Many of our closest security allies, in a place like the Middle East, are stealing from their people on a daily basis.

this also would be a way to not be so heavily reliant on sanctions policy.

You do not have to conduct an investigation to figure out that the very structure of many of these countries involve taking resources that should be available for the benefit of the entire nation and using them in a way to benefit only a…

this, frankly, would not cost a ton of money to decide that we are going to develop a dedicated core of anti-corruption officers.

The house of medicine is crumbling down. I have been a physician now for 35 years, and I spent 10 years prior to that training to become a surgeon. However, the house of medicine is in crisis. Since the pandemic, medicine, a truly…

A lot of that money is going to trust funds. A lot of that money is going into inherited wealth.

If Government is going to invest in business the trillions of dollars we invest in business, that our taxpayer dollars invest in business, that should--those benefits should be going to working class people, not just strictly business.

I think, the fundamental question here that we are asking is where has all this wealth gone that has been gathered in this economy from these massive increases in productivity if it hasn't been going to workers.

For the first time last year, the majority of wealth for new billionaires...came not from their work, but through inheritance.

So here is a snapshot of what happened. Republicans said that fixing the border was their top priority. They appointed a hardline conservative, my friend Senator James Lankford, to come up with a bipartisan bill to fix the border. They…

I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, Senators Stabenow and Wyden be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes each prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Donald Trump is the primary thing standing in the way.

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to finish my remarks before the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

my colleagues, I come to the floor today to celebrate a remarkable man, a really important friend of mine, an irreplaceable member of a community that is very important to me. Monsignor Robert Weiss--more affectionately known as Father…

Republicans led by Donald Trump killed it because they just can't imagine a world in which they can't exploit the border for political purposes.

I understand now that Republicans will not support a bipartisan border fix, that they are only interested in this issue remaining a political wedge issue.

this invasion rhetoric is just absolutely disgusting. It's xenophobic. It's racist.

President Trump does not want to fix the border. He does not want to fix the border because all he wants is a chaotic border because he thinks it helps him politically.

I thought your opening remarks sounded a lot more like a campaign speech for Donald Trump's reelection than a sober analysis of the situation on the ground in the region.

I believe we need to do everything in our power to protect our allies and the United States from the Iranian threat.

President Trump's policy toward Iran was a disaster. They got closer to a nuclear weapon. Their proxies did not get any weaker.

The risks of miscalculation will not only lead to another deadly attack against U.S. service members, it could lead to a full scale regional war.

I expressed my support for Senator Murphy and Senator Kaine's concerns that there needs to be an AUMF in regards to our military operations in the Red Sea.

It is in my view laughable to call that self-defense.

There needs to be--if we can get to a point where we can actually authorize U.S. participation we should not do it without other nations participating.