The goal of the February 28th economic blackout is simple, to show that we the people, are the backbone of this economy.

This blackout is a wake up call, a first step in proving that we have the power to disrupt their system when we stand together.

Here we go. Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, and Russ Vought, the guy who wrote Project 2025, want to shut down the 911 agency for fraud and consumer protection that many of us call the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This…

I rise today in opposition to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, also known as HHS. Throughout his entire nomination process, it has become clear that Mr. Kennedy is…

No cabinet secretary or director has the ability to just wholesale eliminate a congressionally created agency. It was created through an act of Congress. It can only be eliminated through an act of Congress.

We've never had a special employee of the president behave as basically a super cabinet secretary who has authority over every single agency in federal government.

He is an unelected billionaire, who is acting really like a king.

I rise today as a very new Senator, a freshman Senator, to talk about the confirmation prospects for the nominee for the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. I think context matters here. I am the first CIA officer to ever be…

If our government has endless money to bomb people, they have money for clean air and water, guaranteeing healthcare as a human right, and making sure no child goes hungry.

I rise in opposition to the nomination of former Representative Tulsi Gabbard to serve as our Nation's Director of National Intelligence. Intelligence is absolutely fundamental to our national security. Our intelligence community, spread…

I'm sick of it. If our government has endless money to bomb people, they have money for clean air and water, guaranteeing healthcare as a human right, and making sure no child goes hungry.

We don't have clean drinking water in our country, but we always have the money for war.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten), for his remarks, his dedication to this Chamber, to this process, and to the lawmaking. We are both in our fourth term. Mr. Speaker, I thank you in obliging us with this…

I thank my profound and wise colleague, the ranking member of the Rules Committee and former chairman, Jim McGovern, for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is absolutely right that H.R. 1101, the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, which…

I am waiting for the bill to lower egg costs. I am seeing headlines that eggs are being stolen. I am hearing from constituents who are nervous about Elon Musk having access to their records and their payment system, and they are wondering…

has shown a repeated preference for our adversaries over the intelligence community in the United States of America.

It is an insult to people who have dedicated their lives and put themselves in harm's way to have her confirmed into this position.