Payday loans are notorious short-term loans, often with interest rates of 100, 300, or 500 percent. They put families into a vortex of debt they often cannot escape. Any way you slice it, at those interest rates, it is loansharking. Many…

I have never seen the concern on both sides of the aisle, that is bicameral, for real reform.

A straight extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act law is absolutely unacceptable in any way, shape, or form.

I did not have any concerns with the exchange on the podcast.

the ideologies of anti-Semitism and racism are antithetical not only to the values of the Marine Corps, but to who he is too.

gas prices are out of control. The average price for a gallon of gas in Oregon is $5.30--$5.30. Before the start of this Iran war, it was under $4 a gallon, which was high enough already. Americans can't afford the gas to drive to work…

My concerns have been addressed, and I support the Senate confirming Colonel Siverts' promotion to brigadier general.

The reality is that the country believes that security and liberty are not mutually exclusive.

my colleague from Idaho made a few points in his presentation on why he would oppose exercising the War Powers Resolution, and I think it is worth noting those points and considering whether or not they hold water. First, he said…

Americans understand that every single day there are abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

this Chamber has before it a very important question: Will Congress embrace and exercise its constitutional responsibility to decide, as Madison put it, the question of war? That is a heavy responsibility. It is no small matter to decide…

Your "Make America Hungry Agenda," your agenda of starving children and vulnerable families is wrong.

I call up S. 4444, a bill to extend the surveillance law known as section 702, for 3 weeks and to require the declassification of the FISA Court's recent ruling on section 702. That ruling found serious violations of Americans'…

I am prepared today to pass a short-term extension of section 702. I am doing that because I have listened to colleagues on both sides of the aisle. I don't think it is really necessary because of the FISA Court ruling recently, but in the…

today, I introduced the No War Appropriations Through Reconciliation Act, or the No WAR Act, which would prevent the partisan process from being used to fund military action in Iran. We cannot normalize using reconciliation as the vehicle…

Mr. Chair, I rise to offer my amendment designated Bentz No. 2 which modestly expands the definition of ``renewable biomass'' under the Renewable Fuel Standard so that it includes materials generated in the manufacture of forest products…

Mr. Chairman, this is an excellent bill, and we need it in Oregon. We have 30 million acres of trees. We absolutely need what this bill would provide.

the Senate is now delaying a vote on FISA because Members are waking up to the fact that this surveillance authority is too dangerous to hand to any President without new reforms. And here is the bottom line. If there were the votes today…