I'm a firm believer that the only thing that matters in this life is whether your grandchildren can say they're proud of you.

if I would have told you then, don't worry about it, 2 years from now we are going to have 300 million Americans vaccinated, we are going to have employers creating jobs at a faster rate than the workforce is growing, and we are going to…

That report, if I'm following it right, you know, included, among other things, predicting 14 to 18 inches of sea-level rise on the Gulf Coast by 2050.

My God, what is our job here? To embarrass our grandchildren? These are serious issues. This is massive.

Each day, we send nearly $1 billion of our wealth to foreign countries for their oil.

260 years ago, a young nobleman from Poland and a military officer helped lead a rebellion against what he and many others saw as a Russian puppet King in what was known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was driven into exile in…

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 58 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 59.

What I fear in the long term is that if Russia ultimately does take control of Kyiv or all of Ukraine or most of Ukraine, and we wake up every morning and continue to see thousands upon thousands of civilians killed and all these tragic…

Adam Kinzinger, on the calls from Ukraine, and by him to establish a no fly zone over Ukraine, he's been calling from that for a while and the arguments against it, namely that it risks an all-out war with Russia.

I think we have to do it. This is the one thing that Russia actually makes money on as their energy. And so it may be painful, but I think we absolutely have to ban those imports.

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``YEA'' on rollcall No. 55, ``NAY'' on rollcall No. 56, and ``NAY'' on rollcall No. 57. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Aguilar…

``climate change effects are outpacing our ability to adapt.'' That is from the recent IPCC report. Here is what that means in America in 2022: We have coastal communities where flooding has washed out roads before the bond used to pay for…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are necessarily absent.

on Tuesday evening, President Biden delivered his first State of the Union Message to Congress and to the American people. His remarks were timely, strong, and statesmanlike. He touched on many topics. I think his message really boiled…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3760 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I join the senior Senator from Illinois' affection for Tom Balanoff. He truly is an icon for labor, not just in Illinois but across the country. Ukraine Mr. President, I rise today to speak on Ukraine. With Russian troops firing outside…

I rise today to pay tribute to the remarkable life of Sergeant Marlene R. Rittmanic, a 21-year veteran of law enforcement who was fatally shot and passed away on December 30, 2021, while serving in the line of duty. Sergeant Rittmanic…

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 51, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 52, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 53, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 54. Members Recorded Pursuant to House…