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Mr. President, today I introduce, along with Senator Inhofe, Senator Jones, Senator Moran, and Senator Hyde-Smith, the DOE EPSCoR Modernization Act of 2020. As many of our colleagues are aware, the Department of Energy Established Program…
Madam President, I rise to join my colleague and chairman, Senator Inhofe, to discuss the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization bill. I begin by thanking Senator Inhofe for his leadership in ensuring that we had a bill to…
Mr. President, this week we consider a measure for permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and for our national parks. I would support this measure joyously if there were a similar program for America's coasts and bays…
I want to thank you for attending today's hearing and for accommodating to the new format of these hearings.
what we received from the Department was really wholly unacceptable.
I appreciate the work that Ms. Arrington is doing and look forward to getting a more comprehensive update from the Department.
Across the street from the Capitol, above the Supreme Court is inscribed 'Equal Justice Under Law.' Today I stand with fellow Americans in condemning the brutal killing of George Floyd and so many others who have been denied that equal…
This is a time for personal and national reflection on how we can be better neighbors and better citizens of the greatest Nation on Earth.
the brutal murder of your brother has awakened the conscience of this country.
I only pray and hope that my colleagues in the Congress of the United States will have the same courage and will be inspired to do the right thing.
Mr. President, for the past week, our Nation has been engulfed by protests in dozens of cities over the senseless murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers. Americans are angry, frustrated, and grieving, not…
Madam Speaker, almost 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Nearly 40 million unemployment claims have been filed. Our economy is in shambles. Two weeks ago, the House took action. We passed the HEROES Act, $3 trillion in new relief…
Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of discussion this morning about the HEROES Act as a political agenda. It is an agenda for the people of this country, providing economic relief to families who are suffering with direct cash payments…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of this resolution and commend Chairman McGovern for overseeing this deliberative and well thought-out process. The proposed changes to the House rules are…
Mr. President, today I want to join my friends in the Armenian community in solemnly observing the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. While we could not commemorate the Armenian Genocide in Rhode Island as we normally would due to…
Mr. President, in order to build on a key provision I authored in the CARES Act, which provided states with $150 billion in Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF), I am introducing the State and Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act so that…
Mr. President, I rise today to tell the hopeful story of the Boustany family, Lebanese immigrants who arrived in Providence, RI, 100 years ago next month. The family's history exemplifies the extraordinary contributions that generations of…
Mr. President, today, I am introducing the Strengthening UI for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act. For the 30 million American unemployed workers, the enhanced jobless benefits created in the CARES Act are a lifeline. However…