I think there is still an opportunity and a hope that there is enough bipartisan support to get this passed.

The answer to that question is yes.

That is absolutely one of the priorities and one of the areas that we are focused on.

It is absolutely vital. It is absolutely essential, and I would say it is going to require some political encouragement.

we are looking forward at some point in time early in 2022 in announcing a Healthy Food Financing Initiative

I want to focus on the phrase, extraction economy.

As we all know, the Trump administration under Operation Warp Speed developed three safe and effective vaccines.

Democrats have shamelessly alleged that a massive Federal takeover of elections is needed because of questions some Republicans raised after the 2020 election, so I come to the floor today to show that this whole argument predates the 2020…

when Democrats last had the majority and proposed blowing up the Senate rules and the historic way that the Senate has worked, I gave a series of speeches explaining how the father of the Constitution, James Madison, intended for the…

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We cannot keep shoveling money into a fire, watching as it happens, and pretending that everything is fine.

Do you know who held the Senate during that period of time on the issue you brought up? It was Democratic Senators from the South. Remember when the Civil Rights Act, in 1965, was passed, that there was a higher share--a higher…

Remember what I said, and I just said this. So you obviously heard me. We warned, in 2013, when I think all Republicans voted against reducing the 60-vote threshold for district court and circuit court judges, so you could pack the DC…

first, I would like to wish a very happy and healthy new year to you and to all of our staff and pages who make the Senate run so efficiently every single day and frequently late into the night. The world's most deliberative body has…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. Madam Speaker, our amendment would ensure that students are no longer kept out of the classroom and forced to learn from behind a screen. It would ensure that parents are able to return…

and, hey, folks, did you hear about the attempt to steal an election? Maybe you heard this about a year ago or so, big attempt to steal an election, just last year. We had Washington insiders colluding to overturn the will of the people in…

for over 25 years in the Senate, I have been an advocate for adoption. Adoption is a way for families to be created out of tragedy. It is a pathway to the joy of raising children and guaranteeing security of a place that now they can call…

all the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent Attorney General Garland two letters about the Justice Department's involvement in local school board matters. The first one was in October. Then in December, we asked why…