Jose Serrano called it a nonexistent border crisis.

I find this horrifying, but hardly surprising.

you can use a religious exemption to anything that you ultimately decide, even though it discriminates against someone.

Section 5's preclearance provision broke this legal logjam and helped to stop this discriminatory practice.

Six years ago today, however, the Supreme Court issued its disastrous decision in Shelby County v. Holder.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most effective civil rights statutes that has ever been enacted into law.

One in five adults have student loans, and approximately 20 percent of the outstanding amount of these loans are in default.

Thirty-five percent of all student loan defaults are students from for-profit colleges and universities.

If you drag this student into a debt that is unimaginable, unpayable, your institution is going to be on the line, too.

We need to address not only student debt, but the increasing cost of education.

I thank Senator Durbin for joining me in attempting to put an end to this injustice.

Our legislation would address head on the manifest unfairness that student loans, unlike every other unsecured debt, such as credit cards or auto loans, are effectively non-dischargeable in bankruptcy.

I hope the members on both sides of the aisle and in both Chambers of Congress will come together and pass legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act to its full vitality.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Minority Leader The Democratic leader is recognized. Victim…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it a crisis that does not exist.

The founders of our Nation, the American people today know, that religious freedom is no luxury but is a basic right of a free people. RFRA restores the First Amendment to its proper place as one of the cornerstones of our democracy.

Mr. President, tomorrow my friend John Feal and fellow survivors who were first responders on September 11 will visit with Leader McConnell to press for the passage of legislation to fix the shortfall of the Victim Compensation Fund. This…

Adriano Espaillat called it a nonexistent border crisis.