Congress can and should do more.

Mr. President, this is my final speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I have come to the floor many times, as we all have. We come to the floor to cast our votes on bills and amendments. We come here to discuss and debate the issues that…

Mr. President, last week on the Senate floor, I talked about how I have always tried to find examples of Dreamers so that the citizens in my State can understand what we are talking about when we talk about the fact that someone could be…

Madam President, I ask for 3 minutes to talk about my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise, once again today, to express my strong support for taking action on the Dream Act. I thank all the Dreamers who, in recent weeks, traveled from all across the country to Washington to make their voices heard. Last…

Madam President, you heard in Senator Franken's closing words the passion he has for all of the work that he has done in this Chamber and for the people of our State. You saw the love that he has for his family--for Franni--and the love…

Mr. President, early this morning, the Senate voted on the tax bill. I voted against the measure, and as I have said many times, I don't think this is a bill that is going to work for my State or for America. The House now has one more…

Mr. President, unlike most of my colleagues, the time I spent here in the Senate represents the sum total of my experience in elected office. For most of my life I approached politics and public policy from a very different perspective. I…

Mr. President, I rise to deliver the second in a series of floor speeches that I offer as I close out my time in the Senate. This afternoon, I want to talk about Americans' relationship with telecommunications and technology companies and…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, 10 years ago, some of America's largest financial institutions failed, resulting in near collapse of our entire financial system. The experience destroyed businesses…

Mr. President, today we are voting on the motion to adopt the conference report on H.R. 1, the Tax Reconciliation Act. I will be voting against adoption of the conference report. I have long called for tax reform. We should bring down the…

To me, those efforts were bipartisan.

Thank you to Senator Lankford for appearing before us, and I want to thank him for his heartfelt desire to make the Senate work better.

The danger involved in reducing the debate time to expedite the confirmation of nominees that we are considering was also highlighted by Louisiana Republican Senator Kennedy last week.

But our issue is right now that we are in this reality.

the current Congress is on track for a record-breaking year of advancing judicial nominees, and it is unnecessary at this moment to change the rules of the Senate.

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in expressing my support for taking action on the Dream Act, as well as to express my continued opposition to the administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. I…

Madam President, I rise to join with the Senator from Vermont in opposition to the FCC's planned vote to end net neutrality protections. Tomorrow, as he noted, the FCC will hold a vote on Chairman Pai's plan to eliminate net neutrality…