this is very, very harmful to our democracy, and you need to speak truth to power in these circumstances

I think it is very important.

Where do you come out there?

thank you very much for the recognition. I say to Chairman Murkowski, thank you for those very kind words. It is, once again, always a pleasure to say we have worked with each other. I know there are issues sometimes we disagree on, but we…

I could not agree more.

We know that it's highly active today, as many of you have testified to, and we know that no single entity by itself--not the government, the social media companies, not civil society--can effectively stop foreign influence operations on…

Including the White House--that this behavior will not be tolerated and that there will be consequences for it going forward.

I believe it was you who said, and I may be paraphrasing here, but we've moved from a failure of imagination, to a failure to act.

I share that concern, because I think some of these things are sitting right in front of us and we just need to make it a priority.

As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, I'm particularly concerned about how powerful tech-savvy countries... limit access to the Internet.

I wish to pay tribute to the late Las Cruces City councilor Olga Pedroza, a champion for justice. Ms. Pedroza passed away February 9, 2018, in Las Cruces, NM. Ms. Pedroza was born in a small town in Mexico, San Luis Ayucan, on September…

I just want to take a moment and, in particular, thank my colleagues from Kansas and Colorado, as well as my colleague from New Mexico, Senator Udall, and especially Senator Moran of Kansas, as well as Senator Roberts and Senator Gardner…

I really think if you focus on the safety issues, there's no doubt that you come out on the side of keeping people on rail.

Every time you have a cross-platform transfer, you lose 50 percent of your ridership.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of Congress…

I don't [believe Amtrak funding should be eliminated]. And I think everybody is entitled to their opinion.

This proposal would result in discontinuation of service altogether on the Southwest Chief.

Stopping service would damage communities, including my home state of New Mexico.