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Ordinarily we would have a presiding officer sternly gaveling down the applause, but actually there's something very refreshing, inspiring about your approval.

We will use that subpoena power if we are fortunate enough to have it next year.

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democratic system, and every eligible voter should be able to cast their ballot without fear, intimidation, or interference.

Last week, the president used primetime television to try to convince Americans that our elections can’t be trusted, and he did it without a shred of evidence.

The administration’s claim that recent developments constitute a new conflict and restart what they consider to be a 60-day deadline under the War Powers Resolution is nothing more than a legally baseless attempt to evade Congress and…

We must cut off funding for this illegal war and take every available legal action to end it before more Americans are killed.

For those of us who pay attention to the hour-to-hour pace of the Iran War, things are getting very dark very quickly.

Congress cannot continue to sit on its hands. We must cut off funding for this illegal war and take every available legal action to end it before more Americans are killed."

While Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans continue to do Trump’s bidding instead of defending Congress' constitutional authority, more American servicemembers are paying the price with their lives.

We are winning in court across numerous fronts to protect our democracy from the repeated demands of a president seeking to exert unlawful control over who can vote and how we cast our ballots.

What you have is somebody who is so demented that they are either wittingly or unwittingly participating in a coup d’état.

Russia’s core objective here is to create chaos.

What is devastating is that a United States senator, and maybe more than one United States senator, would effectively tee up a coup d’état, right?

What worries me most about that is not that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are being kicked out of the Senate.

I’m not going to vote for him, but I wouldn’t object to an accelerated vote.

Ukraine is at a critical crossroads — and we must meet this pivotal moment with a powerful sanctions bill. As Ukraine turns the tide on the battlefield, our Russia sanctions bill would be historically impactful in stopping Russia’s…

It is very likely that his party is going to lose the majority in the House of Representatives, and it’s probably a 50-50 proposition about where the Senate goes.