I think it is an excellent question, and I think it does get to the mission of the East-West Center.

Our national debt, as we all know, has now surpassed $22 trillion, a huge number.

I am glad to join Senator Stabenow, who was on the floor just now, to respond to the shameful lies and gross exaggerations that have been claimed by some on the other side of the aisle. Earlier this week, we voted on legislation that some…

as of now, there are zero climate proposals coming from Senate Republicans--none. So it becomes extraordinarily difficult to debate climate change when only one political party is committed to fixing it. I can't underscore this enough. I…

I thank the Senator from Missouri. I thank him for his leadership and levelheadedness. As he is on his way out, I will say that I think the current way we deal with nominees is not tenable. I imagine a scenario where we have a Democratic…

in many ways, Andrew Wheeler is a perfect example of a Cabinet appointment in the Trump era--conflicted, unethical, and hostile to the mission of the Agency he was nominated to lead. He shouldn't have been confirmed to this position as…

I come to the floor today to express my support for the Child Care for Working Families Act, which I was proud to introduce earlier this afternoon with Senators Murray, Casey, and 30 of our Senate colleagues. We know that investments in…

I would like to first thank Senator Murray for her steadfast leadership in the fight to protect women's healthcare and for arranging this time for us to speak this afternoon. The legislation we are debating today is just the latest salvo…

The nature and timing of the fiscal year 2019 process has left EOIR short of fulfilling all of its current operational needs, and it is limited in its ability to reform programs that are not cost effective.

You are obviously very passionate about the National Science Foundation, as are many of us, a national institution, and I appreciate your own personal passion and work, but you are here representing our President and our Administration in…

our friends on the other side of the aisle--the Republicans--are misreading the moment. The planet is in an emergency situation, and instead of coming to the table with ideas on how to fix it, they are running the same play they always…

I thank the chairman and the sponsor of this important legislation for the incredible leadership and continuing to be a resolute voice. The United States support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal war in Yemen, with no authorization from…

once again, I would like to respond to the Senator from Texas as he continues to hold the position that the Democrats on this side of the aisle simply oppose all of the President's nominees because they happen to be this lying President's…

Sometimes the best intentions of humans are not as good as what nature wrote to start with.

climate change is real; energy transition is inescapable, it is just when and how we do it.

As this is the first meeting of this Committee, my Subcommittee members, I bid you 'aloha' from the Native Hawaiians, the indigenous peoples of Hawaii.

You can say that without qualification, that you believe some of those attacks are nation-state sponsored.

as a fellow member of the Judiciary Committee, along with my colleague from Texas who just spoke, it is not our job as members of this committee to cast aspersions on the motives of those of us who ask probing questions of judicial…