Local weather alerting systems must work properly to save lives. This bill would direct the Government Accountability Office to identify and document any improvements that need to be made to such systems. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues…

Over most of the past decade, each time I boarded a plane to head to D.C., I would write a note to my kids, Sophie and Aven, to explain to them why I was leaving and what I would be working on while I was gone. My kids were three and six…

It is my great honor to pass the torch to the next class of elected leadership of the Progressive Caucus.

I rise today to celebrate the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 598 as they mark their 80th anniversary. For eight decades, this organization has been a cornerstone of labor in my home State of Washington and an…

Americans want checks and balances, not a blank check for any President to label anyone as a terrorist without evidence. Providing material support to terrorist groups is already a crime and can be criminally prosecuted, but this bill…

Today I rise to honor and remember Lieutenant Commander Lyndsay Evans and Lieutenant Serena ``Dug'' Wileman, two naval aviators who died during a routine training flight near Mount Rainier on October 15. Lieutenant Commander Evans and…

Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 477 and YEA on Roll Call No. 478.

earlier this year, we passed a bipartisan national security supplemental that included crucial economic aid to Ukraine, which was structured as a forgivable loan. The Senate vote was overwhelming and bipartisan--79 to 18. That is because…

I yield back all the Democratic time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Washington yields back all time. Vote on Motion The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for yielding. I am so grateful for his leadership every single day on behalf of hardworking Americans across his district and across our country. Mr. Speaker, something is wrong in this country…

I was very proud to recommend Judge Rebecca Pennell to serve as a U.S. district court judge in the Eastern District of Washington, and I was honored to introduce her at her confirmation hearing, where she demonstrated her extensive legal…

I ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Russell cloture nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

There has never been a more important time for the United States to maintain and expand its leadership in the Arctic.

There's never been a more important time for the United States to maintain and expand its leadership in the Arctic.

Depending on which actors develop these resources--and how--the Arctic could either challenge or accelerate the global transition to clean energy and transportation.

Thank you, Chairman Webster, for calling this hearing on a topic of great importance: icebreaking capabilities.

The region is rich in natural resources including 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and $1 trillion in rare earth minerals.