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Mr. Speaker, last week the Department of Justice tried to argue in Federal Court that the United States Government did not have to provide detained children with soap, toothbrushes, or even beds. The department refused to answer whether or…
As the President and Secretary of State spend time courting dictators like Kim Jong Un and Mohammad bin Salman and praise right-wing leaders like Viktor Orban, there is currently no clarity about the United States' position on human…
It is also beneficial for this committee to reaffirm our commitment to these principles, but I wish it weren't so necessary at this moment when it seems like the current administration has ventured quite far from our founding principles.
The U.S. Congress supports building alliances. We support diplomacy. We support human rights and representative government.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, pursuant to the order in place, we recess. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senate stands in recess. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:29 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and was…
Mr. President, first let me thank Senator Inhofe for his leadership and his cooperation, which has gotten us to this point in the consideration of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The chairman has been thoughtful…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Connecticut and I be allowed to engage in a brief colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Well, clearly, when it comes to climate change, this administration is embarrassing itself and our country with the factually and scientifically preposterous claims that they make, and the nonsense denial that they continue to propagate is…
Mr. President, let me conclude by thanking Senator Blumenthal for his leadership on this issue. Our fishing communities have a powerful voice in Senator Blumenthal. He has worked with them for many, many years in the Senate and before…
Mr. President, it is a great honor and pleasure to join the senior Senator from Connecticut on the floor today. We were both U.S. attorneys. We were attorneys general together. We now serve in the Senate together, and I consider him a…
It is an understatement that increasing Chapter 7 trustees' compensation is long overdue.
Thank you again to our distinguished witnesses.
We have to address this question, but we also have to deal with kind of the source of the problem.
I am proud to be a cosponsor of Chair Nadler's bill. It is H.R. 2648, the Student Borrower Protection--excuse me, Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019.
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.