The fact of the matter is that the gun lobby, led by the NRA and the gun manufacturers that fund it, exert great influence on politicians.

It is common sense to impose a ban on the manufacture and sale to the public of military-assault weapons meant for use on the battlefield.

No other country has a problem like the gun violence problem plaguing our country.

This stopping a bad guy with a good guy with a gun just has not worked.

Americans have grown weary, frustrated, and frightened by the ever-intensifying cascade of gun violence afflicting our country.

Over the next few decades, climate change will affect every part of American life: our health, our economy, and even our geography.

I find it ironic that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to concentrate on the southern border while completely mischaracterizing and ignoring what's happening in the interior of our country by right-wing extremists propelled by the false rhetoric of the ex-President Donald Trump.

many on the Left hate Justice Thomas because he a Black conservative who has never bowed to those who demand that he must think a certain way because of the color of his skin.

that a functioning society requires that reasonable officers be provided this qualified immunity in applicable civil cases. Without it, the orderly administration of justice would come to a halt amidst paralyzing fear of personal liability.

Because of the Joe Biden American Rescue Plan, we put shots in arms, money in pockets and pocketbooks, we put kids back in school safely, and we put Americans back to work in good-paying jobs.

Democrats ensured that local school systems could keep the doors open to Head Start programs, that county medical centers had the wherewithal to make it through the pandemic, and that small business owners could have a fair chance to survive and prosper.