Well, I`m thinking a lot about the families in Newtown today because what I know is that every single time, there`s another mass shooting, they relive the experiences of December 2012.

The biggest specter that haunts the folks that ends up making this dangerous journey tends to be gun violence in places like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, among others.

We have to address policies that fix all of that, not just the mass casualties that show up on the news.

I wouldn`t want my children to be in those detention facilities. But this isn`t 2019. These aren`t cages. There are doctors and child care workers there. And the Biden administration is trying to deal with a mess they were left from the…

You have made it clear that masks saved lives.

Last year was the first year that China had more diplomatic posts around the world than the United States did.

It is a good reminder that diplomacy is both about quantity and quality.

I want to build upon Senator Romney's questions regarding the scope of Chinese economic development efforts and just note that we have, essentially, voluntarily put one hand behind our back.

We have no capacity to do that nor do we, frankly, have any strategy that would involve integration of U.S. diplomats with private sector contracts in any meaningful way.

This is becoming a real area of bipartisan agreement.

I think we're going to be looking at a very large population of long-term unemployed once we finally turn the corner.

It's important for folks to remember that just because the non-compete agreement may not be available to employers, they aren't bereft of other mechanisms to stop the illegal transfer of intellectual property.

Three out of four voters support the American rescue plan.

Republicans in the Senate have decided that not only are they opposed to the COVID relief bill, they`re going to do everything within their power to stretch it out as long as possible and delay COVID relief as long as they can.

It’s a little hard to listen to my Republican colleagues claim that this bill is too expensive when they were willing to spend the exact same amount of money in 2017 on tax cuts for their wealthy corporate and millionaire friends.

Well, as you know, I think the filibuster is fundamentally anti-democratic.

The American public made a choice in 2020. They wanted not only for Joe Biden to be president, but they wanted his party to control Congress so that his agenda could pass.

If you want to get the two parties to come together, then give the majority party the ability to move things with a majority vote.

I was presiding on Tuesday. Sometimes my staff will give me a folder of things to review while I am presiding, and often they will be upset when I come back having not reviewed what they have given me. The reason for that is simple: When…

And we shouldn`t be selling them weapons. And so, I think the administration is right now having a debate about what our security partnership looks like, and if we make changes to that, while it won`t look like a personal sanctions on MBS…

I do. I do. It was just unacceptable for the United States to be silent in the wake of Russia`s most important opposition leader being intentionally poisoned and now in prison by Putin`s government.

I frankly think that MBS`s weapons matter much more to him than his visa. And so, what I would argue is that we should recalibrate our security partnership with the Saudis.

If we don`t lead the global fight to protect democracy and stand up for pro-democratic movements in places like Russia, no one will.

I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor to echo Chairwoman Murray's comments, to suggest and commend to my colleagues the nomination of Miguel Cardona to be the next Secretary of Education. There is no one better suited for this job in this moment than Miguel…