U.S. Senate

Modern and dependable infrastructure is essential to quality of life in Redmond and every other corner of our state,

Our veterans face tremendous hurdles, including access to medical care when they live in rural areas,

It’s unacceptable for any veteran to forgo the care they need due to transportation barriers,

The federal government must stop paying vendors for security tools that act as open invitations to foreign adversaries.

It is no longer acceptable for agencies to use insecure, decades-old technology.

Federal agencies and government contractors have suffered devastating cyberattacks due to their reliance on legacy, insecure, internet-facing VPN servers to grant employees remote access.

Every single one of us in this room has to obey the law, that is the basics in a democracy like ours. And when it comes to tax crimes, the same applies. Now there is an exception in the eyes of Todd Blanche and that exception is the…

Secondly, let me tell you what. I guess I was born in a different era from this President and the people around him. But I kind of understood going into public life that if you wanted to get rich, this was the wrong job. You’re supposed to…

Yesterday’s hearing I can’t easily forget in this room. Because I asked a question of Mr. Todd Blanche about the opportunity he had to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein. I asked him the same question the night before in my office. And…

Is this the man we want to confirm to be the head of the premier law enforcement agency in America? With Mr. Blanche, it is clear that justice is secondary to loyalty to the President.

But instead of finding the money they need now for air defenses, we’re putting more money to this exchange with Iran—a war of choice which we never should have entered.

We’re in a moment in history where we can win the war in Ukraine—that victory would be critically important for those people who have fought for more than four years against the odds and proven they can put Putin back on his heels.

I’m sorry to tell you the pay plan tells us to be prepared to spend that money in Fiscal Year [20]29.

Are you aware of the fact [that] we appropriated, and the President signed into law, $400 million in supplemental funding for Ukraine including for air defenses?

What’s going to happen to that $75 billion [in unobligated OBBBA funding]?

He [Jack Smith] has agreed voluntarily to come before this Senate Judiciary Committee and answer questions under oath… [Republicans] owe it to him to tell his story under oath and [Republicans] refused to [bring him before the Committee]…

I am pleased that New York State’s request for a Secretarial disaster designation has been granted. I fought to secure this approval and bring home the federal resources our farmers and growers urgently needed following the loss of their…

Upstate farmers work hard every season to put food on our tables and keep New York’s agricultural economy growing. When April weather severely damaged crops just as they were beginning to bloom, I stood up for the farmers who were hit…

We expect GSA to fulfill its responsibility to provide safe, functional, and properly maintained courthouses and to act with the urgency the current conditions demand.

GSA’s denigration of the judiciary and degradation of court facilities is unacceptable,

It is unacceptable that these stronger safeguards were not pursued until after a serious illness brought renewed attention to the problem,

While we recognize GSA’s recent investments, we urge the agency to maintain this momentum and complete these projects without further unnecessary delay to ensure both courthouses are safe and functional,

Analytic assessments must not be distorted by or shaped by advocacy of a particular audience or policy viewpoint.

The SHIELD Our Elections Act reinforces those fundamental principles and sustaining public faith in elections that are conducted fairly, impartially, and constitutionally – while strengthening accountability for those who attempt to…