I rise to commemorate the life and public service of Laura Efurd who passed away on July 2, 2018. Losing someone as hard-working, level-headed, and good humored as Laura is not easy. I was proud that Laura was willing to return to public…

I would like to start by thanking Senator Wyden for his leadership in the fight to protect Medicare and Medicaid and for organizing this time for us to speak on this important subject. I grew up in a three-generation household. My…

I am proud to join my colleagues and the veteran service organizations here today in support of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.

I have talked to a lot of veterans, and it is hard enough to show that they do come within the parameters for treatment even without exposure to Agent Orange.

It took an act of Congress for that to happen. So, it looks as though we are going to need to have an act of Congress again.

I think we share the goal of enabling all these survivors to live, as you put it, sustainable lives.

increasing the amount of DIC benefits payment will help survivors continue to live a sustainable life, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

These are some of the thousands of Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans who have applied for VA health benefits, but were denied because they happened to serve our country at sea rather than on land.

I think we should go ahead with covering this. And, I am pretty much in line with our former Chair in saying that, you know, we should provide the health care that they need.

I think we all agree on that, but if the U.S. isn't providing concrete alternatives... they're going to adopt those standards and they're not going to inure to our benefit.

I think that's consistent with what we do offline and there's no reason not to do that.

I don't think there's any First Amendment protection for impersonating Americans or for bot nets or for automated trolling.

We are here today to talk about governing an Internet that is truly international.

Congress should act to protect the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield by making the Privacy Shield Ombudsperson a permanent position.

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the Senate has a constitutional duty equal to the President's to provide advice and consent on all judicial nominees, including the President's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Our advice-and-consent role requires us to view the…

I thank Senator Brown for his continued leadership in the fight to protect our Federal workforce and for organizing this time for us to speak on such an important issue. Over the past year and a half, Donald Trump and his administration…