I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion. It is really a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.

Let's be clear. The Democrats have convened this hearing as a way to pressure the Supreme Court, to try to intimidate the Supreme Court.

On behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus and the millions of Black voters, I rise today in support of H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Today, we step into history as we tread the same path taken 56 years ago when…

Abortion is not a blessing; it is not an act of love or freedom.

He’s in politics for the people who shower after work and not before.

We are here tonight to recognize and bring awareness to our servicemembers who are dealing with health issues caused by exposure to burn pits and other toxins during their tour of duty. These brave men and women answered the call. They…

When are we going to wake up? When are we going to have the guts to level the playing field, the guts to take on China, the guts to do what’s right, so our kids and grandkids can thrive in the United States, we have got to make these…

This infrastructure bill is about two things. This is about putting money in the pockets of the American people who’ve had a rough go for the last 40 years. And this is about taking on China.

Mr. President, since the Democratic leadership and the Biden administration first proposed the massive tax-and-spend legislation called reconciliation 7 weeks ago, I have come to the floor every week to explain what is in this massive…

We continue to hear about the threat of far too many suicides or the incidence of far too many suicides, and yet, it just seems we--just I do not understand why we are not doing everything we can to increase the--to make better the handoff…

I look forward to learning more about the joint public safety education initiatives among DOD, VA, and HHS, and DHS.

Yesterday, the Administration announced its Military and Veteran Suicide Prevention Strategy. I appreciate that two of the main topics addressed in the strategy are upstream risk and lethal means.

it is pretty shocking to me when we expose so many servicemen and women to burn pits

I often begin these hearings by taking us back to 2008, and to the years that followed, because we are still living with the fallout--and in the case of the Libor scandal, we are still cleaning up a mess caused by the biggest banks in the…

The longer we fail to act, the worse it gets, and the higher the price when we are eventually forced by catastrophe to act.

Democrats have two choices here, we can either complain about what is excluded from this package, or Democrats can herald the transformative policies that they’ve actually been able to successfully fund for the first time in history.

Mr. President, well, first, I just got to hear the story of Jim Schmidt of Alaska--what an amazing American hero. I thank the Senator from Alaska, Senator Sullivan, for sharing that with all of us. ____________________

Mr. President, I am here on the floor tonight to talk about the growing epidemic of drug addiction and the issue that is occurring in my home State of Ohio and, really, all the States represented here in this Chamber and how we need to…