That seems like normal attrition in a 9-month period, so I think what we just did, is of the people who were planning on retiring anyway, we just gave them like a 6-month payout. So we get nothing because they get paid through…

Before you came on, Senator Kim talked about taking on the New Jersey political machine. Political machines everywhere work pretty much the same. If you behave well, you get your stuff. And pork is distributed based on political alliances…

I will now put a blanket hold on all of Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is restored.

There's an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. There's an outbreak of Marburg's disease in Tanzania.

I want to thank Senator Coons for his leadership on trying to restore international order. And that is what we are talking about. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee is talking about reforms to the way we deliver aid. Look, 10…

We have all had that moment where you are like: OK. It is closing day. And the VA home loan office was not available for you to execute on your loan.

It is really frightening. And I think about last week before the Federal funding freeze was deemed unlawful and suspended. People couldn't get their VA home loans.

Yeah. Look, I think our job over the next couple of days--and the leader has been very strong on this--is to point out that, look, I have never seen a floor fight over the OMB Director. And there is a reason for that. It is because that is…

It is true. And the firing of the IGs was not just a random, like, ``I don't like those guys'' kind of a firing; it is a precursor to corruption. They literally got rid of the watchdogs, and then they stormed the building. I just want…

Back to the Affordable Care Act: [T]he ACA subsidy schemes simply masks these impacts. That is a funny one. The ACA subsidy scheme masks the impacts, which is really to say we have an inefficient healthcare system--I think everybody can…

No. And I thank the Democratic leader for his leadership on this. I will just say, I think the idea of getting rid of USAID is a radical one and a wrong one, but that is actually not what we are arguing about. They stormed into the offices…

It truly is. I thank the leader. It is absolutely unparalleled. The idea that someone from DOGE--we don't even really know who it is--basically barged their way in, had a very contentious negotiation with the Treasury Secretary, and now…

Yes, absolutely. And I think that is one of the things that everyone has to wrap their mind around, is that you might have voted for Donald Trump for whatever set of reasons, but I don't think you signed up for a bunch--it is not just that…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). Without objection, it is so ordered.

the American public won yesterday. After 36 hours of public panic and confusion and outrage, the Trump White House rescinded the illegal and unconstitutional order to freeze Federal funding for every State in the country. It was an obvious…

it is a somber night as we pray for safety and recovery and thank the first responders and we wrap up for the evening. We will be back tomorrow and as long as it takes to reverse this Federal funding freeze. Today was a good day. It was a…

The Trump administration’s climate and energy policies are not a mystery; it is to exacerbate the climate crisis.

the government shutdown that Donald Trump just ordered is illegal and unconstitutional. He is not a King, and we do not live in a monarchy. It is Congress's authority to decide on Federal funding. The power of the purse is the foundational…

if it weren't for a judge's temporary administrative stay, we would still be in the middle of Trump's pointless and illegal shutdown right now. Federal funding for a whole host of things would be frozen, meaning people all over the country…

if you heard your doctor say there is no vaccine that is safe or effective or there are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS or school shootings started happening with the introduction of Prozac and other drugs--if your…

anyone who has tried to buy a carton of eggs at the grocery store lately has probably seen a sign on the empty shelves saying there is a national shortage of eggs because of the bird flu. The reason notices like this exist is because the…

a new story was published today about the extent of Mr. Robert F. Kennedy's involvement in the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa, and it shot a chill down my spine. That is not a rhetorical flourish. I read it and I felt hot, I felt angry, I…

Pete Hegseth is just not qualified to be in charge of the Department of Defense. He would oversee almost 3 million employees around the world and an annual budget of over $800 billion. But his only management experience today is running…

you might think that the person nominated to lead our Nation's top health department, an Agency with a budget of over $2 trillion and responsible for running everything from Medicare to vaccine trials--you might think that that person…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sheehy). Without objection, it is so ordered. Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.