there's deep injustice and that we have a two-tiered system, right? We have a system for big companies, who get to go to court, and then we have a system for victims, who have to be forced into arbitration.

I do think there is a way to design more resiliency.

I think the fact that this indictment is now been filed, we’ll disabuse people of that notion moving forward.

I think that today’s decision, the decision by the Department of Justice and the grand jury to proceed with the indictment certainly sends a compelling message to each and every witness out there that witnesses can no longer ignore…

The Congress shouldn’t have to rely on the executive branch to enforce its prerogatives.

During the course of the Trump administration, you had norm after norm really eviscerated.

One in 51 Coloradans are contagious with COVID as we speak. That means that if you`re unvaccinated, a regular trip to the grocery store, a night out to dinner are more dangerous than they`ve been at any point in this pandemic for you.

Right now the House is negotiating and taking up a bill under President Biden's Build Back Better agenda and an essential element of that bill is universal Pre-K and childcare.

I appreciate my continued collaboration and work with the Ranking Member, Ms. Young Kim, as well.

I ask consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am coming to the floor to talk about a nominee that we have before us this afternoon, who is nominated by President Biden to be the Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs. He is a person who is well known to this…

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

President Biden has already called on Congress to double our pledge for international climate financing by 2024.

I am concerned that if we start having firings with an organic industrial base that is already limping in some ways, that that is not going to make the situation any better.

Our organic industrial base is a vital and important part of our force readiness and, ultimately, our national security.

It is not binding on all countries to meet those commitments because of the United States Senate.

I am excited to have a champion for consumers at the CFPB.

The pandemic has produced a great deal of fear and uncertainty in our country.