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You have to terrify people in order to shut them up.

We can’t control what they do, but we can control that we have to stand up and fight back.

I thank the gentleman for leading this conversation about how we can stand up for our people and unrig the economy. That is economic patriotism. I want to be very clear. Our economy has been rigged by giant corporations and the wealthiest…

It is an honor to be a Member of this august body, and as the son of a university professor who cares deeply about higher education and a former State Department officer who cares deeply about American national security, I am excited and…

You're discussing war plans over the signal app. I mean, that's just unimaginable.

What I'm hearing from my constituents who actually fight fires in Washington state is that Trump and Elon are making wildland firefighters' jobs far more difficult and far more dangerous by indiscriminately firing thousands of Forest…

This is a slush fund continuing resolution that would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over federal spending.

the Senator's amendment would indiscriminately cut $16 billion from State and USAID, including lifesaving assistance Secretary Rubio said he wants to maintain for the purchase of food from American farmers, programs to counter the PRC…

I have made no secret of my opposition to this bill. For weeks, I have been warning about the real dangers of a yearlong CR like the one that has come before us from the House Republicans. But before I talk about those dangers and why I…

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 legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 46, as…

If you refuse to put forward an offer that includes any Democratic input and you don’t get Democratic votes, that’s on Republicans.

I am focused on doing what I believe is right for my constituents, for our caucus and for our country, and I am a firm no.

Democrats did not have an ounce of input into writing this bill.

The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice.

During one of the worst measles outbreaks in years because of Trump, Weldon should NEVER have even been under consideration to lead CDC.

As we face one of the worst measles outbreaks in years thanks to President Trump, a vaccine skeptic who spent years spreading lies about safe and proven vaccines should never have even been under consideration.

a vaccine skeptic who spent years spreading lies about safe and proven vaccines