This time last year, America was energy independent. Now our Nation is facing a full-blown energy crisis, leaving the American people to ask, ``What changed?'' Well, the answer is simple. Unlike the Trump administration, the Biden…

I ask unanimous consent that Senators Hoeven, Murray, McConnell, and I be able to complete our remarks prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I look forward to responding to my colleague in the future, but I can tell you that people I know around the country want to see their costs go down, and that is exactly what this bill is about. It is about bringing families' costs down…

Senator Hoeven and I are here to speak in favor of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, but I did want to first thank Senator Murkowski for her well-reasoned remarks and for her willingness to go forward with this debate…

Years ago, I began running for Congress because I believed that hardworking Americans shouldn't have to pay three times what people in other countries pay for the same exact medicines. I ran for Congress because I believed that none of our…

Yes, we have our work cut out for us at the city cops need to get paid more and fired more, we need to make sure that we're incentivizing the best possible most skilled and professional individuals that have deep seated connections with…

I was regrettably unable to vote on November 2, 2021. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on all the day's legislation: rollcall No. 342 (H.R. 1975), rollcall No. 343 (H.R. 5221), rollcall No. 344 (H.R. 3616), rollcall No. 345…

The Democrats marched forward with their first partisan spending spree, the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion package.

The COVID shutdowns were devastating to communities and the American economy.

I was regrettably unable to vote on November 1, 2021. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on H.R. 1619 and ``yes'' on H.R. 2758. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Axne (Spanberger) Barragan…

I think this is the worst kind of predatory behavior that we have seen described here by businesses taking advantage of people.

But we are hoping that with the enhancement that is in our, Karen Bass' and I, new bill, that that will rollout as quickly as humanly possible so that all of our young people are empowered to know what is lurking right around the corner…

We do have to listen to survivors.

And I do wonder maybe if you would go a little farther, do you think that there is more focus and maybe that leads to more exploitation on the ones that are exploited and criminalizing them rather than there being a penalty of those that…

there are people who are vulnerable that we do not often get to see or acknowledge their humanity and dignity.

Trafficking is the outcome of every other system failing, right? It is the natural thing that happens because we are not protecting migrant workers, because we are not protecting refugees, because we are not protecting the most vulnerable…

We need to stop separating the issue of sex and labor. Because a lot of the times when you talk about combating human trafficking, the focus is always sex.

So in the words of Reverend Warnock, some people don`t want some people to vote.