the September 18 New York Times, the Finnish leader, President Niinisto--now serving his second term--made an historic decision to ask for membership in NATO. He is a wonderful man; he is on a second term and is extremely popular in his…

what you just witnessed here is, we hope, a new day in the U.S. Senate. You see, we have the responsibility of appropriating the money for the Federal Government. We do it in 12 different bills. The total cost to the taxpayers for the…

over the August recess, the North Lawndale community on the West Side of Chicago witnessed the end of an era. Founding pastor of the Lawndale Community Church, the Reverend Doctor Wayne ``Coach'' Gordon passed the torch to the church's new…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 91, nays 7, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 228 Leg.] YEAS--91 Baldwin Barrasso…

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. 2788 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

it was about 12 years ago when I went into a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. I think it was about the time that Arlen Specter was the chairman of the committee, and he had a hearing on something that I knew nothing about. It was…

This issue should have nothing to do with political party. This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue.

We now consider 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' to be, in the words of the Library of Congress, a timeless American classic.

for nearly three decades, the crack of the bat, the smell of fresh cut grass, the greening of the ivy, and the sound of Pat Hughes' voice reporting from the ``beautiful and historic Wrigley Field'' has let Cubs fans far and wide know, it…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Jeffrey Cummings to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Cummings received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and his J.D. from the Northwestern…

I could not be more proud of this legislation, and I implore everyone in this room to please, please be on the right side of history and push back against these book bans in every and any way possible.

there are lines that cannot be crossed. Violence is one of those lines. Humiliation is one of those lines.

this is indeed a historic moment in the U.S. Senate. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee for more than two decades, I can remember a time when, in fact, 12 different appropriations bills came to the floor of the Senate for…

We want our schools and libraries to be open and welcoming settings for education, not cultural battlefields.

We now consider 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' to be, in the words of the Library of Congress, a timeless American classic.

This issue should have nothing to do with political party. This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue.

For 30 years, Congress has failed to pass immigration reform.

We need to work together as a country to try to create clear standards for access to books.

We need to work together as a country to try to create clear standards for access to books.

We need to take any hint of censorship seriously, because free speech is not only crucial to democracy but imperative for the survival of our civilization.

For 30 years, Congress has failed to pass immigration reform.

In the 1850s, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' the classic antislavery novel, was banned throughout the Southern United States.

We need to take any hint of censorship seriously, because free speech is not only crucial to democracy but imperative for the survival of our civilization.

I could not be more proud of this legislation, and I implore everyone in this room to please, please be on the right side of history and push back against these book bans in every and any way possible.

In the 1850s, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' the classic antislavery novel, was banned throughout the Southern United States.