Thank you. With that, I will yield the floor momentarily, and I may be back in a minute or two. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to…

This letter is dated on March 19, 1986. It is a letter from Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. This is at the top of the letterhead. She is writing a letter to Strom Thurmond, and she says…

I am deeply disappointed by the qualifications of President Trump's nominee to be the leader of our Department of Education. Betsy DeVos has clearly shown a disregard-- even a hostility--for the public school system. So I stand with the…

President Trump made bold claims about his intention to ``drain the swamp.'' But here we are, debating a measure that would do the exact opposite. The Senate is actually voting to kill an anticorruption regulation. This regulation was the…

I think it is important that when we are having these hearings about how to improve the Affordable Care Act it shouldn't be about repealing the Affordable Care Act.

For 7 years, over 60 times my Republican colleagues have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

since President Trump was inaugurated, he has unveiled a series of damaging and truly un-American Executive orders--in particular, the Executive order banning refugees and individuals from Muslim-majority countries from entering our…

I have to believe this comes down to the fact that the leaders of the Grand Old Party don't think that some people are grand enough to deserve health care.

Gutting Medicaid would be a disaster for 74 million Americans including nearly a million New Mexicans.

thank you for the recognition, and I thank Senator Merkley very much for yielding. I have been here on the floor, listening to Senators Kaine and Merkley, and I saw Senator Cardin speaking earlier from my office. We can see that for many…

there is no evidence that there have been any job losses in Colorado as a result of Regulation 7.

Now I believe that access to affordable and quality health care is a right for all, not a privilege for some.

It's a matter of balance.

there is an aggressive industry lobbying campaign to do away with the BLM's methane rule, but repeal does not hold up under scrutiny.

erasing this rule would result in the waste of taxpayer resources and dollars, hinder job growth in a new and growing sector, and pose a public health hazard.

Hypocrisy isn't a term that I use lightly. Unfortunately today hypocrisy is the word that readily comes to mind.

In my view, the oil and gas operations should have clear Federal standards to minimize the waste of publicly-owned natural gas.

I rise to oppose the confirmation of Congressman Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. I respect Congressman Pompeo's background and service to our Nation. However, I strongly believe that his positions on at least…