It`s terribly important that, in two separate appearances, the president and the vice president acknowledged that what occurred at the border was inhumane, reprehensible, and hearkened back to some of the worst history that we have had…

people [were] being strapped ... I promise you those people will pay.

Now, it -- we`re at this stalemate at the moment, and we`re going to have to get these two pieces of legislation passed. Both need to be passed. I think by the end of the year, we`re going to be in a very different place.

Today I’m announcing another historic commitment. The United States is buying another half billion doses of Pfizer to donate to low and middle income countries around the world.

If we are going to hit the debt ceiling, that`s a real crisis ahead there financially, and possibly a government shutdown alongside it.

The price tag is meaningless without the context of what it does.

Pay your fair share, just like middle-class folks do. Trickle-down economics has never worked. And it`s time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out.

I have worked with colleagues, not just Democrats but colleagues on the other side of the aisle for many years on Federal data security and breach notification legislation that would protect the consumers' sensitive personal information.

Failure here is not an option.

We also know from experience that getting those vaccines into people`s arms may be the hardest logistical challenge we`ve faced. Today the United States is also announcing that we`re providing an additional $370 million to support…

Everyone has got to get on the same page.

I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Committee on Environment and Public Works…

I think that Federal legislation would be useful.

We need a plan for who to contact when a cyber incident occurs.

What did you do to stop climate change and help save our planet when you had the chance? What did you do, Dad?

Mr. Chairman, regular order, please. We have a vote underway. I have not had a chance to ask any questions, please.

I think we really need a system like extended producer responsibility, as proposed in Senator Merkley's Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.

States really have an important role to play in helping local governments and connecting with on the ground action.