it, that’s a bad combination.

While I’m usually delivering fairly grim news about how the dirty deal went down, it’s founded in an optimism that when you know how the dirty deal was done, you know how to go back and undo it.

This was done. It can be undone.