He has done 249, and he is about to do 250, and I will let him get to it. But it will be 250 individual speeches on the Senate floor. Sometimes there are people in the Chamber, and sometimes it is empty and you are talking to these…

Leader McConnell may, in fact, be proud that he has turned the Senate floor into a legislative graveyard, but that doesn't mean we Senators have abandoned our effort to make this body work for the American people. Today the special…

Members of the consortium actually have lots of questions, too, similar to the questions that are being offered on this dais. And they have great reservations about moving forward, but they do not want to be left out because of Facebook's…

I ask unanimous consent that the following legislative fellows in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress: Allison Hutchings, Chris Thaxton, and Sarah Eccleston. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes, followed by Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich for 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I yield the floor to the majority leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized. ____________________

last year, the United States weathered 14 different disasters costing $1 billion or more, including 2 hurricanes that cost more than $25 billion in damages. Just in the past 3 years, the annual average of billion-dollar disasters has…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

climate change is already wreaking havoc on the American economy, and anyone who cares today about having a strong economy in 10, 20, or 30 years needs to be committed to acting now. We are already seeing the economic risks related to…

I ask unanimous consent that Robert Yu and Laura Cannon, who are legislative fellows in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

due to a clerical error, the senior Senator from Alaska, Ms. Murkowski, was not added as an original cosponsor and co-lead of the Compact of Free Association Veterans Review Act when we introduced the bill together on April 29, 2019…

it gives me no pleasure to say this, but this administration is actively doing terrible things for women and their families. They have rolled back protections for workers. They have made it easier for companies to pollute the air and the…

I got my first taste of politics when I was 16 years old. I was worried that my favorite surf spot was going to be turned into condominiums, so I joined the Save Sandy Beach Coalition. Adults around me told me that I was too young to take…

I just would like to get clarification. She did say climate change is real, but my question is whether--

will the Senator from Iowa yield to a question? I am interested in whether she believes that climate change is real, caused by humans, and requires Federal action.

it is very important that the American people know that Republicans are still trying to take away their healthcare. Last year, Republicans filed a lawsuit arguing that the entire Affordable Care Act should be invalidated, and now they want…

as of now, there are zero climate proposals coming from Senate Republicans--none. So it becomes extraordinarily difficult to debate climate change when only one political party is committed to fixing it. I can't underscore this enough. I…

I thank the Senator from Missouri. I thank him for his leadership and levelheadedness. As he is on his way out, I will say that I think the current way we deal with nominees is not tenable. I imagine a scenario where we have a Democratic…

our friends on the other side of the aisle--the Republicans--are misreading the moment. The planet is in an emergency situation, and instead of coming to the table with ideas on how to fix it, they are running the same play they always…

this morning the FAA grounded planes at LaGuardia Airport, averaging more than 1,000 flights a day. They made this decision because of a shortage in air traffic control staff, who are not being paid because the President fulfilled his…

today, we say farewell to a member of our Senate family: Chad Schulken. For more than 16 years, Chad has served the U.S. Senate as a professional staff member and, most recently, clerk on the Appropriations Committee. He started his career…

it has been 34 days since the President fulfilled his promise to shut down the government, and the American people are not happy about it. Poll after poll shows that people are not OK with the way the President of the United States is…

I have a simple request for my Republican colleagues, and that is this: Open the government. Open the government. There have been too many people suffering for too long for this to go on any further. One of those people is named Scott…

today, we remember the 400 American and Allied prisoners of war who died 74 years ago from friendly fire aboard the Japanese hell ship Enoura Maru docked in Takeo Harbor, Formosa-- modern-day Taiwan. Among the dead were men who left their…

Governments need to act on climate change, and they specifically say it is vital that Governments commit to improve climate-related financial reporting standards.