My wish is for my Republican colleagues to be just as upset as they are about what is going to happen next week at TSA or at FEMA as for the children that are being traumatized right now in this country, who are being thrown into what is…

I think our caucus was confused and frustrated by how long it took for our Republican colleagues to come to the table and start discussions. The minute that we passed a 2-week continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security…

the tendency here in the Senate often, when Democrats are lodging a complaint about Donald Trump, is for our Republican colleagues to issue an argumentative equivalency: Well, Donald Trump did this, but so did Joe Biden. Donald Trump did…

I rise today to recognize Angela Emireth Flores, a constituent of mine and an exceptional student. Angela is a senior at Ocracoke High School and soon will become the first student enrolled through Hyde Academy, where she will graduate…

I certainly was among those who, 12 months ago or six months ago, dismissed his talk of taking over Greenland as an intentional distraction.

There’s really no explanation for how American interests are changed at all with a Rodríguez administration that right now seems to be intent on carrying through and carrying forward the policies of Nicolás Maduro.

This is an insane plan.

I come down to the floor in support of the resolution, but I am hoping to use my few minutes to step back from the dizzying torrent of news that we have been delivered, often contradicting sources of news from the President and his…

There is still a net good that comes from this.

a way for Trump to write a check of millions of dollars to senators who would get rich off taxpayer money

It would be very strange if, on the heels of the American people rewarding Democrats, we surrendered without getting anything.

If we end up passing a full-year budget or a series of continuing resolutions that involve no protections for democracy or health care, that’s a really bad outcome for the country.

I don’t think you’re going to get Democratic votes talking about abortion.

We are not always a party that has great message discipline and we kept the conversation focused on the most important topic, which is Republican destruction of people’s health care.

If we choose to get rolled by Donald Trump because the shutdown is hard, I worry that that’s a significant step towards the ultimate unwinding of our democracy.

important lessons, such as focus on shifting economic power, and that the elites have little idea what’s actually mainstream.

Democrats have looked pretty weak for most of this year and, over the last month, we have shown strength for the first time.

People aren’t dummy.

The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans' face never ceases to stun me.

He sounds like a human being to me, a human being who made mistakes, recognizes them and is very open about it.

I’m sick and tired of talking about ways to manage the shutdown when Republicans are refusing to even negotiate.

I am sure that a lot of our Republican colleagues on this floor have looked at what the Senator has been doing overnight, have looked at some of the similar speeches that I and others have given on the floor, and think that we are engaged…

I know the real history of the construction of the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment actually was written to make sure that this country could muster a militia, given the fact that our Founding Fathers were very specific about their…

Big rallies like this give confidence to people who have been sitting on the sidelines but are ready to speak up.

It's important that these hostages are coming home, and I congratulate the negotiators on getting this done.