I totally agree with you, Senator Alexander, that we have to strike while the iron is hot.

I have been consistently voting against cloture motions to proceed to debate on judicial nominations because the process by which we are considering these nominations has been deeply broken. I will again, today, be voting no on cloture…

if this week has shown us anything, it is that courts matter. In three important decisions over 2 days, the Supreme Court majority endorsed Donald Trump's bigotry and handed him the power to exclude any group of people for any reason, as…

I want to thank my colleague, the Senator from Utah, Mr. Lee, for working with me on the act that we just passed. ____________________

first, I wish to thank Senator Blumenthal for organizing this block of time and for his continued leadership in the fight to protect women's healthcare. Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Whole Woman's…

I thank Senator Merkley from Oregon for his leadership and my other colleagues who are coming to the floor this evening. Like so many people across the country, I have been deeply affected by what is happening on our southern border…

last weekend, we gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center to celebrate the 283rd birthday of King Kamehameha I, who, to the best of our knowledge, was born in Kohala, HI, in 1735. Since 1871, generations of Hawaiians have formally celebrated…

this is National Police Week, and I join my colleagues in saluting all of our law enforcement personnel and our brave men and women who have put their lives on the line every single day to keep our communities safe.

I think you are well aware that the history and culture in Hawaii is very different from that in Oklahoma or Florida or Maine or any of the indigenous peoples' culture.

I want to continue to work with SBA to make sure that whatever resources can be provided to all those affected individuals and businesses can receive those resources.

Certainly, and we have a lot of 8(a) entities in Hawaii also, so we should contemplate a field hearing in Hawaii also.

I appreciate the fact that you spoke today about SBA's work helping businesses impacted by natural disasters because we've had a number of them, especially in the context of last year's hurricanes and floods, and you mentioned Hawaii.