none of the things that are being proposed are going to change the reality on the ground when it comes to mass shootings or in places like Chicago where 50 people were shot this week.

I am on the floor today to talk about a crisis overseas. Before I do, I just want to take one moment. The Senator from Georgia talked about the increases in defense spending that we have done on a bipartisan basis and suggested that it was…

Congress has a terrible reputation for being too partisan, but there is one issue that has strong bipartisan agreement in this Congress and across this country, and that is: Fraudulent robocalls must be stopped. I hear these concerns from…

I congratulate all of those responsible for the passage of this long-overdue legislation. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who made this happen but first and foremost all of the advocates all over the country but primarily…

I strongly support the State of Israel. It is a homeland for the Jewish people and a sanctuary from anti-Semitism. Israel is a thriving democracy, and its citizens have made enormous contributions to our global society. The U.S. has no…

I support this bipartisan bill to extend temporary protected status to Venezuela. There are over 400,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, and more than half live in Florida. About 200,000 of these men and women would receive TPS if…

I come to the floor today to ask my colleagues a simple question. There is a lawsuit that is proceeding through the court system right now that has succeeded the district court level, that has had a hearing at the appellate court level…

There has been an awful lot of talk recently about what it means to be a patriotic American, and the fact is the answer for each of us is deeply personal. I wasn't blessed to be born an American citizen. I was born in Vietnam, where my…

I urge support for the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Murphy). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 16 Offered by…

Our amendment would require the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretaries of State and Defense, to prepare a report for Congress on efforts by Iran to establish long-term influence in Syria using both hard and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON IRANIAN…

My amendment, which I am coleading with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke of New York, involves a looming threat to American security and American democracy from the use of deepfake technology by our Nation's adversaries. As policymakers, we…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title VII, add the following: SEC. 708. REPORT ON DEEPFAKE TECHNOLOGY, FOREIGN WEAPONIZATION…

I urge support for this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Murphy). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 15 Offered by…

I am going to be joined on the floor over the next 45 minutes or so by a number of my colleagues to talk about an exceptional court case that is being heard today in New Orleans, LA. This is a court case the Trump administration, along…

He has been critical of NATO threatening to walk the United States out of that alliance, he has withdrawn from the Iranian nuclear agreement.

Yes. I mean, the news here is that pretty sensitive cables call leaked, the news is not the ambassador of the United States is making an assessment that there is a dysfunction at the White House.

Yes, part of the reason why the ambassador assesses the White House is completely dysfunctional when it comes to foreign policies is because there is no consistency about anything we do in the world.

So I'm concerned but I think that it is entirely predictable when the president pulled out of this agreement, there was really no reason for the Iranians to stay in it.

I ask unanimous consent that the order of the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Healthcare

on July 9, the Trump administration will be in court defending the Texas v. United States lawsuit. Let me rephrase that. They will not be defending the lawsuit. They will be arguing on the side of the plaintiff in that lawsuit. This is a…

Yesterday the House approved an amendment I offered to the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020, and I wanted to take this opportunity to explain the amendment. There is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and…

there is a reason Article I of the Constitution is about the structures around the legislative branch and Article II of the Constitution imagines structures around the executive branch. It was the legislative branch that was most important…

I am on the floor to join my colleagues Senator Blumenthal and those who will speak afterward. It has been 113 days since the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8, the bipartisan background checks bill. We have a proposal before the…

Today marks 3 years since the terrible tragedy that took the lives of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. That is 36 months, 156 weeks, 1,095 days that the victims' families and loved ones have had to live without their presence…