It's certainly been smart in the short run if the goal is to nominate extreme candidates who you think will be easier to beat.

I think he will. Yes, I think you know, he's not very subtle. He generally signals what he's going to do. And he's been signaling that he's going to do this.

This could be a very tough year for Democrats that are gale force winds blowing in against Democrats.

It could be shrewd, or it could end disastrously and that's and that's the danger.

He was a huge musical influence to me. You know, he was somebody who reminded me of how powerful the American story can be told through music.

If he plunges himself into the middle of these midterm elections, he could change the equation in a dramatic way.

this week, the Senate continues its work confirming experienced and fair-minded nominees to the Federal judiciary. Today, we will vote to confirm Judge Julianna Michelle Childs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…

I listened to the Senator from South Dakota, my friend, and I think he fairly set out the Republican agenda: Take the Trump tax cuts--the cuts that appeared during the Trump administration for the wealthiest people in America--and make…

And affordability is just a huge issue, both in rental properties and in mortgages, so anything that we can do to be helpful in that space, we will certainly take those steps.

Thank you, Representative Slotkin. Thank you for those beautiful words. Thank you, Representative Wild. We have a national crisis. It needs a national response. We are a caring Nation. It is reflected in the outreach across the Nation when…

Thank you for your remarkable words, for sharing your perspective and expressing compassion I think we can all share. It is now my privilege to recognize my friend from Michigan, Representative Elissa Slotkin.

It seems like you stand up and say something that's not true, it seems to only increase your chances of reelection.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Director Thompson, in May of this year, this committee passed my bill, H.R. 7022, the Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2022.

As the chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, I rise today in strong support of the FY23 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. First, I thank the staff on both sides for their…

Last month, as the Appropriations Committee considered the FSGG funding bill, the Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of stripping American women of a constitutional right to decide their own reproductive destiny. Extremist Justices…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Hawaii…

They want to give the power back to the states. They want to ignore the 14th Amendment in the middle of the 19th century which really conferred on individual Americans rights as citizens that hadn`t been recognized before.

Whatever the president can do, he should do to try to protect this earth that we live on from what clearly coming our way. Climate change is real.