The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hawley). The Senator from Connecticut.

I am really honored to follow Senator Durbin, a staunch and steadfast champion of refugees and immigration reform who, year after year, has shown the courage to stand up on this issue. And to emphasize a point that he has made, there is an…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The Senator from Texas.

the only ones happy with the outcome of today's debate are the Chinese Government. I regret this outcome because there probably was a time when we would have cooperated in a bipartisan way on both of these matters. It may not have been…

I really regret this attack on a bill that was passed unanimously--Republicans, unanimously, and Democrats, unanimously--a bipartisan bill by the House of Representatives. If my colleagues are serious about moving a bill to the desk of the…

reserving the right to object, I think we have gone a little bit far afield from the six pro-democracy activists living abroad.

reserving the right to object on the SCRIPT Act, which I understand is the only measure so far on which the Senator from Texas is seeking unanimous consent, very simply, he knows, I know, we all know that measure will never reach the…

The Russian cyberattack made him both alarmed and scared.

What it means is, frankly, that we need to make the Russians pay a price and reset our relationship with them so that they actually fear us.

The move to appoint a special counsel, is that there's absolutely no reason for it.

What made me so alarmed, and scared, and frankly, angry was the apparent scope and magnitude of this breach. And frustratingly to me, I'm not at liberty to disclose most of what I know. But the fact is, the American people deserve to know…

Stunning. Today's classified briefing on Russia's cyberattack left me deeply alarmed, in fact, downright scared. Americans deserve to know what's going on. Declassify what's known and unknown.

let me begin where Senator Murphy so eloquently finished. One of the great honors of my life has been to know and cherish the friendship of the wonderful parents and loved ones of those 20 beautiful children and sixth grade educator that…

in just a few moments, we will vote on the nomination of Nathan Simington to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission. We will do so in the middle of a pandemic when this agency is of more importance than ever to students…

the idea of the president pardoning himself or members of his family or cronies is really a legal atrocity that never would have been imaginable, certainly not to the founders.

I would like to see that debate. I don't think there's any real rational or fact-based argument against it.

I think there is a really solid persuasive argument that in fact the Constitution doesn't permit the president to pardon himself.

as august and impressive as this setting is, what is happening today is not normal. We have said it numerous times, but we should say it again because we need to prevent it from becoming normal. In fact, what is happening today is sad…

the so-called external matters go to the heart of fairness in the workplace, equal pay for equal work, discriminatory practices, other kinds of injustices that have existed for years--women ought to have the right to challenge them and…

we are here today on a unique Saturday, a day that is not normal, a day when the coronavirus is setting new records across the United States for infection--just yesterday, 85,000 new cases, which is the very highest since July-- ravaging…

what my colleague calls procedural harassment, it is actually democracy. It is legislation. It was passed by the House. It is bipartisan. The majority was bipartisan. It will save lives. I fail to understand why my Republican colleagues…

That measure was a basic disclosure step proposed to address secrecy in government. Nothing is more fundamental than transparency in a democracy. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. The people of the United States deserve that information…

in order to proceed to the consideration of the Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act--because millions of women are still at risk as a consequence of this loophole in our present laws that enables dangerous, estranged…

just to remind my colleague, this measure doesn't pertain only to dangerous felons. It protects innocent women against dangerous people. There is already the provision for protective orders to provide that kind of safeguard after a period…

in order to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4894, Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2020, a bill that requires Federal agencies to make budget justification materials available to the public--it is a transparency…