
A strong majority of the American people think we should cancel student debt. And if Senator Cruz and others want to challenge that, I think that’s going to hurt them politically.
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A strong majority of the American people think we should cancel student debt. And if Senator Cruz and others want to challenge that, I think that’s going to hurt them politically.

Last week, nearly 50 migrants who sought asylum and refuge in America were met with grossly un-American actions. Governor DeSantis deceived them and shipped them across the Nation, like chattel, to Martha's Vineyard all in search of hollow…

Well, I would say that things are better than they were a few months ago.

We need an economy that works for all of us. Unions are one vehicle that help people get decent wages and working conditions.

You know, I have the radical idea that good policy is good politics. And it is good policy to cancel student debt in this country.

I wish to submit to the Senate a budget scorekeeping report. The report, which covers fiscal year 2022, was prepared by my staff on the Budget Committee and the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 308(b) and in aid of section…

If the Senate doesn`t repair itself we are in deep trouble in this country.

on May 19, I echoed Secretary of State Blinken's call for an ``independent, credible investigation'' of the violent death of widely respected Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. At that time, several Members of Congress…

This is up to the voters. If this goes down, it`s not going to be the Democrats` fault or even the Republicans` fault, it`s going to be the voters didn`t get out and stand up for themselves.

I was not aware Senator Burr was a railroad worker, so let me, just to set the record straight, tell you what the railroad workers themselves understand the situation is. We might want to listen to those who live the experience. So let me…

And I will object. Let me thank Senator Burr for actually reading my tweets. Much appreciated. Just a correction of the record. I think Senator Wicker mentioned before that a number of unions had approved this agreement. As I think…

My understanding, I say to my colleague from Mississippi, is that as we speak, the Secretary of Labor is in a room-- or has been today, with management and labor in trying to forge an agreement. So what is going on right now is they are…

You`ve got whack jobs telling all the women in the country they`re going to take their rights away from them. And it wasn`t enough to have the corrupt Supreme Court make the decision they did, and they are corrupt.

It`s not just democracy that`s on the ballot, it`s our way of life.

So, look, I`m against corporal punishment in middle school, but I think Carlson, DeSantis and Abbott ought to be turned over somebody`s knee and given a good spanking. This is beyond just being racist. These are ridiculous twits who are…

I am really delighted that my colleague from Florida is suddenly concerned about transfers of wealth--I really am--because, as he may or may not know, over the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth. The problem is, it…

Well, you know, we`ve got about seven weeks before the election, and lots can happen in seven weeks, but I`d rather be a Democrat today than I would a Republican if I`m in this fight. You`ve got a president who has handled things really…

We`re going to get a mandate to do that. We`re going to take the Senate, we`re going to hold the House, and in the next two years we`re going to have to straighten this country out.