This is an injustice. This is a denial of voting rights.

We do not want to be on the menu, we want to be at the table.

It is time to enact the Washington D.C. Admission Act.

the residents of the District of Columbia have been patient since 1965, have been patient as they sought to achieve and to accomplish their full rights as American citizens.

Let me welcome Joe Lieberman. Welcome back to your home, and thank you for your years of leadership.

Surveys today would demonstrate that the American people are still not interested in eliminating their capital district.

There are no constitutional obstacles to admitting Washington, D.C., as a State.

Full realization of the labor and environmental commitments of the USMCA are key to the agreement's success.

I never imagined serving in all those capacities that I would ever end up leading a charge in the Senate to fight on behalf of the residents of the 51st State.

Multilateral cohesion will be required to advance a strategy in the Pacific based on shared values and interests.

The power of America's global alliances is a unique instrument, one unavailable to China.

These cyberattacks undermine confidence in digital trade, they also pose a grave national security threat.

If confirmed, I will work with Ambassador Tai to deepen trade engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.

I will be the first to admit that the TPP agreement was not perfect.

one of his first acts as President that former President Trump made was what many of us regard as a misguided and short-sighted decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, agreement.

In one of his first acts as President, former President Trump made what many of us regard as a misguided and short-sighted decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, agreement.

If you are not at the table, you may well end up on the menu.

I urge this committee to stand up for American values and for democratic principles and pass the D.C. statehood bill.

A better option, in my view, would be to retrocede a large portion of the District to Maryland.

the best thing is simply for the 23rd Amendment to be repealed

Thank you, Madam President. I hope you are well today. Good to see you and our staff. I rise this morning to applaud the nomination of COL John Tien. He has been selected by our President to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Department…

I rise today to urge our colleagues to join me in voting to confirm Radhika Fox--Isn't that a great name, Radhika Fox?--to be Assistant Administrator for Water of the Environmental Protection Agency. Over the past 2 months, as Radhika Fox…

I would like to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a variety of materials that include letters from stakeholders.

I strongly support Mr. Prieto's nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.

We reported out of this committee a couple of weeks ago unanimously surface transportation legislation for the Country 29 to zero.