They know they are on the wrong side of public opinion on this absolutely vital issue. And they also know they are losing this election right now.

I think the likelihood of Roe v. Wade being overturned is very minimal. I don't see that happening. Truly, I don't see that happening.

I grew up on a family farm with modest means. As a young girl, I saw Washington, DC, as a place for men in big fancy suits and big fancy houses. While a lot has changed since that time--for one, there are a lot more women like me serving…

I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 8337) making continuing appropriations…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on…

Thank you, Senator Hoeven and Senator Fischer, as well. We have so many of our great ag State friends here on the floor today to join in this colloquy. I did grow up on a small family farm in Southwest Iowa and grew up around hogs. We have…

I would like to thank my colleagues for joining me on the floor today. It is clear that America is facing two separate, very different paths. Last Thursday, the Democrats in this Chamber blocked much needed assistance to families and small…

I will just note very briefly for the record that there is no indication -- we all burst out laughing. There is no indication that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to ban farm animals and cars that they will once they seize power.

Service: it's more than a word to me. It's a mission, a way of life.

This election is a choice between two very different paths, freedom, prosperity and economic growth under a Trump-Pence administration, or the Biden-Harris path, paved by liberal, coastal elites and radical environmentalists.

once again, we are not talking about an overall immigration debate. We are talking about justice for those families who have received none, just as Scott Root and Michelle Root have seen the death of their daughter at the hands of an…

if you are a person just watching politics back home, you probably see a common theme: talking. No matter the topic, people in DC like to talk but not much gets done. There is one topic that is especially guilty of this, and that is…

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 285 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; further, that the bill be considered…

I want to thank my colleagues today--the Senator from Mississippi, the Senator from Kansas, and so forth--for coming down and spending just a little bit of time talking about the wonderful heroes we have in our home States, and we really…

4 years ago, Jill Larsen opened Crayons 2 Pencils Early Learning Center in Norwalk, IA. This state of the art childcare center offers full day, before and after school care, and preschool-only programs for children from 6 weeks old to…

the coronavirus doesn't come with a label saying ``Made in China,'' but perhaps it should. This pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China, has flooded the world just like so many products from China that we all now rely upon to protect…

Americans are facing extremely challenging times, and, right now, folks are working hard just to make ends meet to put food on their table and to care for their families and their loved ones. As our communities continue to grapple with the…

this week we debate, as the Senate should, the annual Defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act. I served 23 years in military uniform, as both a company commander in Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom and as a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered The JUSTICE Act

the murder of George Floyd captured the attention and the emotions of the entire world. In the weeks that have followed, folks around the world have been crying out for a change, an end to racial inequality and the beginning of a new era…

for months, as our Nation has confronted this pandemic together, everyone in America--every single one of us-- has been asked to make serious sacrifices, whether that has meant working overtime in a hospital caring for the afflicted…

I ask unanimous consent to use my military rucksack in my speech. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered

on Monday we honor the fallen on Memorial Day. While we traditionally spend this day of remembrance with our family and friends, things will look a little bit different this year. Even though we will not have the same services and…

in March, our country lost a great statesman and my fellow ``squealer,'' former Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. A family physician who delivered more than 4,000 babies, he was known as ``Dr. Tom'' in Oklahoma, but in Washington he was…