Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, of the words the American people frequently use to describe Congress today--at least one of the words that is appropriate to repeat on the Senate floor--one of the most common and accurate is ``unaccountable.'' Year after…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland. ____________________

I thank the ranking member for yielding and also for his long-term and longstanding commitment to child nutrition programs and to our Nation's children. I have to say to Mr. Takano that I am not happy at all, and I don't think many of us…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, Congress has 30 calendar days during which the…

Today is Jackie Robinson Day, declared such by Major League Baseball, but it should be declared such by the United States of America. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. For 80- some odd years, there were no African…

I appreciate the opportunity to come to the floor today and stand in support of this bill. It is the right step. The gentlewoman from California references the amendment that she had wanted, but her amendment was not exactly what that bill…

I think it is the fourth in the country. It is outrageous. Homeownership is not even a dream anymore that young people have. How do you acquire wealth in this country? When you look at what happened to African Americans, for example, and…

Republican young people are hurting also. I would think that the majority party would want to help their young people also find a path to the American Dream. Certainly refinancing student loan debt is a major step. It should be bipartisan…

There is no reason why. Here you have young people starting out making a life for themselves. They should be able to do the same thing. The banking institutions should allow young people the same opportunities as they do other people who…

Many constituents are in very similar circumstances, Congressman Swalwell. On top of that, their credit score goes down, so then they can't even buy a car, even if they wanted to. They are not able to do anything else because they are…

Student loan debt really is hampering our young people from moving forward. They are concerned mainly about how to get a job that is going to pay enough money to pay down their debt when, really, they should be looking at how to move…

Yes. Absolutely. If you don't have the facts, if you don't have the data, how do you know, first of all, that there is an issue and a problem of exclusion? Secondly, oftentimes people hire people and work with people whom they are familiar…

The gentleman is doing such critical work to make college affordable and debt free and to really provide opportunities for our young people and our millennials. So I thank the gentleman. We represent the east bay, as we have said. For…

First of all, I thank the gentleman so much for his tremendous leadership in Future Forum. I want to thank him also for really stepping up since he has been here in Congress not only in showing dedication and phenomenal representation for…

I thank Mr. Swalwell, and I thank him for his leadership. I am confident we can with his leadership and with all of us working together. I know that both Democrats and Republicans want the same thing, I am confident of that, but we are…

Mr. President, I am glad to join the senior Senator, as I have many times, but I thank him for his comments about this distinguished person whom I hope is going to be confirmed this afternoon as a district court judge. When the White House…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…