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We cannot expect school staff to keep our students safe and healthy and learning when they are paid starvation wages.

I watched him with Paul Ryan and he destroyed Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan with the water, he was chugging water at a left and right. I didn't think a human being would be able to drink so much water at one time, and he beat Paul Ryan. So I'm not…

They say he hurts Biden more than he hurts me. I don't know if that's true or not, but they say he hurts Biden because he's a serious left person. You know what, if he is, that's good. I don't really care.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Chair execute the order of June 4, 2024, with respect to the Sullivan nomination and that the confirmation vote occur at 11:40 a.m. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it…

Madam President, I am a liberal arts lawyer. I am not a doctor, and I am not a researcher. So when I get into these fields, I want to say the words I use very carefully, not to misstate what is clearly the case. But this was an amazing…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Massachussetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Mrs…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune a year ago on May 3, 2023, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in…

Mr. President, for the first time in 24 years, this week, Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin visited the North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un. This rare trip was a sign of a new reality, and it amounts to bad news for the United States and for…

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

Madam President, I am back with my trusty, battered ``Time to Wake Up'' chart, and the last time I spoke on the Senate floor on this subject, I reviewed some recent warnings from the Economist magazine, from the Potsdam Institute, and from…

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

The fact is that everything he's saying so far is simply a lie. I'm not here to call out his lies. Everybody knows he's a liar.

You're the worst president America has ever had, come on.

Biden painting Trump as a threat to democracy.

Trump's assault on democracy isn't just part of his past. That's what he's promising for the future.

A school-based clinic with mental health professionals embedded within a school with a high need would be a better alternative than asking teachers to do that.