China's Great Firewall, rights violations in ethnic minority regions, harassment of rights defenders and lawyers, suppression of free speech, onerous restrictions on civil society, these are the shameful markings of an authoritarian…

I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Florida [Mr. RUBIO] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the…

this has to do with the child tax credit. We had a debate about it last week. I want to explain to everybody why it is so important that we continue to focus on it. Irrespective of whether we agree with the final outcome and whether the…

as most of my colleagues know by now, we have been working for I believe about a year and a half--certainly throughout this tax reform process--to address the issue of the child tax credit in an effort to increase it. I am grateful that in…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of this…

this amendment would allow people making primarily between $20,000, $50,000, $60,000 a year--workers, firefighters, police officers--to keep more of their own payroll tax liabilities. In a moment, there will be a point of order, and the…

I will yield, as long as it doesn't count against my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

just for clarification for the Senator from Vermont, I didn't speak to a group of people from Wall Street. I spoke at a POLITICO breakfast--POLITICO magazine, newspaper, whatever it is. I didn't know it had anything to do with Wall Street…

That has been the gold standard for a significant period of time. That is what I campaigned on. That is a promise I made, and I want it to be even lower than that, at 22 percent. By the way, if there is a better way to pay for what I am…

One of them is my mother. If I were to cut her Medicare and Social Security, sir, I probably would never be able to see her again or go home. So the answer to your question is no. As I have been clear time and again, I believe that for…

how much time is remaining on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 14 minutes.

it would surprise my friend to know that in Florida we have a lot of people on Medicare and Social Security.