Will we have the clarity of mind and conscience to choose to address climate change with the urgency that scientists say is necessary? I say yes.

We need to modernize and upgrade our infrastructure to ensure vital services like water, sewer, electricity, telecommunications, and transportation are more resilient.

To my friends across the aisle, I implore you, now is the time to join us. We want to work together, but inaction is no longer an option.

Mr. President, tomorrow, President Trump will belatedly report on the state of the Union before a joint session of Congress. The reason for the delay, of course, is the 35-day government shutdown that President Trump precipitated as an…

Mr. President, one other issue--I mentioned earlier that one of the major consequences of the Trump tax bill was the explosion of stock buybacks. In 2018 alone--just 2018--U.S. companies announced plans to repurchase more than $1 trillion…

I do think that there was some proper made on criminal justice reform and in, you know, in the last couple of months and I'm open to that.

I think that, you know, for me, what I see is that as a representative and as a congresswoman, it's -- I'm going in there to definitely listen what to what the president has to say.

2019 is the 100th anniversary of the women's right to vote and I think that we're all coming here -- there's so much more that we have to fight for from wage equality, to paycheck fairness, to protecting ourselves and believing survivors.

I think that this is an opportunity and it is a window for change it is a moment where we can come together and really talk about our values, that we are a nation that embraces immigrants, we are a nation that that believes in justice and…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Braun). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished chairman for yielding and for his tremendous leadership on behalf of the hardworking Federal employees who serve this Nation in such a tremendous fashion. I rise today in strong support of this…

Madam Speaker, by direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 85 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this time to recognize and thank a friend and confidant who has been by my side for the last 15 years. I first met my chief of staff, Robert Colby Hale, when he was 22 years old. I was the commencement…

he is putting you and your colleagues in an untenable position and hurting the national interests in the process. You must find a way to make that clear to him.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in 2015, I was selected to chair the Congressional Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel. After months of briefings, site visits, and hearings, it…

Madam President, hundreds of thousands of Federal workers are, thank God, returning to work this week to tackle a backlog that has been building for over a month. Over that time, the U.S. economy suffered a loss of $11 billion, according…

Mr. President, as the dust settles from the longest shutdown in American history, we have work to do to get our country back on track. Hundreds of thousands of Federal workers who endured a month without compensation need to get their…

I found Mrs. Worsham's testimony really a national scandal that a child could die because they could not afford the insulin.