President Trump promised, again and again, that he would lower costs for Americans ‘on day one.’ In reality, Illinoisans have been footing the bill for the President’s haphazard trade policies, his cuts to health care coverage, and his war…

I look forward to working with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to hold President Trump to the same standard they held President Obama to 11 years ago.

How many times have I heard my Republican colleagues say, ‘I’m not against immigration. I’m against illegal immigration.’ Really? If you eliminate the legal process where an individual seeking status in America can assert their rights…

My heart still aches for Highland Park, and we owe it to our communities to pass meaningful legislation to address the scourge of gun violence in our nation.

With each generation, we have extended the promise of the founding to new Americans—immigrants who form the fabric of our nation and have made it what it is today.

Immigrant families are our neighbors, and they shouldn’t have to live in fear while their futures are decided by anti-immigrant extremists in Washington.

The next time this Committee meets, it will be to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General of the United States.

We did not come this far to go back. Nor did we come this far to diminish our collective progress by elevating and cheering on pettiness, cruelty, and corruption.

What happened in 2022, as families in Highland Park gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July, was an atrocity.

You better set some time aside because there are so many posts, hundreds of posts. I cannot understand how you can do a real job and continue to post every day this continuing dialogue that you have over the years. It just seems to me…

Everyone deserves to live with dignity—a belief that was upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1999 Olmstead decision.

It is astonishing that in America today, women have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers did.

Blue slips are an important part of the Senate’s constitutional duty of advice and consent.

Far too many young people, especially women and girls, are living in agony every day knowing deepfake nudes of them are circulating on the Internet. They ought to be able to sue the perpetrators who are harming them, and it’s past time to…

To reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment—ratified to ensure that no one born on this soil could ever be defined as less than fully American.

Despite these grave and serious legal deficiencies, on June 2, 2026, USPS published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would establish President Trump’s control over federal elections and allow USPS to adjudicate who can and cannot vote…

It’s up to Congress to finally deliver the bipartisan immigration reform the American people are calling for.

That alliance has allowed us to maintain security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, and it’s imperative we continue the implementation of the AUKUS security pact.

I cannot understand how you can do a real job and continue to post every day this continuing dialogue that you have over the years. It just seems to me inconsistent with serving the public.

Throughout his tenure at the Justice Department, Mr. Blanche has used the Department as a shield to protect the President and his MAGA allies and as a sword to attack his political opponents.

Today marks four years since the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to abortion—a right that Americans had relied on for nearly five decades.

Mr. Blanche has treated the Justice Department like a criminal defense firm whose sole client is President Trump.

So, as we gather today to mark 250 years of American democracy, let’s be honest about who we were and where we are.

Australia has been a crucial partner to the United States for more than a century.

Despite the President’s tariffs wars and reshaping of U.S. foreign policy, we will maintain a strong partnership with our Australian friends.