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The use of military can be inflammatory and provocative.

This moment cries out for presidential leadership.

Americans have no interest in a Forever War.

Senator Booker and I have now spoken multiple times on the floor. The Senator from California has been here multiple times. We are doing so because we saw the look in our colleague's eyes as he was being violently thrown out of that room…

I, first and foremost, will associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Neal from Massachusetts about our dear friend and colleague, Charlie Rangel. Also, Mr. Speaker, I will point out, as well, that I believe the Representative from Indiana…

this feels like a defining moment for the country but also for this body. I understand that it may take a few moments for our Republican colleagues to watch the full video, to gather some additional facts, to come to a conclusion. But we…

I am bringing before the Senate an opportunity for us to take a stand, to take a stand against the corruption of American foreign policy. The Senate will take a vote in just a moment to deny the President the ability to move forward with…

Displays of hardware, whether its tanks or Stryker vehicles, is more characteristic of totalitarian militaristic states like North Korea or Russia.

we’re about to kick 15 million people off their health care to fund a $270,000 tax cut for the richest families.

Trump is clearly trying to scare his opposition into silence, and that is definitely one of the ways that democracies die.

In the first week, Trump removed 7,300 people. On average, Biden was removing 15,000 a week…These guys are terrible at everything.

Trump isn't trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide.

How do you get that done? You distract people by making them think that they’re at war with other Americans ‒ making them think that they have something to fear from people who look different from them or speak a different language.

I don’t understand any conception of civil rights law to give you the authorization to micromanage viewpoint diversity on campus.

During my time home, I held two townhalls. One was up in Tolland, Connecticut, near the border of Massachusetts. The other was down along the shoreline in Madison, Connecticut. Both townhalls were well-attended. Last night in Madison, it…

I don’t think there’s an ounce of sincerity in Elon Musk’s interest in trying to reduce red ink.

I think everybody in that audience knows that they’re going to die. They would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90, instead of dying at 40.