The filibuster is the obstacle toward this equilibrium between majority rule and minority rights, and that is one of the reasons why it is a perversion of our democracy, an obstacle to progress.

The right to vote is sacred. The right to vote is special. The right to vote is sacrosanct and central to the integrity of our democracy. There are people who died, lost their lives, she blood to make sure that black people and everyone in…

Republicans have decided to adopt voter suppression as an electoral tactic, because they've concluded that the only way that the radical right can consistently win elections is to engage in voter suppression.

the final chapter of their book is titled 'Saving Democracy.' and it feels more relevant now than ever.

this was one of the most catastrophic events in American history, and it needs to be treated as such.

make no mistake, the United States Senate will, for the first time this Congress, debate voting rights legislation beginning on Tuesday.

We are here today defending our democracy for one reason and one reason alone. It is because the radical right has decided that the only way they can consistently win elections is to engage in massive voter suppression. The right to vote…

Sixty-three percent of borrowers who made payments with Navient during the COVID forbearance still owe more now than they originally borrowed. We, as a country, are profiting off of insurmountable and crushing educational debt. And it is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 490, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read…

I further ask that the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was agreed…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 491, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2471 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the…

I ask unanimous consent that the substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4902) in the…

I know of no further debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no further debate, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill, as amended, pass? The bill (H.R. 2471), as amended, was passed.

Mr. President, I have 6 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, I have a short announcement about the schedule. Due to the circumstances regarding COVID and another potentially hazardous winter storm approaching the DC area this weekend, the Senate will adjourn tonight. However, we will…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn to convene for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted, at 11:20 a.m. on Friday, January 14; further, that when the Senate…

Finally, I ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________