Our Democratic colleagues have abandoned that standard long ago.

Judge Jackson, congratulations. Welcome to you and your family.

The Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada, quote, 'because he is Hispanic.'

Joe Biden was among the Democrats filibustering the first African-American woman nominated to D.C. Circuit.

I think that is what obviously led to your conclusion, the American Bar Association, that she's unanimously well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.

But, for at least 4 years, Democrats have systemically voted against many well-credentialed nominees that were diverse professionally, diverse geographically, diverse religiously, and diverse ethnically.

To them, deciding what the Constitution means is really a 'value judgment.' Under that approach, judges can exercise their own independent value judgments.

Some of us believe that judges are supposed to interpret the law as it was understood when written, not make new law or simply fill in a vacuum.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize some incredible students from Iowa's Second Congressional District. On Saturday, March 12, the Central DeWitt Special Olympics basketball team earned a silver medal and the Sabers unified dance team…

This week - weekend, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is leading a bipartisan delegation, of nine senators, to visit Poland, and Germany, to meet with U.S. Military leaders, NGOs, and Ukrainian refugees.

Despite the strong bipartisan support of these efforts, competitiveness legislation is currently stalled because Democratic leadership in the House and Senate has piled on partisan provisions.

Standards sometimes fly under the radar. But they are foundational to U.S. industry and manufacturing.

We cannot allow China to dominate the international standards for technology of tomorrow.

None of us want our children, our young adults to, you know, attend college and fear for their safety

Madam President, I come to the floor today to celebrate what we say annually is Sunshine Week, a very important week in our system of self-government. For the last 17 years, advocacy groups, good-government watchdogs, media organizations…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues Senator Durbin, Senator Feinstein, and Senator Murkowski for joining me on the floor this morning to talk about a very important topic and one that we can finally celebrate, which is the passage…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding to me to speak on this important topic. Most Americans can agree that the Federal Government is very good at creating regulations and making what should often be a simple…

Madam Speaker, I also want to take this opportunity to wish my scheduler, Tara Pinette, a happy birthday. I also wish a very happy birthday to my chief of staff, Tracie Gibler. Later this month, my good friend Matt Leopold will celebrate…