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Mr. Speaker, in this rule is additional funding for ICE and CBP. Let's talk about Minneapolis. Let's talk about the fact that two U.S. citizens were murdered on the streets of Minneapolis. There is no way in hell Democrats are going to…
it is time to lead with diplomacy and negotiate an end to the war in Iran. This war has cost the lives of U.S. servicemembers, worsened the economic strains facing Americans, and spread instability across the Middle East. At the same time…
we have a vote before us today, and this vote is involving an unprecedented use of a procedural mechanism that would have far-reaching consequences, not just for the beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, but for public lands…
this bill is an unprecedented use of a procedural mechanism that would have far-reaching consequences, not just for the Boundary Waters, as Senator Smith has explained, but for public lands across our country. I have always supported…
I rise tonight thinking about my beloved Minnesota and thinking about all of the people in Minnesota and around the country that love the Boundary Waters. And I want to talk for a while about the Congressional Review Act resolution--this…
Allowing public land orders to be rescinded under the Congressional Review Act, which is what would be happening here tonight, is a dangerous precedent that would affect every State in our country. Public land orders have never been…
I rise today to discuss a Congressional Review Act resolution H.J. Res. 140 that could come before the Senate any time over the next 2 weeks, and I want to speak directly to my Republican colleagues about this CRA and why you should vote…
I rise today with a solemn heart to honor the life of U.S. Army Reserve MSG Nicole Amor from White Bear Lake, MN. Master Sergeant Amor was assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Kuwait when she, along with five other…
like many Americans, I am outraged by what Trump is doing to the Cuban people. The oil blockade enacted by the Trump administration is cruel and indefensible. Cuba poses no threat to us, yet we are strangling an entire nation with economic…
Mr. Speaker, I will remind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they, too, can vote to fully fund DHS. They have an eighth opportunity to do that today. They have declined funding DHS seven previous times. I remind my…
no one deserves to go hungry and SNAP must be protected, not cut.
my legislation, the American Water Stewardship Act, is a comprehensive package that brings together six standalone bills to reauthorize and strengthen key EPA water quality and ecosystem restoration programs. The package includes the BEACH…
I rise in support of the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act. I come to this issue both as a legislator and a longtime fan of the sport. At its best, boxing is a sport of courage, discipline, and dignity. For too long, the people who…
For America to be engaged in large scale conflict overseas for nearly a month--with no clarity for Congress or the American public about why--is shocking, unacceptable, and unprecedented in our history.
If the American people are being asked to pay for this war, then they deserve clear answers from President Trump on why he chose to attack Iran.
The President is now reportedly seeking $200 billion in supplemental funding from Congress for his war--an astounding amount that far surpasses the costs of the war that have been reported during the past four weeks.
I will not write blank checks to the Department of Defense.
last December, Congress passed into law the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. This important law was passed to expand access to Federal support for the families of…