This is a message to all of my colleagues voting on the NDAA and to Americans who might be watching: You are being misled. Our most cynical Republican colleagues are telling you that Democrats are pushing for sterilization and surgery for…

Healthcare is a human right. We need Medicare for All.

Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.

if the 118th Congress were a baseball game, we would be nearing the bottom of the ninth. As every Senator is well aware, our to-do list for the next 2 weeks is long. There are very important issues we need to resolve before the last vote…

Donald H. Turner, Jr., epitomized public service. Don grew up in Milton, VT, a town of less than 11,000 people. When he was a boy, it had half that number. Don's family owned the local bowling alley and a construction company. His family's…

The House Committee on the Judiciary is tasked with the underappreciated yet critical responsibility to oversee the revision and codification of the statutes of the United States. I appreciate that today we are continuing the strong…

world leaders and other high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have been in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week in pursuit of an agreement on financing of future actions necessary to avert a global catastrophe caused by climate change…

two basic points: The first one is the same point that has to be made over and over again. What we are doing is in violation of the law. U.S. weapons cannot be provided to countries that violate internationally recognized human rights or…

First of all, I want to thank the majority leader not only for his leadership on this issue in his straightforward, direct embrace of the cause of Israel but also your openness for a debate in the Senate about what is the best pathway…

let me begin by pointing out--although it may not be obvious here in the Senate--that poll after poll shows that a strong majority of the American people oppose sending more weapons and military aid to fuel Netanyahu's vicious and…

pursuant to section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, I move to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J. Res. 113, relating to the disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the…

pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, I move to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J. Res. 115, relating to the disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export of…

thank you very much, and let me thank the leadership for their cooperation in setting up this debate. Today, we will be voting on three joint resolutions of disapproval, or JRDs, to block the sale of certain offensive weapons to Israel…

the law is very clear. This is not a complicated issue. U.S. weapons cannot be provided to countries who violate internationally recognized human rights or block U.S. humanitarian aid. It goes without saying that Israel had a right to…

I ask unanimous consent for 10 additional minutes for either side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Carolina.

I ask unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided. The PRESIDING…

I thank our vice chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, for the last several weeks, I listened to countless concerns from literally hundreds of Tennesseans whom I have the honor to represent here in Congress. I heard from families still…

pursuant to section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, I move to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J. Res. 111, relating to the disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the…