Mazie Hirono: “We cannot keep up with continuing to build, for example, veterans' homes that can provide long-term services.”

With Republicans and their allies on the Court hell bent on rolling back that progress, it is more urgent than ever that Congress pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major turning point in our country that finally gave many previously excluded people of color real access to the polls.

I rise today to celebrate Medicare and Medicaid, two programs that have enabled millions--millions--of Americans to get the healthcare they need. Sixty years ago today, President Johnson signed into law a bill creating these two critical…

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…