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I would never vote to overturn the parliamentarian.

I rise today in support of the resolution introduced by my colleague from Virginia, Senator Kaine, to overturn the emergency declaration for the northern border that is being used to impose tariffs on goods imported from Canada. The Maine…

If these tariffs go into effect, it will be so harmful.

And how the world has been changed by people of courage, and I look down at my tie that I have on today, which has the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and we think of that as a sacred document, an important document, in our…

I want to ask you questions about veterans in this country, but before I do, you talk a lot about courage.

This is about farmers making ends meet.

Regardless of our views on the Fiscal Responsibility Act and accompanying implementation agreement, it is incumbent on all of us to follow the law as written—not as we would like it to be.

This wasn’t just a casual mistake. This wasn’t a bunch of teenagers deciding what they were going to do on the weekend.

So the attack sequencing and timing and weapons and targets you don’t consider to have been classified?

I am pleased to introduce this bill with Senators Van Hollen, Murray, Alsobrooks, Warner, and Kaine. It has been endorsed by President Trump and also by the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Tom Cole. This bill would simply…

I want to thank the Senator from Alaska, who is an extraordinarily talented leader on the Appropriations Committee, for her comments. Mr. President, I rise to urge passage of this funding measure to prevent an unnecessary, harmful, and…

Although the bill was not perfect, a shutdown would introduce even more chaos and uncertainty at a time when our country can ill-afford it.

I support that language. I have no idea why the House left it out.

I did not express concerns to the White House. I had some reservations, but I certainly had not reached a final judgment.