A college education today is an important stepping stone for many on the path to the American Dream.

Dreamers should not be held hostage by President Trump's -- by President Trump's desire -- he uses the word 'crusade' to tear families apart.

we have 14 days, by our own established deadline, to do something about the Dreamers issue--about DACA. Why do we find ourselves at this place? Because on September 5 of last year, President Trump, as well as Attorney General Sessions…

thank you very much, and I thank the majority leader for this opportunity. Let me thank my friend, my colleague, and our leader on the Democratic side for his passionate personal commitment to this issue involving the Dreamers and DACA. He…

first of all, I wish to thank my colleague from Texas. I particularly liked your speech about DACA and the Dreamers. I have given a speech very similar to that a few times on the floor. Thank you. I do believe you. I believe you really…

let me thank my colleague from Tennessee. He is my friend. We have worked together on a lot of things, and I respect him very much. We have done some good things in areas like medical research and other very important issues. Let me say at…

let's look at the reality of what we face at this moment in this country in this Chamber. The Republicans are in majority control of the Senate. The Republicans are in majority control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans are…

let me say at the outset that what we are trying to achieve is fund the military and critical agencies of our government immediately and to do it with a budget, to do it with appropriations bills. I have to use that term and remind you…

I would like to take a few moments to acknowledge my friend, Mayor Bob Butler of Marion, IL. Since April 16, 1963, the people of Marion have known Bob Butler as mayor. Think about this. During Bob Butler's span as mayor, there have been 11…

it is with a heavy heart that I share the news that Deacon James William Meeks passed away last Christmas Eve at his home in South Holland, IL. A longtime resident of the Chicagoland area, he was 90 years old. James William Meeks was born…

first, let me thank my colleague from South Carolina. We have worked together for years, mainly on this issue. I want to tell you that he has demonstrated extraordinary insight and extraordinary courage time and again. I know we wouldn't…

today I want to say a few words about a Chicago icon--and one of the most admired journalists on television-- Joel Weisman. This Friday will be the 40th anniversary of WTTW-Channel 11's longest running show, ``Chicago Tonight: The Week in…

I thank my colleagues, Senator Flake from Arizona and Senator Klobuchar from Minnesota, for bringing this timely issue to the floor. We are facing an attack on an American institution--an attack on our freedom of the press. Sadly, the…

We are finding that more Republicans are willing to step up now, distancing themselves from those outrageous comments by the president, and really I hope join us in a bipartisan effort to solve this problem.

I cannot believe that in the history of the White House in that Oval Office, any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 96, nays 0, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). Are there any other Senators in the…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I was necessarily absent for votes relative to the nominations of Michael Lawrence Brown to be a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Georgia and Walter David Counts III to be a U.S. district judge for the Western District of…

I come to the floor today to speak about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, known as DACA. That was an Executive order of President Obama's which provided temporary legal status to immigrant students and young people if…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 98, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 97, nays 1, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

Poland's domestic governance in the areas of judicial independence and the rule of law are cause for concern.