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Obviously when you’re doing something this magnitude, whether you’re talking about the fireworks, whether you’re talking about the Ferris wheel, that does cost something, but I think it’s also really, really important to celebrate…
We’re excited because we think that our capital city is really going to come alive.
this amendment is in support of the unions, those union members. If you vote against this, you are against the unions. That is a fact. You are trying to take their pensions away from them. That is what you are doing. Ask the Fraternal…
it is really a sick obsession of this town to want to control and destroy jobs in one of the poorest States in America. It really is. I will just note that this is destroying guys who have union pensions. It is against the unions to vote…
I have an amendment that in my view would correct what had taken place in the Agriculture Committee. There was an amendment to eliminate dog racing, greyhound racing specifically, in the United States. The only problem with that, there is…
I am listening to the other side of the aisle right now, and I want you to know what you are hearing right now is desperation. It is desperation because they are this close to their ultimate objective, which is defunding ICE, CBP, and HSI…
if I violated the rule, it is because I am new to the game, and I don't know all the rules. But I want to thank them for their service in every way. Medal of Honor winners--it is just unfathomable to think that those folks can grab a live…
Mr. President, so this week, the Senate officially begins debate on a package of commonsense--commonsense--I am probably going to say it about ten times--commonsense measures that should unite all Americans. Americans deserve to have…
I rise to join my ranking member on the subcommittee that we share leadership on. I do thank Senator Paul, but I rise in opposition to his amendment. As she has stated, this amendment would eliminate HHS funding provided in the bill--which…
I rise today to really highlight dispatchable baseload power-- coal, natural gas, and nuclear--the role those items played in keeping the 200 million Americans impacted by this winter storm safe and warm. Common sense tells us that in the…
They’re the kind of the centrist Democrats you need.
You know, I have said so many times as a Governor of West Virginia--I said over and over and over--that we owe every single thing to those who serve in our military, the active folks that are serving in our military. They have given us…
Baseload energy in this country is absolutely quantified and defined by natural gas, nuclear, and coal. That is baseload energy in this country. The reason green energy was ever affordable or cheaper is because everybody in America is…
Under President Joe Biden, energy prices skyrocketed. The Trump administration is working around the clock to unleash American energy and drive down prices. Americans are starting to see the results at the pump and in their energy bills…
I would tell everyone just this--all those up in the Galleries, everybody--I am probably going to need your prayers to get through this, because we have had something happen in the small but great State of West Virginia that absolutely is…
today, I rise to speak as a witness to the power of prayer. Last week, my constituent, Andrew Wolfe, was attacked by an Islamic terrorist here in Washington, D.C. He is still fighting for his life. I know Andrew's family. We have spoken…
I think people who question the mission should look at what's happened in Washington, D.C., and you had a city that had a lot of problems with crime, and there have been clear and meaningful reductions.