These people are not conservatives. They’re neo-fascists.

Democracy dies because you no longer care about democracy. The Republicans have no commitment to democracy at this point.

The reason they are abandoning democracy is because they have no choice. They can’t win in a democracy.

the only way we are going to go forward to protect American democracy, to give people in states all over this country a fair shot at electing who they want is by passing that bill.

What we are going to be bringing up within the next month is the For the People Act, which basically says the very radical statement that in America, if you're 18 years of age or older and a citizen, you have the right to vote.

To make the Senate work, you've got to start doing what the American people want us to do and that is stand up for working families and not just for the top one percent, and when you do that -- that is called democracy. It's called…

What Republicans are doing in an absolutely shameful, disgraceful, cowardly way is making it harder for people of color, for poor people, for young people to vote.

we've got to pass the For the People Act and if no Republican is prepared to support us, we've got to go with it alone.

what Republicans are trying to do now all over this country is stack the deck to make it harder for the people who will vote Democratic to vote

Joe has voted for terrible trade agreements.

today, in a bipartisan vote, the Senate advanced important legislation to increase our Nation's competitiveness with China. The United States Innovation and Competition Act, USICA, of 2021 is significant legislation and an example of what…

the Budget Control Act of 2011 expires this year, and that is a good thing. This law led to a decade of underfunding our domestic priorities, from which it will take years to recover. Right now, in communities across the country, our…

as the Senate prepares to vote on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, I wanted to take moment to highlight the support this bill provides to the U.S. semiconductor industry. I want to commend the leadership that Senators Warner…

This is an existential crisis.

COVID-19 has shown that a commitment to breakthrough innovation, directed allocation of resources, and collaborative approaches can accelerate how scientific breakthroughs can be transitioned to treatments and cures.

I want to rise to say a few words about the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which we are debating today. I think that the thrust of that act and what we are trying to accomplish is enormously important. Right now, as I think most…

While I strongly support any efforts to accelerate innovation, I am concerned that valuable collaborators could be left out or lose out on Federal funding.

I think it's time that we start investing in our soft power.