I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote occur immediately. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

everyone should support, quote, 'Ukraine's sovereignty -- sovereign territorial integrity'

Our challenge in coming days will be the gap between feeling concerned, expressing concern, and actually being willing to demand a confirmation hearing and to vote against one of President-elect Trump's nominees.

If what Senator Thune means is that he will use recess appointments to jam into place nominees who can't get 50 votes in the Senate. That's not good for the future and the health of the Senate.

I think it's critical. Every major nominee who comes before us, we get a thorough background report and someone like Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has been the subject of a searching House Ethics Committee probe, we should get access to the…

the President-elect is expected to name Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as his Secretary of State.

The American experiment endures. We're going to be okay, but we need to stay engaged. We need to keep going. And above all, we need to keep the faith.

So, I've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.

The apathy in the black community was amazing. That is gone. That is gone.

-- from Puerto Rico, where I am -- my home state at Delaware, they are good decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization is unconscionable and it's un-American.

Joe Biden sent you a check during the pandemic, just like I gave people relief during the great recession.

What I cannot understand is why anybody would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you, because there is absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself.

In politics, a good rule of thumb is don't say you want to do anything like Hitler.

Donald Trump spent his entire presidency trying to tear that thing down, and he couldn't even do that right.

Kamala Harris is ready for the job. This is a leader who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice.

We do not need four years of a wannabe king, a wannabe dictator running around trying to punish his enemies.

Donald Trump's plan is to give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations.

It sounds like if I said this five years ago, you'd lock me up. We got to lock him up. Politically lock him up. Lock him out. That's what we have to do.