"The January 6 rioters are not political prisoners, they are criminals who attacked police officers."
"Letting billionaires pay low or zero tax rates costs America $550 billion."
"Now that the War is over, we must continue to be proactive in ensuring that terrorist organizations in Afghanistan never develop the capacity to threaten the American homeland again."
"the United States is the largest humanitarian donor, allocating more than $15.8 billion since Fiscal Year 2012"
"We passed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act last Congress, a bill I worked on with Senators Grassley and Durbin and Leahy and Congresswoman Spartz here in the House, to make sure that we had a..."
"I think that the earthquake and the Russians' manipulation of the UNSC authorizations of U.N. agencies tells us that the United States and other major donors and Turkiye need to explore large-scale na..."
"I want every American who served in Afghanistan to know that you made a positive difference."
"When it became clear that Afghan nationals who risked their own lives to help the United States in our mission were not being protected from Taliban retribution, was there ever any indication from the..."
"One of the things that I have experienced in my time in the Senate is the extent to which Congress is responsive to big special interests and to extremely wealthy individuals."
"I think we have a problem of an unfortunate circularity between wealth and political influence."
"The Air Carrier Access Amendments Act... will help make air travel more accessible for individuals with disabilities."
"Which they can put into a pricing advantage and crush small businesses with a pricing advantage that they only got by hiding revenue offshore?"
"If you believe in a progressive tax system, they should be paying a lot more than 25 percent, because when one percent of the population gets 22 percent of the entire country's income, more than the e..."
"This year, I signed an appropriation letter asking for $10 million in additional funding over FY23 levels for North Atlantic right whale conservation."
"Our ports are the backbone to our economy. Any way to grow our shipping capacity and ensure our supply chain is strong is a smart and important investment in our economy."
"Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and elevate Rhode Islanders' priorities as you prepare to reauthorize federal aviation programs."
"Going forward, we must make sure that we learn the lessons from withdrawal, that we work across agencies in an entirety-of-government approach to ensure that we maintain the capabilities necessary to ..."
"the humanitarian toll has been catastrophic as hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions more have become refugees"
