Mazie Hirono: “Servicemembers are protected from reprisal and retaliation under the provisions of section 1034 of title 10, U.S.C.”

their allies on the Court are making it easier for Republicans to dilute the voting power of minorities to tip the scales in their favor, not just in this year’s election, but for years to come.

A vote against this amendment is a vote to screw the most vulnerable people in our country. I yield. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

I call it the thousand pages of pain and the billionaires' gain. It is bad enough that my colleagues have been on the floor talking about how this bill is going to hurt people on Medicaid, taking food away from our children and families…

This bill will take food assistance--the literal means by which some people are able to put nutritious food on the table--away from them.