I have deep and tremendous respect for my friend from South Carolina. I am not a Senator from the South, but my family hails from the South, from Monroe, LA, to Alabama, to North Carolina. I know my roots, and I know the challenges of Jim…

What is good, though, is that we are tomorrow going to be on the Senate floor, all 50 of us, for bills that we support to address what has become an epidemic problem, particularly in red states, which are dozens of laws passing making it…

We have not yet begun to fight. We have a lot more tools in our toolbox.

We need to actually change the filibuster to preserve the right to vote in America.

NTEU supports the Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act (H.R. 2744), introduced by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ)

Seaports are seeing record numbers of cargo volume, as we just talked about, which as we all know is adding to port congestion.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO assumed the…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to complete my remarks before the vote begins. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Reserving the right to object, I am sorry, I didn't hear the unanimous consent request.

this is a pivotal week for the security of Ukraine. Talks are ongoing to test whether the Kremlin wants to engage in diplomacy or is intent on war, to see if the United States and our allies can pull Putin back from the brink. And if the…

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Record on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

reserving the right to object, let me first say that I rise, in the first instance, before having heard the Senator's remarks, to say that I have serious concerns about the junior Senator from Florida's lack of respect for the regular…

we cannot simply do it on the backs of those that are actually generating revenue for the Federal treasury.

If you are confirmed, what steps are you going to take to improve minority representation, particularly Latino representation, which is among the worst of the diversity that exists at the Federal Reserve?

Thank you for your leadership on reforming the Community Reinvestment Act rule over the past several years.

minority communities are hurting right now, and this needs to be a priority.

If confirmed, I would prioritize public and private engagement with pro-democracy elements... to make clear the values for which the United States stands.

I commend Secretary Blinken and other senior officials at the State Department for prioritizing diversity to ensure that the Department reflects the makeup this country.