In the run-up to next month’s U.S.-China summit, the United States Senate is sending a clear message: remember who Xi Jinping and the PRC are.

The Voting Rights Act was a declaration that our democracy belongs to all of us. That idea is under attack in the courts...

I still believe in the promise of our democracy, and I will keep fighting to make it real and to make sure your voice and vote matter.

That’s what happens when you don’t plan, and when you don’t consult, and when you don’t have a clear direction.

American women deserve the very best when it comes to their healthcare, and my Administration will continue to deliver historic results for them.

I’ve always believed that democracy isn’t a spectator sport, and the men and women of the Maryland Democratic Party are doing the work that matters.

Tariffs, a war, and a golden ballroom. We are in the middle of an economic crisis in America, but instead of working with us to help bring down costs, this administration weakened the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gutting…

Mr. President, according to Secretary Kennedy, the Trump administration is committed to building the most compassionate Department of Health and Human Services in the history of the United States.

Today is tax day. Today is a day when millions and millions of Americans file their returns. On average, Americans spend about $270 and 13 hours preparing their taxes for filing. That is just nuts. That is a higher expense and a higher…

the business of this body today has been the so-called SAVE America Act, a legislative proposal from my colleagues in the Republican Party that is presented as a simple voter ID bill. Who could be against that, requiring ID to vote? But it…

I would like to begin by referencing the remarks of my colleague from Ohio and expressing my gratitude for the service and sacrifice of the airmen lost in action over Iraq recently. As many know, Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, DE, is…

I rise to talk about the human cost of war. There is a real and a deep and a lasting cost to every armed conflict, to every war, one paid by brave men and women around the world and by the people who love them; one also paid, all too…

Mark Siegel was born in 1946 in Brooklyn, NY, and has spent more than five decades as one of the Democratic Party's most versatile and enduring figures, serving at various points as a strategist, speechwriter, academic, and international…

Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation.

Yesterday, the People's Republic of China sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in a Chinese prison. His crime? Freedom. He was an outspoken, pro-democracy journalist, and he was jailed for his reporting on government. At 78 years old, Jimmy Lai…

The CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation is one Peter Marocco, known to all of us, who watched how DOGE came in and tore up most of our foreign assistance organizations. Yes, an individual pled guilty today to a $12,000 bribe…

when we began this year's appropriations process, the task before us seemed almost impossible. It has been many, many years since we have completed the full appropriations process, and there were lots of challenges in a divided nation and…

I rise today in disbelief of where we are as a country. I will tell you, in listening to the speeches that came before me--such powerful words--I thought to myself, What can I actually contribute to this moment? As a matter of fact, when…