before my distinguished friend's speech, I ask unanimous consent to have an article appended as an exhibit to the remarks I gave earlier. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

President Biden has decided to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. I believe this decision was one of the hardest President Biden will ever make. As Washington Post columnist David Ignatius pointed out, ``Biden's…

I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to talk as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am here to express my support for the nomination of Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General. It is a little strange here on the floor today because under normal circumstances I would talk about Ms. Gupta's exemplary record of…

This Nation has made far too little progress in the fight for equal pay in the workplace. In 2021, women who work full time year round are paid, on average, only 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. This adds up to over $400,000 in lost…

I urge my House colleagues to vote for this package and close the gender wage gap once and for all.

Last year, working with my colleague Senator Susan Collins from Maine, we were able to add additional $125 million to the Low-No program, bringing it up to about $180 million.

We know who gets hurt the most when transit isn't a reliable option--it's the Black and Brown neighborhoods who have been historically cut off from job centers, it's the women working at essential jobs, it's rural areas where walking isn't…

We have trillions of dollars in debt. Now, 2024 is the first insolvency date for Medicare.

I thank you, Chairman Deutch and Ranking Member Wilson, for calling this hearing to help us understand how we might have more effective policy as it relates to Syria.

I come into this boiling with frustration because of 8 years of work--and it always falls off the ledge because of a change in the executive branch. And I am going to get this done.

The economic risks that we are talking about are many. They are profound. They are deeply dangerous.

We are seeing ACO participation shrinking rather than growing.

What the fossil fuel industry has done in our politics makes me think of Winston Churchill's phrase many years ago of committing a crime that has no name.

I think that what happened in here was delivery system reform.

It's essential to make sure that we're paying close attention to that so that our enemies and adversaries can't use that asymmetric advantage or capability against us.

I am pleased to introduce the bipartisan Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act with my colleague, Senator Young. We are in urgent need of identifying and disseminating innovative and effective methods for supporting adult learners…

I have been working on this now for 8 years, and every time we get close, there is an administration change or a personnel change or something, and it is imperative to get a CMMI waiver to make this happen.