You cannot legislate good behavior. Good behavior comes from the heart.

I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the vote is called at 5:30. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have been working nonstop, reaching out to my colleagues, who have heard from me all hours of the day and night this past weekend, to put together a straightforward, bipartisan CR package that we can pass quickly to prevent a completely…

We need to make it as easy as possible for people to do the right thing.

I really appreciate the work that you do, the oversight that you provide.

I'm proud that the new Amazon delivery trucks, the EV trucks are built in my district by Rivian.

We put politics aside in this room, and we solve the problems because we know there are real people.

I am a big believer in the notion of loving critics, you know, those who do not want to bash institutions but make them better.

I represent Joint Base Lewis-McChord, one of the largest military installations on the west coast.

We just introduced a bill called the REACH Our Tribes Act, which is focused on... based on GAO reports.

But I think solving the problem means coming up with a dollar amount and not being afraid to say it is a lot of money.

I think about how parents would feel if they went to dormitory to drop off their kids at the university and if some of those pictures existed, hell would be raised.

An increasing amount of evidence shows that wood has beneficial effects in almost all parts of the indoor climate.

reserving the right to object, I share my colleagues' concern with making sure the men and women of the Coast Guard get the pay they deserve in a timely way. In fact, I don't want any of our Federal workers to miss a paycheck. But this…

Can I get you to get in touch with the Puget Sound VA Medical Center and find out why these wait times are so long?

the fact that nearly a third of women veterans experience sexual assault or harassment while serving our country in uniform is really staggering.

Congress and the VA have been putting a lot of effort into reaching out to veterans with the message that it is okay for them to ask for help.

I will take a minute, just in case anybody who is out there listening has been interested in the concept of strikes. I think it is important to say that striking is not an inherently bad or inherently good thing. It is not a failure of our…