As Senate Republicans refuse to fulfill their constitutional duty to provide a check on the Executive Branch, Senate Democrats remain steadfast in our commitment to uncovering the truth.

It is time to look to the future. The challenges that face America are many and great. The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.

Senate Democrats have a responsibility to fight back on behalf of American families as Republicans look the other way in obedience to Donald Trump.

If Senate Democrats don’t have the gumption to do what is necessary in this moment, I believe that House Democrats will.

He is one of the most fringe and hard-right individuals the Senate has seen in a very long time.

Russell Vought is not a business-as-usual nominee. He is one of the most fringe and hard-right individuals the Senate has seen in a very long time.

We have to get serious about sitting down with Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, and the administration in order to reach an agreement in advance of March 14.

I’m concerned that the House and Senate will fully fund USAID in March, just like we did in December (I voted No).

We have to stop playing nice in the Senate and block every damn thing that we can.

When we open up the Senate every single morning, we don’t pledge allegiance to the billionaires.

Of all the harmful nominees, of all the extremists that Donald Trump has elevated, of all the hard-right ideologues who have come before the Senate, none of them hold a candle to Russell Vought.

We have to stop playing nice in the Senate and block every damn thing that we can.

When we open up the Senate every single morning, we don’t pledge allegiance to the billionaires.

From the time I was in the Senate, I worked tirelessly to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, just like the Department of Veterans Affairs.

We have not said this was racist. We have said that there was a Senate report after investigation hearings.

I look forward to continuing to work with my House and Senate colleagues to ensure that we get this bill finalized and enacted into law as soon as possible.

If you don't like our plan, why isn't the Senate passing a bill? Why isn't the President proposing something?

along with Senator Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin, we introduced the Tracking COVID-19 Variants Act asking for $2 billion to go to CDC.