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Madam President, Social Security is under attack. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE are revving up their chain saw and coming after America's earned Social Security benefits. They are cutting staff, slashing services, closing offices, and…
Mr. President, Exxon paid nothing. A Boston public school teacher paid $10,000 after those tax cuts. I will take that as a no. I am ready for a vote, and I will accept a voice vote. Vote on Amendment No. 1647 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…
They will permanently disconnect her from her Social Security benefits. I urge an ``aye'' vote for Grandma. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Idaho.
It is time to eliminate the real waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending, rather than ravaging programs that keep Americans safe, secure, and healthy just to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care that she needs
Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk.
Mr. President, I rise today to speak on a matter that should not require clarification. In the United States of America, no President, Republican or Democrat, serves more than two terms. That is not a suggestion; that is not a tradition…
The job of the Democrats over the next 36 hours is to hold the Republicans’ feet to the fire, force them to tell the truth about what they want to do to the American economy and what they believe fairness is, and that is a country that…
Mr. President, I thank Senator Kaine for his leadership on this issue. President Trump's new tariffs are not ``Liberation Day''; they are ``Obliteration Day.'' They are going to be remembered as something that raised taxes on every…
Madam Speaker, I have been blessed to work with some of the most talented staffers ever to walk the Halls of Congress, but the greater the blessing, the harder the good-bye. Recently, I bid farewell to my director of operations, Wendy…
Madam Speaker, we are witnessing yet another shameful attack on the fundamental rights of millions of Americans. House Republicans are forcing a vote this week on the so-called SAVE Act, a bill that does nothing to stop inflation from…
They have to come to the U.S. Senate or they have to go to the U.S. House of Representatives, and they have to say: We actually want to change benefits for Social Security recipients. By the way, that has happened dozens and dozens of…
Why go out of your way to cut Social Security benefits? Come on now. There are 73 million Americans who rely on this. This has been the backbone of America's promise to its own people that you did the work, you put in the money, and now…
I am very grateful to the Senator from New Jersey for coming to the floor for such an extended period of time to give voice to all of those around this country whose voices evidently are not heard by the Republicans in the U.S. Congress. I…
First of all, thank you so much for what you are doing, Senator Booker. You are drawing our Nation's attention to what Donald Trump and Elon Musk and DOGE are seeking to do to our country, especially the most vulnerable in our society…
Senate Democrats are united in saying: Trump and Elon, get your hands off our Social Security.
It’s now clear that the Fed acted too late and let inflation get too high, and then responded by keeping rates too high for too long.