when our Founders wrote our Constitution, they were very, very concerned about the use of the power of war and so they delegated that not to the President, but to Congress

we feel it would be impossible to have too many Oregon Ducks serving in key Administration roles.

A very significant portion of the deaths we had during our record heat dealt with elders who clearly were suffering those kinds of health problems.

If I were to list them all, Mr. Chairman, you would be here until tomorrow morning going through this.

Madam President, I come to the floor today to bring attention to the wildfires raging in our Western States, devastating community after community. I am also here to call on my colleagues to use the ongoing infrastructure discussions to…

we are really going to need Dr. Richmond to focus on that.

Madam President, I rise today to add my voice to my colleagues in remembering and paying our respects to our dear friend and former colleague Senator Carl Levin, whom we sadly lost last night. My colleagues have been sharing their stories…

The problem is drought, and the problem is currently being suffered by some 70 million people across the Western United States, including many in my district. Reservoirs, creeks, springs, and wells are going dry, leaving fish, people…

As I indicated in my opening statement, I have had a lot of experience in providing transparency to information.

In July, we held the first part of this hearing examining oversight of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

So your background is very relevant to the work of this Board?

But there are four main sections in the For the People Act. One is on dark money. One is on ethics. One is stopping gerrymandering. And one is protecting the ballot box.

While I believe the COVID-19 relief funding was absolutely critical in addressing the dire economic situation and public health catastrophe, I also commend the oversight community for identifying problems, highlighting cases of ineffective…

the deal-breaker for me is a failure to defend the ballot box.

We know that the Pell Grant delivers critical financial support to make college accessible, especially for our most historically disenfranchised students.

We owe our strongest thanks to Chairman DeFazio for the creation of the program and for his steadfast support through each iteration.

There's a growing college affordability crisis in this country, and it started long before the pandemic.

I certainly think about how many of these accidents can affect the community.