This is based on a political desire, one, to identify immigrants in a time and a place when immigrants are being targeted.

Extremist conservatives are trying to weaken the Census.

I continue to be incredibly frustrated at the injustice that we have incarcerated individuals being counted according to where they are being warehoused instead of being counted according to the communities that they are from.

the importance of the Census Bureau's mission really cannot be overstated enough, but it is under threat

the arguments that we are hearing here this morning that immigrants should not be counted is un-American.

We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.

Every community deserves to be seen, heard, and invested in, and there should be no erasure.

Let us get back to a granular level where people actually understand what the Census is for.

There are trillions of dollars in Federal money that depends on the count of the Census.

I agree, it is onerous and it asks way too many questions, but, you know, we can work on that and make it better.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the late Cole William Schmidtknecht. Born in 2001 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Cole was a 22-year-old who, according to his parents, Bil and Shanon, did life on his own terms. Cole was known to them as Mr…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lujan). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Massachusetts.

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss an issue that has been a dominant topic of conversation in this country: artificial intelligence, or AI. Over the past 2 years, generative AI products like ChatGPT have exploded in popularity, while…

We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respect, and public confidence they need to continue their work.

When we focus on healing, that is right, we do have to also acknowledge the work of the healer, who is healing the healer?

Now, my district, the Massachusetts 7th, relies heavily on FEMA in times of crisis.

Attempts by Republicans to question the integrity of FEMA workers is a direct attack on FEMA's mission.

Survivors, in my opinion, deserve not only to heal, but to thrive, and this law moves us closer to that.