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there is now widespread and growing use of ``buy now, pay later.'' The reason families are doing that is to buy things like school clothing, not some incidental that is a discretionary expense. The reason ``buy now, pay later'' is so much…
the CFPB promulgated a rule to protect whistleblowers. Whistleblowers have historically revealed information about abusive practices and rip-offs in organizations where they had the ability to see what happened and to stand up to protect…
Mr. President, every single one of us--every Member of the U.S. Senate, my fellow Vermonters, all Americans, people around the world--are absolutely thrilled by the cease-fire in Gaza.
If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling of their premiums in the Affordable Care Act.
I want to reflect that I support this amendment and intended to vote YES.
World Press Freedom Day, observed annually on May 3, is not only a celebration of the world's intrepid journalists, but a reminder that journalists and the free press at large are under attack. In 2025, a record number of journalists and…
as an eighth-generation Tennessee farmer, I rise in strong support of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. With input costs at record highs and commodity prices at painful lows, Congress must provide the legislative certainty…
I am a cosponsor of the resolution offered by Senator Kaine and others to prohibit the unauthorized use of American Armed Forces in hostilities against Cuba. Now, some may think this isn't a necessary concern, but to quote the President of…
Ghislaine Maxwell lured countless children into Epstein's global pedophile ring. She was found guilty of sex trafficking and sentenced in our courts, but the Trump administration moved her to a minimum security facility, a ``club fed''…
on March 6 of this year, the Pentagon released a video of what it claimed was the destruction of a drug traffickers' training camp near the village of San Martin in the jungle of rural Ecuador. As reported by the New York Times, ``The…
the American people pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. As a result, one out of four Americans cannot afford the prescriptions that their doctors write, and thousands die every year as a result, and many…
To reduce the price of prescription drugs in the United States by more than 50 percent by adopting Most Favored Nation drug pricing so that the American people pay no more for prescription drugs than Europeans or Canadians.
I usually don't like speaking on the floor very much. It is not one of my favorite things to do, but I will tell you right now, this was something I wasn't going to miss. Tim Reitz has been a friend to me in many ways. He has been a mentor…
The American people increasingly are sick and tired of spending billions of dollars in support of illegal, horrific military actions on the part of the Netanyahu government. We have spent tens of billions of dollars already. Gaza has been…
Mr. President, 60 percent of our people here in the United States live paycheck to paycheck. They are struggling to pay for groceries, for housing, for healthcare, and, increasingly, the ability to fill up their gas tanks in their cars in…
we are now 46 days into President Trump's war on Iran and Lebanon. This war is wrong. This war is hurting the United States, our citizens, and our security. This war is destabilizing the Middle East and spreading to Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain…
not ONE Republican senator went to the floor to put this DHS shutdown exactly where it belongs — on the Democrats.
I rise today to warn Americans about the growing threats posed by adherence to sharia law. Supporters of this radical framework believe in a mandate to dominate those who refuse to conform to their belief system. Across the West…