I really appreciate my colleagues spending the time here tonight. Now, I will go back and add a little bit of detail, so that we can fully illustrate what the issue is, how we got here, what the consequences are, why we need to do…

I appreciate my colleague's leadership very much. Not only do we agree on the destination, but we agree on the problem. When you can agree on what the problem is, you can usually get to a solution. What we need to do is all agree on that…

I thank my colleague so much for her very realistic and eyes-wide-open assessment of our Federal budget, and especially the focus on its impact on our national security from her own perspective in that space because I think we sometimes…

I thank the gentleman for highlighting not only the overall crisis, but certainly many of the process concerns that we all have in terms of full transparency and full accountability from the perspective of getting our budget under control…

Tonight I join colleagues from both parties in focusing attention on what is truly one of the quietest and most avoided crises in America today. I speak very directly of our Federal budget and, in particular, its unsustainable, crippling…

I thank so much my colleague for his leadership, as well. I really appreciate his highlighting the intergenerational consequences of not solving this issue today. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro…

We need to ensure that our gaming policies reflect the needs and aspirations of Native communities.

We need to ensure that our gaming policies reflect the needs and aspirations of Native communities.

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

I look forward to working with the new chairman to address the challenges facing Indian gaming.

This hearing is an important first step in carrying out the Senate's constitutional obligation to provide advice and consent.

here in this Chamber, it is your vote that counts--not your tweets, not your public statements, not your TV interviews. Your votes. And today for the second time in 3 months, Republicans voted against protecting IVF. Some of them claim to…

I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership on reproductive freedom issues and my colleagues talking today about the IVF bill we just voted on. Once again, today, our Republican colleagues have shown us where their priorities truly…

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

Congress has one task over the next 2 weeks, and it is relatively straightforward: to keep the government open and avoid a pointless and costly shutdown that would hurt most Americans. And as we do that, there is one priority that we can't…

There is no denial that the CCP has worked for decades to steal our intellectual property and research in critical technologies. We should be here today finding real solutions, not putting up false choices to combat those efforts and…

On August 8, Hawaii gathered to observe the 1-year anniversary of the fires on Maui and in Lahaina. Today, as Congress reconvenes, I rise to honor and remember the family and friends that we lost. They are beloved mothers and fathers, sons…