as the author of this bill, I totally disagree with characterizing it as having had a bitter partisan beginning, but my colleague is exercising his free speech right, so there you go. After 2 weeks of hard work and bipartisan…

I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. Discrimination against Asian-American students or any students on the basis of race is already prohibited by Federal law. This amendment is a transparent and cynical attack on longstanding…

I think that Josh Hawley is not the one that I want to particularly spend our time on. He didn’t might not want to stand with the AAPI community in condemning these kinds of totally unprovoked attacks on them.

in just a few moments, the Senate will take a strong stand against anti-Asian hate in our country. Passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act sends a clear and unmistakable message of solidarity to the AAPI community, and this moment would not…

I have a pretty high degree of certainty because Speaker Pelosi put out a statement today that when they return in May that they intend to vote on the Senate bill.

I echo the sentiments expressed by my colleague from Minnesota, and I rise today in support of the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney General of the United States. Today, I am focusing my remarks on Ms. Gupta, but I will…

Yes, I agree with you that that is exemplary behavior.

on March 29, Vilma Kari was walking to church near Times Square in Manhattan when a man pushed her to the ground and violently assaulted her in broad daylight. A silent video of the incident captured by a security camera inside a luxury…

The National Climate Assessment released in 2018 estimated $500 billion in lost economic output annually by the year 2100 due to global warming at or above two degrees Celsius.

Yes, I think if we are looking ahead, we are going to be looking to non-fossil fuel kinds of energy sources.

That is the question.

I am for these national kinds of standards that will encourage the private sector to step up.