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One of the biggest factors pulling women out of the work force during the pandemic was needing to care for ill or loved ones or children learning from home.

Last year, I introduced the Pandemic Leave Extension Act, which would extend FFCRA's paid leave requirement until the end of the public health emergency.

let me join the majority leader in best wishes to our colleague Chris Van Hollen. It came as a surprise this morning, but we are heartened by the news that he is recovering, and we hope he will be back with us very, very soon. He is a…

We need to replace @EliseStefanik, @GOPLeader @RepMTG @CawthornforNC and a number of others. The replacement theory they are pushing/tolerating is getting people killed.

1 million deaths--unbelievable. But this week, it became very, very real. One million of our fellow Americans now have died from COVID, 1 million parents, grandparents, siblings, children, friends, neighbors. That is more Americans who…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 175 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…

I thank my sister and my colleague, Congresswoman Maloney, for taking the lead always on issues to protect women's rights. I want to declare right now that women are not going back. Women will not tolerate being second-class citizens. I…

Last month, the Board held a 2-day hearing to discuss issues in rail service.

Will the STB commit to working with all stakeholders to address service issues and work to ensure that both rail carriers and shippers have a balance in that decision?

over the last 6 months, the Board has held 2-day hearings on reciprocal switching, a 2-day hearing on rail service, and multiday hearings on restoring Amtrak service along the gulf coast.

I cannot imagine the number of people that are going to be confused.

killing Keystone Pipeline, shutting down oil and gas permits in the West, in Alaska, offshore, but more than that, and that is demonizing the oil and gas industry

I strongly believe that sufficient funds for our judicial system should not be a partisan issue and will advocate for highest possible funding to support the judiciary's priorities.

I would hate for them to pay $160 as a price on my life.

But when I look at my three grandsons in their eyes, and I see that they had nothing to do with creating the problem, but yet we are going to give them the opportunity to pay for it, I just think that is morally wrong on our part.

That is why I worked with my colleagues to pass the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act and to introduce the Twenty-First Century Courts Act.

Greater public access to the federal courts also increases accountability in the judicial system and builds faith in our democracy.