I think for all the focus on Donald Trump and the news of the day, people in this country know there is a deeper story in this country, and that is we are a less connected culture today.

Government can help set up the conditions so that we can have more connected, happier, more vibrant communities.

The common good is about living in a world where you care about yourself but others as well.

Maybe the next president will just keep it as a hole in the ground to remind us to never ever elect somebody this corrupt and this reckless again.

God save us if there is another pandemic. These guys can’t organize themselves out of a paper bag.

This will not be the last outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. We must invest in global health infrastructure.

The Trump administration has systematically dismantled much of our global health infrastructure, without giving a thought to the consequences.

I have admittedly lost count on how many of these resolutions we have brought before the body. This must be our seventh, eighth, or ninth. That is extraordinary, duplicative, redundant, but necessary because, at least in my time in the…

One of the most insulting, tone-deaf messages to 5 million nurses imaginable across the country.

The people who can afford it don’t apply for these programs, the people who can afford it don’t need student loans, the people who come from communities like mine and just want to go back and serve those communities are the ones who are…

This exclusion will, in fact, raise education costs for critically needed nurses.

in a remarkable gift to Big Tech, President Trump eliminated the digital marketing rule, which means they are not subject to the same kind of consumer protection laws or rules that apply to traditional advertisers and other kinds of…

I am glad to be on the floor--sixth, seventh, eighth week in a row; I have lost count--this week to support Senator Merkley's resolution to end the war in Iran. It is simple: This is a war that is making America less safe. It is a war that…

I think Senator Cornyn and I share a goal--actually, multiple goals--one is to adequately protect children who are crossing the border by themselves to make sure that they are in adequate, humane, and appropriate placements; but also to…

This program is controversial for all the right reasons, and what we are doing here is what we have been doing for almost 20 years, which is finding the balance between an authority that keeps not just us but the world safe and protecting…

Mr. Speaker, I want to take just a minute here to address the question of the Fourth Amendment. Every Member in this Chamber swears an oath to support the Constitution, and it is important in this debate to remember that all of us care…

I rise in support of S. 1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. I do so with some reluctance because the process that brought us here has been indefensible. Two weeks ago, when we walked off the floor after legislation to…

I was out in the hallways a week ago, and a reporter asked me a reasonable question. She said: Do you think Democrats overplayed their hand in the negotiations over the DHS budget? Did you ask for too much, thus prompting the moment that…