Mr. President, many colleagues want to speak, and I am going to be brief. The name of Senator Cortez Masto's bill sums up what this is really all about. The Senator has proposed--and she is a former attorney general, a very skilled…

Mr. President, this is an exciting time for my home State of Oregon. The eyes of the sports world are turning to the city of Eugene, where thousands of elite athletes have arrived for the World Athletics Championships that start Friday…

Mr, Speaker, I rise today in support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, long overdue legislation to address gun violence in our schools and neighborhoods. Although this legislation is far from perfect, it is an important step forward…

Mr. President, I am honored to recognize Karen Fisher for her decades of leadership toward innovation and systematic change to improve the health of Americans. Karen may be retiring from a momentous health policy career, but the Nation…

I am pleased we are taking up this bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize critical programs to address mental health. We cannot, however, address mental health without acknowledging and addressing the climate impact. Our children are…

Mr. President, it was 10 years ago that we all got together and passed a bill to help women, when they go back to work, to be able to pump breast milk at work. We have 80 percent of women who are having babies today striving to breastfeed…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for us to take 5 minutes to address the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. President, a huge thanks to my colleague from Alaska, Senator Murkowski, who has partnered with me in this effort. We have worked through the flexibility needed in every setting, and I must say the railroads weren't the folks who came…

I include in the Record an article from Claremont Review of Books, spring, 2022, titled ``In the Red,'' by Jeffrey H. Anderson. In the Red Our glidepath to insolvency. When Ross Perot won an impressive 19 percent of the popular vote as an…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy, and I appreciate her leadership on this. And she is right. Looking at these issues in a comprehensive fashion, we see opportunities to not just save species, but to save money, and to deal with…

Mr. President, Senator Merkley and I wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Juneteenth Oregon Celebration in our hometown of Portland, OR. Every year on June 19, people in Portland and across the State of Oregon and the Nation join…

It has been heart-wrenching hearing the stories on the floor today. America is not unique with gun violence. What is unique is that America has accepted the slaughter. Unlike Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway, after…

Madam President, like millions of my fellow Americans, I contracted COVID-19 from a close contact. Fortunately, because I am vaccinated and boosted, my symptoms were mostly mild. However, as a growing number have also experienced, after…

The avalanche of horrible news about mass shootings, especially at schools, has been painful but instructive. America is not unique. But what is unique is that America has accepted the slaughter, unlike Britain, Canada, Australia, New…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Millie Brother, the founder of Children of Deaf Adults, also known as CODA. As the name implies, CODA is an international group that works to support children of deaf adults, including helping them…

Mr. President, it seems very appropriate that Senator Murray, our chair of the HELP Committee--she and I--I am the chair of the Finance Committee--often work together on these issues. As Northwest colleagues, we see how serious and how…

I am prepared to close, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

I have a lot to say in response to the gentleman, but I am going to take a deep breath and say, this is a bill about helping to lift low-income Americans out of poverty. It is a bipartisan bill we have been working on for many years. It is…