why January 6? Why were thousands of Trump supporters here in Washington on that specific date, January 6? They were here on January 6 because that was the last possible day that Donald Trump and his followers could overturn the election…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 26, which was received today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order under the provisions of S. Res. 484 and do so as a further mark of respect for the late Johnny Isakson…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 6; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

news from this morning that 50 so-called battalion tactical groups have been sent to the Ukraine border by President Vladimir Putin--reports in American newspapers suggest that over the last several days there has been an increased amount…

Reserving the right to object, first, let me thank the Senator from Florida for doing such great work, along with Senator Merkley and others, on this incredibly important piece of legislation. We are going to be able in a few moments to…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, if applicable, at 4:30 p.m. today, the Senate proceed to the following nominations: Executive Calendar No. 525, R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and…

reserving the right to object, first, let me thank the Senator from Florida and the Senator from Oregon for the really important work that they have done on the underlying legislation. It is of critical importance that this Senate stand…

9 years ago this morning, I was in Bridgeport, CT. I had just done an event with the city of Bridgeport, and I was meeting my wife and, at the time, my two very young children, ages 4 and 1, in 2012 at the Bridgeport train station. We were…

I want America to pay our bills but ask those parents in Sandy Hook whether they would trade a temporary debt default for another ten minutes with their dead first graders.

To bet against Ukrainian patriotism is very, very dangerous.

They have not only gotten a taste of independence since their break from the Soviet Union, but in the last 10 years they have got a sense of what real self-determination looks like.

Putin is making a bet here that an invasion of Ukraine today may look like it did 60 years ago.

Is this not an opportunity for the United States to step up and take some of these customers away from Russia's gas station?

I do not think we need to persuade Secretary Nuland, but right now there are no plans in the Administration to put DFC dollars behind Three Seas.

You care about life? Then get these dangerous, military style weapons off the streets out of our schools. You care about life? Make sure that criminals don`t get guns by making sure that everybody goes through a background check in this…

We make a choice to populate this country with wildly powerful guns that are designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible. And we get the policy that we have chosen to live with.

This only happens in the United States of America. There’s no other nation in the high-income world in which kids worry about being shot when they go to school. It happens here in America because we choose to let it happen. We’re not…

reserving the right to object, let me concede that there are some laudable pieces to this legislation. It is not new to the body. As Senator Grassley mentioned, this is something that has received a vote. But in large part, it is a massive…

I know the Senator has his own UC request. I will just say two things very quickly. I am not surprised, but still disappointed, in the objection. I take the Senator's advice seriously. We need 60 votes in order to pass legislation like…

I am on the floor today to ask for unanimous consent from my colleagues to proceed to H.R. 8, the House- passed, bipartisan, comprehensive background checks bill. I want to tell you why I am making this request. I understand the low…

Rules reform at some point has to be on the table to disempower this radical minority.

the lack of concern for life by Republicans, given their cavalier attitude about the 700,000 Americans who have died, given their complete uncaring attitude about the 100 people every single day who die from gun violence.

Ultimately, you`re back to this conversation about restoring the Senate, about getting the Senate to a place where this tiny minority can`t stop us from doing business.