Rep. Pingree's Agriculture Resilience Act provides important program innovations and funding vision.

I am particularly concerned about what is going to happen when we revert to pre-pandemic levels.

What President Biden was, as a candidate, make this pledge. And that helped politicize the entire nomination process.

The way that the President has handled this nomination has been clumsy at best. It adds to the further perception that the court is a political institution like Congress when it is not supposed to be.

January 6th was a dark day in America's history.

I do not think the president should have made -- President Trump should have made that pledge to do pardons.

There is no need for any rash. We can take our time, have hearings, go through the process, which is very important one. It is a lifetime appointment after all.

I appreciated your remarks during the hearing about USDA's $75 million investment in technical assistance for underserved producers.

first, let me say that I appreciate the sincerity of the Senator from Virginia--my friend Senator Kaine--and his comments about the filibuster. I am not going to repeat the speech that I gave last week on the vital safeguards that the…

let me just note that the Federal Department of Justice, under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, has challenged the law of the State of Georgia and the State of Texas. So the idea that somehow the Justice Department no longer has…

I promise my colleagues this will be my last comment. This is entirely different from the debate on a 735-page bill. I would invite my colleague from Georgia to review exactly what he said earlier this evening. Thank you. I yield the…

I am alarmed by allegations concerning weak enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act.

I am one who signed that letter. First, let's talk about the letter itself. What it says is, ``We are united in our determination to preserve the ability of Members to engage in extended debate when bills are on the Senate floor.'' I agree…

I came here 9 years ago opposed to modifying the rules of the filibuster. Indeed, I signed a letter a couple of years ago saying the same thing. I understand that it can and probably will boomerang, that an elimination of the…

The culture of the Senate is built upon a foundation of respect and cooperation that is meant to transcend partisanship. It is a culture in which legislative goals are reached with patience, persuasion, and perseverance, not raw power. I…

our democracy is protected by its institutional checks on unlimited power. The three branches of government are not the only manifestation of the careful balancing achieved by the Framers of the Constitution. Within the legislative branch…

Intelligence isn't any good unless it's shared.

I think we classify too much.