I urge all my colleagues to oppose this amendment. (Applause.) Vote on Amendment No. 871 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

this amendment is a direct attack on the Midwest and America's hundreds of thousands of farmers. Capping the price of biofuel credits at 10 cents per gallon would stifle the RIN market and destroy the Renewable Fuel Standard Program. When…

I will be introducing the comprehensive Environmental Justice for All Act.

President Biden has not been shy that agriculture will have a seat at the table as we tackle climate.

My constituents in Illinois were betrayed, but remain optimistic that the Biden administration will be a staunch champion of our farmers and of American biofuels.

It tells me that he stands with someone who basically incited insurrection as opposed to standing with our Constitution.

He is putting his own personal ambitions above the wellbeing of our nation.

We're still seeing the scars of insurrectionists, and yet my Republican colleagues seem to have glossed over that. We just lost another Capitol Police officer who committed suicide just recently. Now we've lost three lives, in terms of the…

It boggles the mind. I mean, these are the same people who were hiding, and who were, you know, in the same safe rooms that we were in that I was in, while the Capitol was under attack.

And it is absolutely shameful that Kevin McCarthy did this. But unfortunately, he's not the only one, you know, in in both the Senate and the House, you have all of these Republicans are choosing to stand with Trump, as opposed to choosing…

In 2004, I packed up my rucksack, laced up my boots, and deployed to Iraq, ready to sacrifice whatever was asked of me, all because I love this Nation--willing to sacrifice my life, if needed, because I believe in the sanctity of our…

I will support general Austin, but I would not support the waiver. I suspect that he will -- that the waiver will pass. I will not vote for the waiver. I believe very strongly that there needs to be civilian control, civilian oversight of…

I think that any role that we can elevate our members of our first nation is a great one. I think she would be fantastic at Interior, but I also think there are any number of members of the first nations who could hold any number of roles.

Well, this is a very serious cabinet. That is a message that President-elect Biden is sending with this message, and he could not have picked better names in each and every one of these spots. He's basically telling the rest of the world…

I'm not worried those things will be hard to undo, but frankly, my greatest is America's national security, and that includes the national security of Israel, and when you have serious people come to the table who want to negotiate, who…

He can be the one to say listen we will welcome people who seek refuge. We will stand firm against those people who seek to do harm to the United States. But we will not turn away people who are seeking refuge into the United States. And…

I think it's very significant because he can be the one to say, listen, we will welcome people who seek refuge. We will stand firm against those people who seek to do harm to the United States, but we will not turn away people who are…

I've been talking about this and the threat to our national security posed by President Trump actually firing Secretary Esper and hollowing out the top levels of the Pentagon. And now we know why he did it. He did it so that he can make…

This really rash decision which will want to put our troops in harm's way. You know, President Trump just literally wants to blow everything up as he goes out the door.

He is putting his own personal vendettas, his own personal fragile ego ahead of the well-being and the security of our nation.

We need to fight this COVID-19 pandemic. We've got to get this thing under control. That's why this was the very first thing that President-elect Biden has put out on the agenda because that's what the American people said when they voted…

And that silence is deafening. That silence is not good for our national security. That silence on the part of my colleagues is not good for a small 'D' democracy.

Exactly. The oath that you swear when you join the military is to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. So, it's not to carry out the president's orders, it's to defend the Constitution.

the president of the United States firing the defense secretary this soon after the election, this soon after a major transition destabilizes our national security. There's no way to get around it, and it's really what is a foolish move on…

I rise today to pay tribute to my dear friend and colleague, Deirdre ``Dee'' Wallace, who retired this year after 36 years of Federal service. A true civil servant, Dee served our country and its citizens with humility and empathy for…