If Republicans pass a federal abortion ban which Mitch McConnell says is possible if Republicans take control of Congress and the White House in 2024, that reproductive health care ship in federal waters will figuratively sink.

My contention is that if the president is going to make this trip, if he is going to sit down across the table from Saudi leadership, he should get some significant concessions.

Well, first and foremost, anytime an American dies overseas, we should apply the highest degree of scrutiny to make sure that we get to the bottom of the story.

What I also know is that the strength of this movement is really what moved the needle, 15 Republicans supporting this bill supporting a bill the significant would be unthinkable years ago.

The Supreme Court ruling was very narrow. The concern is some of the language that accompanied that narrow ruling.

There is one county that accounts for about 60 to 70 percent of all of the Red Flag Laws ordered in the State. That means that it's an ineffective program.

4 weeks ago, I was sitting where you are sitting, presiding over the Senate on a quiet Tuesday afternoon, when news broke that 19 children--all the same age as my youngest son--had been gunned down in their Texas elementary school. As I…

Human trafficking remains a horrific reality for tens of millions of people around the world.

They see how the country is run, and I think that, as I said, that investment in people who have the opportunities to be credible journalists, to provide strong accountability to government institutions, I mean, these are all the things…

What we know is that in communities that have more guns, there’s more gun violence.

I think Republicans are going to see that there are a lot of folks who sign up for their cause in the wake of this who might have stayed on the sidelines.

in the Gallery right now listening to the Senate debate on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is one of my interns. Her name is Sari Kaufman. I am glad to have her as an intern in my office this summer, but Sari has a story to tell…

This bill in and of itself saves a whole bunch of lives between red flags and taking guns away from domestic abusers and new tools to stop gun trafficking.

I think we`re going to get this done and get it over to the House and sign the most important anti-gun violence bill in 30 years. That`s a big deal.

For the first time, we now have federal crimes that prosecutors can use and threaten to use to unwind these trafficking rings.

The gun lobby had been incredibly effective for 30 years in stopping the passage of a federal prohibition on trafficking.

So, this is a big deal.

The Peace Corps represents one of the United States' greatest foreign policy and diplomacy tools, helping those in need around the world.

The Administration's decision to lift restrictions on the sale of U.S. military equipment to Cyprus as authorized in the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Law that I authored was welcome news.

I don`t think it matters. And that`s shocking, right, because again, for 30 years in Washington, the NRA got everything they wanted.

Russia thrives in neighboring countries with weak rule of law.

Let me be clear, we have to treat America's gun violence crisis as a gun problem, not a mental health problem.

Senator Chris Murphy is calling it the most significant change in our nation's gun laws in 30 years.

The lead Democratic negotiator on the bill, Senator Chris Murphy, is calling it the most significant change in our nation's gun laws in 30 years.

when I returned to Connecticut after the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, I saw a level of fear on the faces of the parents and children whom I spoke to that I have never seen before. This country has lived through mass shooting after mass…