at a time of international turmoil and crisis like this, all of us, I think, are sometimes prone to hyperbole. I count myself as part of that club. I endeavor to do better. It doesn't serve this body well to warn of bad decisions that…

That's just absolutely ridiculous. And I'm not going to let this country slide into war again like we did in 2003, when the Bush administration bullied opponents of that war into silence.

I mean, frankly, that's insulting. And it belies the fact that our troops are actually fighting for us and protecting us overseas and to protect our right to disagree with each other and to speak our minds.

I mean, I don't know that I would use all the same words, but it was fairly extraordinary, to hear the administration tell Congress that we can't debate war and peace.

I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted for the first 6 months of this calendar year for a list of interns in my office. The interns on that list are: Aileen Murphy, Rilind Abazi, Parker Baird, Julia Cortina, Shanelle…

I am on the floor briefly today to remind my colleagues to remind their constituents that December 15 is the open enrollment deadline for healthcare at healthcare.gov. This is incredibly important because if you are uninsured or you are…

I join my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Blumenthal, and others in urging my colleagues to oppose the nomination of Lawrence VanDyke. I may risk repeating some of the ground that has been covered by Senator Blumenthal, but I think it…

The bottom line is the president doesn't have this power. He can't decide to hold aid or put conditions on aid that Congress didn't.

The one sacred covenant that a president makes with the people who elect him is that he's going to use the power of the Oval Office to protect the nation and to advance the common interests, not to advance his personal political or…

I think it just confirms what we've known for a long time, the president was using the massive power of the Oval Office and taxpayer dollars to try to get a foreign government to interfere in American politics.

Senator Murphy, first of all, just your reaction to the House Intelligence Committee report accusing the president of misconduct and obstruction.

If Republicans don't vote to render some consequences to President Trump for the way that he's abused the office, I think they are just inviting future presidents to do the same.

I don't know why you have the power of impeachment in the Constitution if not to be used for a scheme of this magnitude.

I ask unanimous consent that the following five interns in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year: Madison Malin, Chris Brown, Britt Jacovich, Devon Bradley, and Alanna Van Nostrand. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I appreciate the good-faith objection from my friend from Mississippi, but the good news that I can convey to her is that my Republican Senate friends who want to have some impact into the consideration of the future of American gun laws…

as Senator Murray noted, 100 people die from gunshot wounds every single day. We can't go 24 hours without news of another mass shooting somewhere in America. My kids and millions of others hide in corners of their classrooms or in their…

I am here to speak about the topic of healthcare, but while my friend from Alaska is on the floor, I hope we can bridge the policy disagreements we have right now over the Defense appropriations bill, the appropriations process and the…

I want to tell you a quick story about a woman from Atlanta. Her name is Dawn Jones. Dawn bought what is commonly referred to in the insurance industry as a short-term health insurance plan. She brought it from the Golden Rule Insurance…

the most sacred, the most important, and the most profound responsibility that a President of the United States has is to keep Americans safe. Everything else that we care about--the citizens of this great Nation, the best Nation in the…

I have been very open that I believe that Congress needs to pursue impeachment at the same time as we pursue a legislative agenda.

Well, if we don't get a background check deal done, it's only because the president decided to walk away from the table.

Well, of course. You listen to him at the U.N. and you read the transcript of his remarks. And you can see him bending over backwards to get along with this president. Why? Because Ukraine is totally dependent right now on the United…

There's no way for the president to offer an adequate explanation for what he did. He had two asks of the President Zelensky in that phone call. One was to help him destroy Hillary Clinton. The second was to help him destroy Vice President…

But ultimately, this country needs to make clear that you can't use the foreign policy and the foreign power of the United States of America in order to try to get foreign countries to enter into our political fray.

I said listen, don't get involved in the 2020 election. When you're dealing with the United States of America, deal with the State Department.