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I thank Mr. McGovern for his good work and for yielding me the time. Greenhouse gas emissions did not happen in isolation. They have widespread impact and will not be curbed without global coordination. The Obama administration understood…
Mr. President, I wish to introduce the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act with my friend and colleague from Maryland, Senator Cardin, which will benefit the brave women and men who volunteer at our local firehouses. Across our…
Mr. President, today I wish to reaffirm my partnership on the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 with my good friend, Senator Tammy Baldwin, who I would like the record to reflect is an original lead cosponsor of S. 995. As…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture…
The benefits that other Tribes have seen from allowing Tribal jurisdiction over domestic violence cases include: increased public safety for all of those living on Tribal lands, increased community conversations about domestic violence…
I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for yielding me the time. I rise today in support of the Violence Against Women Act of 2019. I want to thank the chair of the Judiciary Committee, and I want to commend the chair of the…
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation with my colleague from Wisconsin, Senator Baldwin, to reauthorize the Lifespan Respite Care Program. Respite care provides full-time caregivers with the much-needed opportunity to take a…
Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce, along with the senior Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act. This bill would establish an American women's history museum in our Nation's…
Thank you. Mr. President, later today, the Senate will make a significant decision with implications for our constitutional system of government. We will vote on a resolution to reverse the President's ill-advised national emergency…
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss Senate bill, S. 659, the Biologic Patent Transparency Act. This bill would help encourage competition in the prescription drug marketplace and begin to put an end to the harmful patent strategies that…
Before I talk about my amendment, I would first like to thank Congressman Sarbanes for his work on this bill. H.R. 1 is a comprehensive, good government bill that goes a long way in wresting power away from elites who abuse our political…
I think I am going to go home this weekend to my district feeling comfortable that I understand what my constituents want. As I said earlier, in 1996, Maine voters actually voted for a public funding program in the State of Maine. They…
Mr. President, I rise to announce my opposition to the nomination of Chad Readler to be a Judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. As the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Division, Mr. Readler was…
Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the resolution that I am joining Senator Udall in introducing. It would reverse the President's ill-advised decision to declare a national emergency and commandeer funding provided for other purposes…
Mr. President, I would thank the Senator for his gracious comments. As always, it has been a great pleasure to work with him, and I know he cares deeply about the constitutional principle that brings us to the floor today. Let us defend…
Mr. President, I rise in sadness and somewhat perplexed because what we are doing in this colloquy is recreating a statement, a letter, as the Senator from Minnesota outlined, that was sent by six of our predecessors in December of 1986…
Mr. President, after careful consideration, I have decided to oppose the confirmation of Andrew Wheeler, the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. While Mr. Wheeler is certainly qualified for this position…
Mr. President, as Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, I rise today to introduce, with the Committee's Ranking Member, Senator Bob Casey, the ``Guardianship Accountability Act of 2019,'' a bill that would assist States in improving…