Since 9/11, an estimated 3.7 million veterans and servicemembers may have been exposed to burn pits, a common method of disposing of waste during war. Now, these burn pits include things like human waste, batteries, plastic, damaged…

I have an amendment on the table. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 34, line 13, after the…

first, I wish to thank Senator Blumenthal for organizing this block of time and for his continued leadership in the fight to protect women's healthcare. Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Whole Woman's…

Thank you for having this bipartisan hearing. I want to thank you for the way you conduct all of your hearings.

I want to thank Chairman Alexander as well as Vice Chair Leahy, Chairman Shelby, Chairman Boozman, and many other people who have made this minibus work. We are going to adopt it tonight. I hope that our work over the last week has set the…

I thank Senator Merkley from Oregon for his leadership and my other colleagues who are coming to the floor this evening. Like so many people across the country, I have been deeply affected by what is happening on our southern border…

I think there's been a lot of focus on the geopolitical considerations and impacts of these negotiations. But very little focus on the seriousness of the North Korea nuclear threat on the United States.

I am pleased to join my colleague from Arkansas, the chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee in presenting this bill for consideration before the full Senate. I thank him for his work to…

I ask unanimous consent that Olivia Harris, Ramsay Eyre, Madeleine Granda, Brendon McGovern, and Jack Plunkett be granted floor privileges for the length of the current debate on H.R. 5895, an act making appropriations for Energy and Water…

6 years ago today, DACA provided a shining light for hundreds of thousands of young Dreamers from all across this country to come out from the shadows and live freely without fear in a nation that for many has been the only home they have…

CRA was passed to stop redlining, correct?

We are just maddened by the FCC's process, just deeply, deeply frustrated both with the inaccuracy of the maps...

We all know our states really well, and we can look at a place and say, nope.

Your job, as you know, is partly to tell the truth about technology.

last weekend, we gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center to celebrate the 283rd birthday of King Kamehameha I, who, to the best of our knowledge, was born in Kohala, HI, in 1735. Since 1871, generations of Hawaiians have formally celebrated…

Just 6 months ago, my constituents and people all across Hawaii received a harrowing alert that came across their cell phones saying that a ballistic missile was incoming and to take cover immediately. It turned out to be a false alarm…

Water is life. Growing up in Hawaii, we have a unique appreciation for the protection of our resources, from our mountains all the way down to our oceans. It is something that we grow up with, that we have a responsibility to take care of…

It is unfortunate that this remains an obscure issue for too many Members of Congress.