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I also include in the Record a letter from the AAUW in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act. AAUW, March 25, 2019. Dear Representative: On behalf of the more than 170,000 members and supporters of the American Association of University…
Climate change is not a distant threat; it is reality. In the Pacific Northwest, our families and communities are facing acidic oceans; unhealthy, smoky air; decreased snowpack; droughts; and extreme weather patterns. Recent reports from…
Madam President, the Democrats on this side believe that climate change is a real and urgent problem. The Republican leader seems to believe it is not a problem at all. The majority leader has scheduled votes today on a version of the…
Mr. President, I understand that this week it is the intention of the majority leader to put on the floor of this Chamber a resolution that is related to taking on the enormous challenge of climate chaos. If I just heard that announced, I…
To my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, this is really important legislation we are working on today. H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019, includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid…
Madam President, just before they leave, I thank both Senator Whitehouse and Senator Van Hollen for conveying the urgency behind this climate change issue. Both of them have gone through the specifics of what this is all about. Suffice it…
Mr. President, I have come to the Senate floor this afternoon to talk about a young man named Enes Kanter, who plays basketball for my hometown Portland Trail Blazers. I wish I could be here to run through Saturday's box score or preview…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Enes Kanter
Madam President, tonight, the Senate is debating another Trump judicial nominee who is attempting to run away from appalling statements they wrote in the not-so-distant past. This time, it is Neomi Rao, who is up for a lifetime appointment…
Mr. President, I speak now to a bill we will introduce this Wednesday, the Equality Act. The Equality Act will be introduced by a group of us in the Senate and by another group led by Congressman Cicilline in the House. It is an…
Mr. President, it was a powerful opportunity to join my colleague from Delaware, Senator Carper, in traveling to the Northern Triangle of Central America--Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador--to try to understand more about the dynamics…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Mariah Shriner, may have privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Mr. President, I am pleased to be here on the floor with my colleague from New Mexico, who has been a champion for restoring our democracy, working year after year over the last decade toward that vision, and presenting tonight superb…
Due to my attendance at memorial services following the untimely passing of Dennis Richardson, Oregon's 26th Secretary of State, I was in Oregon and missed votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 106 and…
Mr. President, today, the Senate considers the nomination of yet another unqualified, far-right nominee--Chad Readler, who is up for consideration for a seat on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Let me just say at the outset that any…
Due to my attendance at memorial services in Oregon following the untimely passing of Dennis Richardson, Oregon's 26th Secretary of State, I was unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 104 and ``yea''…
I started in this business as a college student. Inspired by what was happening with the civil rights movement, I worked on the campaign to lower the voting age to 18 in my home State of Oregon and on the national campaign. After that, I…
I appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy and my friend, Congressman Price, in bringing us together. I am standing in front of the chair here on the floor that I routinely occupied, and Walter sat next to me hundreds of hours. It was…