U.S. Senate

We’re pleased to announce this federal funding, which will help communities across Virginia strengthen services for survivors, prevent violence from occurring, and support efforts to keep women and families safe.

Unfortunately, there’s still far too much work to be done to combat sexual assault and domestic violence against women. As lawmakers, we have a responsibility to stand with survivors, ensure they have access to the support and resources…

Congress must enact legislation to ensure miners can access the medical care, compensation, and benefits they have earned.

Miners have risked their lives to fuel and power our nation. I am proud to fight for coal miners in Appalachia and across the country, and we must do right by them.

Coal miners in Appalachia are getting sicker and at younger ages, and this new data that black lung rates are at their highest in nearly 50 years is devastating.

So, to my colleagues who oppose this approach, who say we need more time to do it, I want to back up Senator Cassidy. It costs money over time. It costs benefits over time. The solution becomes more expensive over time. The longer you…

All of these efforts that I mentioned will be meaningless if the independence of FERC is erased.

Our ability to grow our economy depends on it.

At a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, the administration is hell-bent on political retribution instead of working to bring down costs for millions of Americans.

We're rolling this out obviously late in the game, and I'm a big believer in get what you can done in any given Congress.

I mean, we've always been modeling based on what's the worst-case scenario, what's the worst hour of the worst month.

We should absolutely do all that. I still think we're going to need to reform permitting and be able to get to yes or no faster.

We're working hard. We're trying to negotiate, you know, a middle ground, but I worry about the impact of the White House.

We can't ask them to do more, especially in this environment.

I think the biggest wild card is actually the White House because the White House continues to do things that sort of poison the well.

No matter where you look in the energy map, what they're doing is increasing costs.

Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities’ suffering all so the rich and powerful can profit.

Attacks on civilian infrastructure have become a routine instrument of modern warfare, and American operational technology is a target. I write concerning federal tax guidance that discourages the investment needed to defend it.

All children deserve a strong education that meets their emotional and academic needs. The Trump Administration’s removal of crucial programs from the Department of Education will harm students with disabilities.

A quality education is the cornerstone of our children’s success, and the Department of Education has been responsible for ensuring students with disabilities have equal access to a public education since the passage of the IDEA’s…

I'm proud to stand with Senator Hirono and my colleagues to push back against President Trump's attempts to dismantle the Department of Education, and I'll continue fighting to put our students' well-being and success first.

I have heard from hundreds of my constituents in New Hampshire about this Administration’s moves to dismantle the Department of Education, and they’re concerned about what would happen—particularly for our young children with disabilities.

What we are witnessing is nothing short of a deliberate effort to dismantle the programs that support students with disabilities and their families, particularly for those with nowhere else to turn.

Today’s hearing is an opportunity to hear directly from small businesses on what Congress can do to ensure they continue to innovate, compete, and succeed over the next 250 years.