The government has a right and a duty to protect us.

President Biden promised to ``shut down the COVID-19 virus, not the country.'' He also promised ``access to regular, reliable, and free COVID-19 testing.'' But as we near a year into his Presidency, he has failed to deliver on these basic…

Senator Sanders introduced legislation today that would make available very -- at subsidized costs free N95s or heavily subsidized for every American household.

We have introduced legislation with 15 co-sponsors, which would make sure that N95 masks are distributed to every household in America free of charge.

It is absolutely imperative that every member of the Democratic caucus, all 50 of us, plus the Vice President, vote to pass the Freedom to Vote Act to overturn this outrageous anti-democratic action that is taking place in numerous states…

Last week a fire in Philadelphia killed 12 people, including 8 children. While our city mourned, just days later, a fire in New York killed 17, including 8 children. These two events have at least three things in common: a high loss of…

last week I spoke on the floor, and I reflected on the unthinkable events of January 6, 2021. We all remember when a violent mob attempted to snuff out one of our democracy's most sacred traditions: the peaceful transition of power. That…

several months ago, I spoke of the hope we all felt that after decades of civil war, famine, and political turmoil, after millions were killed and millions more became refugees including thousands of ``lost boys'' and ``lost girls,'' South…

these are among the most somber and sorrowful remarks that I have had to make as President pro tempore and also my several decades of service in this body. What an unthinkable event it is that we are marking today--an attempted coup…

I never thought I would see a day like that, a violent mob driven by the rhetoric and the lives of a disgraceful former President of the United States.

I see two people who have no idea what they`re talking about. In fact, they`re malevolent. They`re really doing things that harm people, and neither one of them deserves to be in the United States Senate, along with a number of other…

It’s just ridiculous. It’s like saying, if the mumps got milder, you wouldn’t need the mumps.

Probably never. I think what’s going to happen is, ultimately, this will be like the flu.

I hope that we can all come together, both parties, to get appropriations bills through this year.

I commend both those Republicans and Democrats who joined with me last year to get the extra money for the Capitol Police.

Their sacrifices should not be papered over by those who want to pretend nothing happened.

nothing is done until it’s done. And I think our job right now is to lay out to the people of west Virginia, what is at stake here, the people of America what is at stake here.

Do we have the guts to take on the drug companies who are spending over $300 million in lobbying right now?