Their response to today’s earthquake is a perfect example of the incredible public service these stations provide.

what I really want to do is do something that I think is probably the best highlight of Thursday speeches in the Senate--I think the pages all certainly agree; they are all nodding-- for the people watching across America. It is the…

The credibility of the Fake News Media is similar to that of the current state of the Iranian nuclear facilities: destroyed, in the dirt, and will take years to recover.

Operation Midnight Hammer was a significant blow to Iran’s nuclear capabilities thanks to the decisive action of President Trump.

We’re lawmakers. We should be legislating. What we’re getting now is a direction from the White House and being told, ‘This is the priority. We want you to execute on it. We’ll be back with you with another round,’

I don’t accept that. I’m going to be voting no.

We are lawmakers. We should be legislating.

I have a news alert. This afternoon, we had a 7.3 earthquake off of the coast of Alaska. Pretty big. We got the alert from KUCB staff members who felt this earthquake out there in Alaska. They contacted the emergency responders. It was an…

I am going to be voting to oppose discharging this package from committee. It is not that I don't think that we should be doing more when it comes to the oversight of our budget. It is not that I don't think that we should be doing more…

I hope you feel the urgency that I’m trying to express on behalf of the people in rural Alaska and I think in many parts of rural America where this is their lifeline.

My political philosophy is simple. I work for these people.

this was one of the hardest votes

Legislating, for me, is not transactional. I need to believe in the decisions I make.

It is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.

I know why it is that I do the things that I do.

While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.

I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans who are not going to be advantaged by this bill.

What’s good for Alaska is not necessarily good for the country; this bill is not good for many Americans in the country.