Mr. President, in this time of renewed interest for fairness and equality for all men and women and nationwide and worldwide protests, I urge my colleagues to think about what we can do to create a more just society. Indeed, one of the…

Madam President, as the ranking Democrat on the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee of the U.S. Senate, I take this time to update my colleagues on the implementation of the CARES Act. I think all of us know that the CARES Act…

Mr. President, in reserving the right to object, the idea that we would not be taking the issue of lynching seriously is an insult, an insult to Senator Booker, to Senator Tim Scott, to me, and to all of the Senators, past and present, who…

I am just trying to figure out what I am supposed to be signing as ranking member of the committee. If I understand--because the Senator had mentioned problems with the 60 percent----

Mr. President, today I rise to mark the start of LGBT Pride Month with reflections on the recent International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia--IDAHOBIT. For more than 50 years, Pride Month has been a reminder that…

Madam President, I rise today as the United States of America, again, faces the enormous challenge and responsibility of striving to live up to the preamble of the Constitution of the United States. The preamble provides: ``We the People…

Mr. President, first, let me thank Senator Schumer for bringing this issue to the floor at this time. Senator Schumer has been a great leader on what we need to do to help respond to COVID-19. He recognized from the beginning that we…

If the Senator would yield, he has mentioned several different issues. I appreciate the fact that we are trying to get this done today and that he is indicating we have a path forward to get this completed this afternoon and the House bill…

Mr. President, after Monday's shameful display by the Secretary of Defense, I voted against the President's nominees to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and…

Madam President, let me start by saying to our colleague, the Senator from New Jersey who just spoke on the floor, that we are all thankful for his passion to make sure that this country lives up to its promise and for sharing with this…

I thank the gentleman, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I want to echo the gentleman's comments. Although the Congressman, the patriot, the hero, did not always vote with me, nor I with him, we became good friends. And I shared with the gentleman and others in this body a deep respect for who…

The answer is yes. We are going to have out a fuller schedule in the near term. But we have to find out how our committees can operate. I want to say, regarding the national defense authorization bill, Members on both sides of the aisle…

As we face the crisis that COVID-19 has confronted us with, the House must do its duty in full and do so in a way that contributes to the safety and welfare of our people, not in a way that harms it. Members are advised there will be no…

I think the country is distancing itself as well. I don't know whether my friend drove to work today, but there are hardly any cars on the street. There are hardly any cars on the street in New York. The reason is because people are taking…

As I said, what we are going to do over the next couple of weeks, we have adopted a rule that allows the committees to meet even if they can't be here for health reasons, depending upon what the status is in D.C. and the Capitol, where it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The information I had was, as the chairman has indicated, that the gentleman who just spoke appeared before the Rules Committee in support of this bill. And we can get the transcript. I don't have it…

This is testimony dated 5/27/2020. I am going to read you some passages from that testimony: ``Thank you for the opportunity to talk about this important legislation.'' I will go down, skip a couple of paragraphs. Perhaps he will want to…