We all recognize the current system that creates or provides or exempts, I should say, Social Security benefits from the law's current definition of current monthly income for purposes of determining eligibility for consumer bankruptcy…

Make no mistake. We are here because the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.

I have been trying to draw attention to and prioritize cybersecurity now for over a decade.

I just ask permission to speak after Senator Inhofe as the ranking minority member and comanager of the legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma…

One of my concerns, though, is that the Federal investments will supplant rather than complement State and local funding.

I have got a bill in for a 30-day data breach notification, which would be a 30-day Federal standard.

This program is very important to me: first, because in 1997, my home state of Oregon became the first state in the nation to create a Lifespan Respite Program to provide relief to family caregivers.

I have often joined my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to boost resources for family caregivers taking care of a child or adult with special needs.

I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge you to renew the investment and enact a five-year reauthorization before it expires on September 30th.

I commend the chairman for the bipartisan and thoughtful way he has approached this entire process of crafting the National Defense Authorization Act for this year. We had a very successful markup. The result was a strong bipartisan vote…

on rollcall vote 176, I voted nay. It was my intention to vote yea. I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to correct my vote since it will not affect the outcome. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

it is my great honor to join Senator Brown of Ohio here on this 50th anniversary. The image of a river aflame is engraved in our collective memory. For Ohioans, for Senator Brown, and for all others who care about our water and…

I was saddened to hear my Republican colleagues try to suggest what we're doing today isn't important.

the finding of Volume I of the special counsel's report that there was not evidence of a criminal conspiracy

I consider no more a sacred responsibility that we have as Members of Congress than to preserve our democracy and ensure that no foreign adversary of the United States interferes with American elections.

On May 6, 2016, campaign advisor George Papadopoulos told a foreign diplomat that the Trump campaign had received indications from the Russian Government that it could assist the campaign through anonymous release of information that would…

This legislation will require the State Department to compile a list of foreign individuals who commit violations against members of the LGBTI community.