I think the free press, it is the only thing that we have in this world to save democracies and give people a voice, and I am not about to give it up.

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to express my support for the resolution introduced by my colleagues, Senators Duckworth and Reed. I thank both of them, not only for acting swiftly to defend the honor of our servicemen and…

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global economic crisis, as you all know.

without further Federal assistance, he believed the State could have to cut half of the State and local government employees.

Do you think that any extension of the CARES Act payroll grant provision should be extended to Amtrak employees, as well?

Well, Joy, as you discussed, this isn't the first time the president has denigrated service or service members. We've seen it with his comments on John McCain and his powerful example of how you serve when you're captured as a POW, and the…

I want us to make sure that we are looking at it through the eyes of people in my district and people all over this country.

We cannot just keep kicking the can down the road, and that's what the American people are seeing over and over and over again.

I think your messaging has been too geared toward one that is only looking at a certain segment of America.

he will incite them in every way possible to not accept that democratic tradition, yet another one of our traditions and our norms that he threatens, and he threatens in a way that really undermines the very foundations of our democracy.

there's so many aspects of that Republican Convention that were con, were serious con.

he has to take extraordinary steps to try to win this election.

if I don't win, the election was rigged, which means that he is now, even if you loses, telling us all that he will break with a tradition that goes back to George Washington in which we have the graceful transfer of power.

This is the President that has divided this nation, who has incited white supremacists to take actions like a young man with an automatic weapon or semi-automatic weapon out there shooting folks.

It's time for us to show the depths of our decency, the quality of our mercy. We are better than this as a nation.

He is the one that is the instigator, the catalytic agent that is driving our country to deeper divides, deeper hate, deeper division.

I, honest to God, believe that we need to know the results of the election as quickly as possible to avoid any of the sort-of continued illegal activities on the part of this administration to impact the outcome or to suppress the…

It is shameful that we should have this much discussion right now how to protect our vote from the shenanigans, particularly the undermining that takes place coming out of the President's mouth.