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Thousands of janitors, bag handlers, wheelchair attendants, and others at our Nation's airports work for wages as low as $2.13 plus tips. That is not a typo. This is called the national subminimum wage, and it is unacceptable. Workers who…

the current situation at the border is unsustainable. We are now dealing with 10,000 to 11,000 people per day.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 26, nays 73, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 340 Leg.] YEAS--26 Bennet Braun Cantwell Cortez Masto Crapo Cruz Daines Graham…

If they throw out major pieces of the indictment, that is a huge thing for him, but just the delay is useful to him.

I am sorry that you have been subjected to the suggestion that you are somehow any anti-Semitic or insensitive.

Today, I rise on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves--the unborn. Since 1973, over 60 million American children have lost their lives to the atrocity of abortion, the greatest human rights violation in history. We often boast…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 3468 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

We need to ensure that our judicial appointments reflect the diversity of our nation.

Once again, President Zelenskyy is in Washington to make the case for the survival of his country and to show the American people and Congress why this war is so important. He shouldn't have to. As Americans, we have experienced fighting…

If prospective servicemembers do not have confidence in the quality of the most basic, essential facilities, how can we expect them to enlist at a time of great uncertainty and mistrust in institutions like the U.S. military?

I think this is an ordered hit from Donald Trump, who wants to portray equivalence. They went after me, we're going after him.

Mr. Davis. Beyond raising the enlistment age, has the Air Force considered lowering eligibility standards to accept overweight enlistees and then training them to meet the old standard once they enlist?

Mr. Davis. During a recent visit to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, I toured a deteriorating physical fitness center.

I have been told that service is the rent that we pay for living in a free and democratic society. Such has been the life and the legacy of Ms. Phyllis Smith, regional commissioner of Social Security for Region 5, who is retiring after 45…

the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people is virtually endless. They will fight to the death.

I think a lot of people who voted for it today who are in competitive districts don't want to call the question.

I was otherwise detained and unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: ``nay'' on rollcall No. 710, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 711, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 712, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 713, ``yea''…