Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Ms. Mary Kay Lanthier to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Born in Orwell, VT, Ms. Lanthier earned her B.A. at Amherst College in 1993 and her J.D. from…

Madam President, I rise today to discuss the confirmation of four pending U.S. attorney nominations. Currently, in the United States, we have 85 U.S. attorneys. There are several from my State, and depending on your population, it really…

Did you hear that? The Department of Justice is too partisan. The Department of Justice is too partisan. It is interesting to note that two of the prosecutions of Donald Trump are not even starting at the Department of Justice. They come…

Mr. President, I watched the debate last night. It was memorable. It was not a good evening for the former President of the United States. I have had more than one person tell me that the people who were watching laughed out loud when he…

I thank Congressman Sarbanes for his remarks. He couldn't have said it more perfectly as we are wrapping up here. I often ask myself what it would look like if money didn't determine elections, if qualifications did, if competency would…

I thank Congressman Bowman for his remarks, and I am committed to working with him here and out of here to ensure that happens. When we talk about the issues that matter most, as Congressman Bowman mentioned, everything from housing to…

I thank Congresswoman Balint. Her words could not have been more powerful. We are at a crossroads right now, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus is committed to strengthening voting rights because our caucus wants to make sure that we…

Today is 9/11, and I start our Special Order hour by paying tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and the thousands of people who were injured that day…

Congressman Raskin is absolutely right. We are committed to progress. We are committed to moving forward. We are committed to strengthening our voting rights. We are committed to improving representation. We are committed to campaign…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Butler) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, have you ever seen an ad for a pharmaceutical's prescription drugs on television? If the answer is no, then I would suggest you don't own a television, because literally every single day we are bombarded with ads for…

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to the U.S. District Court for District of Maryland. Judge Adam Abelson's experience in the courtroom--as a litigator and on the bench--has prepared…

Mr. President, today the Senate will vote to confirm Jeannette Vargas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A highly skilled litigator, Ms. Vargas is a dedicated public servant who will be an asset to the…

Mr. President, I have served on the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than two decades. During that time, I have evaluated and voted on more than 1,000 judicial nominees in the committee and on the Senate floor. I now serve as the chair…

Today I rise in opposition to the partisan H.R. 1398. Unfortunately, this new ``CCP initiative'' that this bill creates is simply a knockoff version of the China Initiative created by Donald Trump which was notorious for racially profiling…

I thank Mr. Kelly. I am pleased to join with all my colleagues as we recall, remember, and reflect one of the most profound individuals who has ever served in the House of Representatives. Can you imagine what it would be like to sit…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me for the privilege of saying a few words about Bill Pascrell. I love Bill Pascrell. I say that in the present tense because every time I think of him he makes me smile, not because he was a funny…

We are gathered tonight as the Ways and Means family to honor the memory of our friend and colleague, Bill Pascrell. Bill was a giant. He was a fighter. He was a champion. He was a mentor. He was our friend. He cared about each and every…