America has always been an outlier: a written Constitution for over 200 years, a Bill of Rights that people can depend on.

Let's use this power to protect everyone, especially the LGBTQ families, our fundamental freedoms, and our Nation's future.

Senator Durbin, in your opening statement, you had mentioned this rhetoric.

It is time for Congress to catch up with where our country already is and pass the Equality Act.

Our children are listening and they are in danger.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) are necessarily absent.

Transgenderism must be eradicated.

I love Europe, I love the Europeans, but we're Americans.

We have accepted that this State is not safe. It is like a war zone.

We need you to help us answer this state of emergency with a sense of urgency.

Violence is an unacceptable expression in a democracy.

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We have the power to make the promise of equal justice under the law a reality.

We have a responsibility to support all of our children, no matter how they identify.

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This problem is another direct result of our broken immigration system.

There is a pattern of willful ignorance that exists in America.

It is really difficult for sponsors to come forward.

No one should be above the law.

I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

This is an issue that should transcend politics.

What we must not do is weaken the TVPRA and make it easier to deport unaccompanied children back into harm's way.