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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the remarkable life of an honorable patriot, the late Lois Bouton of Rogers, Arkansas. She died recently at the age of 102. Most know her lovingly as the Coast Guard Lady, but that nickname didn't just…
Today, I think about when my four children were young. They are stair-stepped 2 years apart. They used to have competitions in the backyard. They would race from the patio to the elm tree and back. And I would stagger the starting time…
Democrats have put things put for -- put forward ideas, they put forward legislation, but in the Senate, particularly it has been blocked by Republicans who have been unwilling to let some of these bills come to the floor for debate.
The bills you’re talking about in Arizona... affect Arizona voters, period.
the sky is not falling. Polls go up and down.
I will certainly yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). The Senator from Maine.
Well, I thank the Senator from Maine for explaining the change in position. I was not seeking an apology, merely an explanation, since I haven't heard that much over the last year or so. I can respond to a few of these points. The Senator…
I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Oregon. And I want to commend him for principled consistency on this question. He did not sign that letter. In fact, one of the earliest conversations I had with any Democratic Senator in 2015…
Mr. President, the Senator from Oklahoma was directly addressed, and I believe he would like to engage in a brief colloquy. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.
Madam Speaker, if the Biden administration were a new TV show streaming on Netflix or HBO, it clearly would have been canceled after the end of the first season. On this anniversary of Mr. Biden's failed first year, I call attention to the…
Mr. President, before I move on from this letter, I just have to note that, as I have said several times, 28 Democrats in the Senate today signed that letter. Twenty-seven of them changed their position. There is one signatory who didn't…
Mr. President, I invite the Senator from Colorado to engage in colloquy. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Colorado.
Mr. President, inflation is at its highest level in 40 years. Drug overdose deaths and illegal border crossings are at record levels. The murder rate is its highest since the 1990s. Russian troops are massing on Ukraine's border, and the…
Madam Speaker, I saw a political crossword puzzle this week. It asked for a six-letter word to describe President Biden's first year in office. So I thought, divisive? No, that is eight letters. Weak? No, that is four letters. But the word…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the latest Consumer Price Index data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics just yesterday. This new data shows a 7 percent annual increase in inflation--the largest 12-month increase…
Madam President: Right now, we are on the precipice of a constitutional crisis. We are about to step into the abyss. I want to talk for a few minutes why we are on that precipice and why we are looking into the abyss. Let me first ask a…
It is embarrassing that we, the adults in the room here on the Appropriations Committee, cannot get out of our own way.