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We need to kind of adhere to what we have proven already works and not try to have 133 different thoughts and jurisdictions about how we are going to implement autonomous vehicles.

I think we pride ourselves in having a very uniform Department of Transportation across the entire commonwealth and so, therefore, with the exception of maybe Dulles and DCA, I don’t think that we want to go down the path of allowing…

I’ll make the case because it’s good for our national security and brings costs down at the pump.

It’ll be over my dead body that we sell off public lands.

I am always ranked as one of the most conservative U.S. senators, sometimes the most conservative U.S. senator. And that's because I consistently deliver a conservative vote, and as a result of that, they send me back to office every time…

And the other thing that we will do is revitalize American democracy.

I think that’s right. The transition is that, instead of having a top-down party, in which wealthy campaign contributors have enormous influence, we’re going to transform the party into a broad-based party of working people, of young…

So the message here is that the days of a top-down party, I think, are finished.

This corrupt policy would allow Trump to hold even more federal grants hostage.

I was pleased that the bill prevents the OMB from implementing its proposed rule, which would politicize grants and harm small, rural communities, families, and biomedical research.

I think we’ve really tried to grapple with the two big issues.

If you require them to pay fully up front and then get a rebate sometime down the road, you really jeopardize their operations.

I will vote against this nomination.

Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate.

I have carefully reviewed Todd Blanche's qualifications to be Attorney General. This includes his record and responses to questions from Senators at the Department of Justice Appropriations hearing, his confirmation hearing, and in the…

If a judicial nominee cannot answer that basic question, refuses to speak the truth to power now, there is no guarantee that they will be independent on the bench and provide real justice to the American people.

In my view, neither of these other agencies or departments have the expertise to really be able to handle their piece of this.

Families of students with disabilities deserve an educational system that is going to provide their kids with the education services that (are) required under IDEA.

Now is the time to stand up to powerful special interests. Now is the time to start representing working families.

I have already made, and my colleagues have made a major compromise, going from six trillion down to three and a half trillion.

A cyber attack against the United States would be an act of war, and we shall respond in kind.

Michelle Childs is incredibly qualified. There's no affirmative action component if you pick her.

The authorities in Caracas must immediately and unconditionally release all remaining political prisoners and guarantee that all political actors, including María Corina Machado, can safely return and freely participate in political…

A credible democratic transition is only attainable when the Venezuelan people are free to decide Venezuela’s future, yet the Delcy Rodríguez regime has failed to take meaningful actions toward holding elections and restoring democratic…