The Korean people have said we like freedom. We like democracy. We don't want anyone to take that away from us.

Democracy in that sense, worked with the people, spoke out and said, no. You'll work with a system democracy, it can be messy but dictatorships are a menace.

Well, it's pretty serious, Anderson. As you pointed out, just the threat of the North Koreans over the years, but especially in recent times when they're firing off more and more missiles and getting greater and greater range of those…

I think he acted impulsively and you're supposed to have a plan. If you had plan A to impose martial law, what's plan B? There's no plan B, and that's why it's -- President Biden was not called on it.

first, let me thank the Senator from New Hampshire, Senator Shaheen, for her extraordinary leadership on diabetes. She has worked night and day on this issue the entire time she has served in the Senate. Together we formed a bipartisan…

I ask unanimous consent that the previously scheduled vote occur immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I wish to recognize LaShawnda Smith on her retirement after 29 years of service with the Senate Appropriations Committee. LaShawnda first joined the committee in 1993 as a detailee from the Department of Veterans Affairs, working on what…

I was shocked that he has been nominated. If the nomination proceeds, I'm sure that there will be an extensive background check by the FBI and public hearings and a lot of questions asked.

He has indicated he'd like to be a dictator on day one. He's indicated publicly in the past he would like to have my generals. He's indicated throughout that his administration he puts a premium on loyalty, not to the Constitution, but to…

Maybe my colleagues have heard of New York Fashion Week, which was at the beginning of this month, but this week is New York Climate Week, giving us an opportunity to spur climate action. The fashion industry is a massive, $2.5 trillion…

On October 25, 2023, America's gun violence nightmare became a living hell for the people of Lewiston, Maine, and everyone who calls our State home. At 6:54 p.m., a man carrying a semiautomatic rifle walked into a bowling alley and fired…

before I begin my remarks on the continuing resolution to fund the government, I do have to take just a moment to note that today is National Lobster Day, and that is extremely important to the State of Maine. Just last week, I treated the…

I do think it is important to point out that the House passed this bill by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Order of Business

I rise today to introduce two bills: the Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregiver Act and the Catching Up Family Caregivers Act. These bills, which I am introducing today with my colleague from Virginia, Senator Warner, would…

In John 15:12-13, Jesus says: ``This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.'' Madam Speaker, Greene County Fire Rescue Battalion…

I just want to thank the Senator from Alabama for her eloquent words, her passion, and her leadership. She is absolutely correct that there is no reason for us to be in the situation that we find ourselves in just 12 days before the start…

here is my point. It does not have to be this way. If the Senate majority leader had prioritized bringing appropriations bills to the floor, we could be in conference now with our Senate colleagues on some of the most important funding…

I just want to thank the distinguished ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his extraordinary leadership. He has charted a future for defense spending that recognizes the extraordinary threats that we face, and it has…