I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 235 Ex.] YEAS--57 Baldwin Bennet…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 237 Ex.] YEAS--59 Baldwin Bennet…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their…

The policies that they use to collect on student loans, I don't think any of us want to try to defend in public.

It is unacceptable to have a 98-99 percent refusal with public service loan forgiveness.

99 percent of those who applied were denied, that is just outrageous.

There is one aspect of your responsibility then I want to delve into that is not often brought up.

They are enrolling students who cannot finish, won't finish.

it was 9 years ago today, after a year or more of writing letters to my friend and colleague President Obama, that he finally agreed to an Executive order known as DACA. DACA took the heart of the DREAM Act, which I introduced 20 years…

last Friday, the New York Times reported that during the Trump administration, the Justice Department issued subpoenas involving Members of Congress, their staff, and family members, even a minor family member. It is highly unusual for the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

Eight percent of the students, 30 percent of the student loan defaults. What does it tell us?

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 2044 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 2044 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in…

I just heard the Republican Senate leader warn us not to initiate partisan investigations. It has only been a few weeks since he personally vetoed a bipartisan investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 of this year. For…

on a separate issue, the Senate voted on a bipartisan basis to invoke cloture on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the DC Circuit. Today, the Senate will confirm her to that post. Judge Jackson is the first of many circuit court…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2043 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

this week the Senate will consider the nomination of Zahid Quraishi to be judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Judge Quraishi has had an amazing public service career, and since 2019 he has served as a U.S…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schatz). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 83, nays 16, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 220 Ex.] YEAS--66 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Burr Cantwell Capito Cardin…

last week, China announced that it would now allow families to have three children--a profound shift from their previous one- and two-child policies. Why the change? China looked to the future and realized that its population policies…

I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 227 Leg.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

there are still millions of women across this country today who are doing the same jobs as their male colleagues and are being paid less. It is more clear than ever that we must take steps to close loopholes that allow for pay…