My mission as Secretary of Labor, and quite honestly, my mission in all my roles I have ever held, is to empower workers, all workers, morning, noon and night.

We saw increases in child labor violations last year.

I work very closely with Katherine Tai.

just because many of my Republican colleagues are hypocritical here about this Rescue Plan and the investments that have been able to make in their communities as well, it doesn't mean they are all wrong.

I think that if Congress is going to pass anything like that you need to talk to the mayors because that is where it is going to be carried out.

I will agree as a Democrat that the ARP has impacted the current inflation rate.

Let's not lose the bigger picture here.

It is about the safety of our highways because a lot of customers are shifting traffic to trucks because they can't get the service that they need from the common carrier railways.

the only beneficiary from PSR has been Wall Street.

I think we better check into that, because I have heard from several railroad officials that that is exactly the case.

It starts with making sure that there`s more access to medication abortions. Right now, there are restrictions on the availability of that drug that are not medically necessary. They`re politically necessary. OK, let`s get rid of those.

I'm grateful that the legislation included $9 billion in direct economic assistance for Ukraine as well as additional funding for refugee support programs and global emergency food relief.

Russia and President Putin have and continue to commit war crimes.

We have to catch up to the rest of the world on this. It is just so important.

That was just last month that a pile of asbestos contaminated concrete was dumped along the road in Chelsea, Massachusetts, about 2 miles from my house.

But we don't need asbestos to make chlorine. Most companies and most of the world have moved on to non-asbestos technologies.

By pointing PFAS fingers at other industries while using PFAS themselves, these asbestos addicted corporations are throwing stones in a glass house.

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 925, Alan M. Leventhal to be Ambassador to the…