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Mr. President, if my colleague will yield. As Senator Casey leaves, I thought his point about longest night and every day that follows will be brighter, and some of the provisions that Senator Barrasso and I, along with John Neely Kennedy…

Madam President, I want to say a few words about leadership. When I think of the word ``leadership,'' I think of Tom Udall. Leaders are humble, not haughty. Leaders have the heart of a servant. They realize that our job is to serve, not to…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to complete my brief remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I today I am introducing legislation that aims to reduce traffic-related pedestrian fatalities in Native American communities while also improving public health and quality of life. First, let's be clear. Everyone in this…

Today I rise in support of H.R. 2610, the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. Mr. Speaker, we have all received those calls and those emails--folks pretending to be from a Federal agency or law enforcement telling you that they need your…

Mr. President, 2020 has been a difficult year for so many. We have lost far too many mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers, neighbors and friends. My own heart and the hearts of many in Delaware grew heavier this…

Mr. President, I ask the question, as I have for several weeks now: Why are we here? What I hear from my constituents in Delaware, as I heard earlier today at an event at Westside Health: Why is this Senate in session now in the midst of a…

Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to share with you and our colleagues some of my thoughts concerning the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of these United States. I believe it…

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues from Ohio and from New Jersey in saying that we should not allow this OCC rule, gutting the core elements of the CRA, to move forward. The Community Reinvestment Act is a landmark civil rights…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague Senator Enzi for allowing me to be his wingman on this particular postal naming bill. I never met Robert Brown. I certainly know his daughter Bobbi, and I certainly know his son-in-law, John…

Mr. President, I want to add one thought. I was about to run and jump in my minivan and head to Delaware. The thought occurred to me, your father-in-law served all those years in uniform with the Army and then many more years in uniform…

Mr. President, on this past Friday evening, on Rosh Hashanah, our Nation lost a giant of our Supreme Court. We lost a trailblazer for women's equality, a woman who, though diminutive in size, was a giant and a force for justice. For my…

It is an honor to follow my friend Senator Whitehouse. You could only turn out well, my friend, with the bloodlines you have. Mr. President, I rise today really for one reason: I rise today to make crystal clear that we are profoundly…

He was one of a number of sailors on the USS Suwannee who was killed in a kamikaze attack, and none of the bodies were ever recovered.

I spoke earlier of my Uncle Bob. I forgot that we had his photo, but this is what he looked like at the age of 19 years 6 months, and this picture was framed and could be seen in the dining room of my grandparents' house until they died…

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues this afternoon in asking: Is this just another Thursday--is this just another afternoon in a week, in an average year, or in an average August--when it is fine for all of us to simply head to our…

Mr. President, I am going to briefly remove my mask. We are about 1 week into baseball season. I will lighten this up a little bit. We are 1 week into baseball season. Some of us here are huge baseball fans. This is the home of the…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the nomination of Derek Kan to serve as second in command at the Office of Management and Budget. It is not every day that I stand here and endorse a nomination--a nominee--of a current President. So…