I see nobody within 15 or 20 feet of me, so I will take the mask off, and I appreciate the fact the distinguished Presiding Officer recognized who it was even with the mask. I have a couple of things that concern me. I was going through…

I wear a mask so my granddaughter, Aubrey, can return to third grade in-person schooling as soon as possible. I wear a mask so that one day I can go to church and be surrounded again by a community in prayer. I wear a mask to look forward…

there is no question that 2020 has been a year of challenges, difficulty, and concern. It is in these more challenging times that it is especially important to shine a light on those individuals and institutions that are doing good work…

I am struck by the fact, as I call people around my State of Vermont, which, like your State and every State, has suffered from COVID--although I compliment our Republican Governor, who has kept the numbers down lower than practically any…

What we have got to do right now is to pass a strong COVID-19 emergency relief package.

the American people right now, as a result of this election, are aroused politically.

Thank God, Biden won.

I believe under our original agreement, I am recognized next. Is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, sir.

I see the majority leader on the floor, and while I have the floor, of course, as a matter of courtesy, I will yield to him if he has some comments he wants to make and ask that I then be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

before I do yield, I understand Senator Schumer is coming. So I will yield the floor to accommodate our two leaders, but then I would ask I be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I appreciate what the Democratic leader has said. I was willing to step aside earlier when I had the floor because I understood the two leaders were coming to speak. It was a matter of courtesy to them, and I know the Democratic leader, at…

You've got a President who is doing exactly the opposite by view of what he shouldn't be doing.

We deserve Cabinet appointments. We deserve to have strong progressives filling important posts, so whether it's me or anybody else, Alexandria is absolutely right. The progressive movement now has earned its stripes. It deserves…

This is the most important election not only in our lifetimes, but in the modern history of this country. And I will do everything I can to see that Trump is defeated.

The political world in America has changed and the Democratic Party has changed. And that is, we now have a very potent and growing progressive movement in this country of many, many, many millions of people. And the progressive movement…

While it may be exciting for him to be with his supporters, people are turning on the television and they are saying, 'My God, this pandemic is surging all across this country.' We've lost over 225,000 people already.

I think people have a sense of who Trump is, his anti-science attitude. I think people, Anderson, are sick and tired, really, of his lying every single day. They are concerned about his threats to the foundations of American democracy…

150 years ago, Georgetown Law convened its first class in Washington, DC, where 25 students from 12 States began what has now become a century and a half long legacy of learning. While Georgetown Law's entering classes look quite different…