I don't think any of those things are an America first policy and I don't think any of those things make America great again.

by abandoning the Kurdish allies who we've told is we've told people in the region, don't work with Americans because we will abandon you.

the President has put America in danger.

I could stay here all day, listening to the names of the brave men and women whom I was lucky enough to serve with in the military. I could stay here all night, telling stories about their heroism and courage. I could stay here all week…

in this day and age, it would be easy to grow cynical and simply tune out the noise of a 24-hour cable news cycle that feeds off the latest Trump tweet. From Donald Trump's recent decision to invite the Taliban to join him for a retreat at…

I was necessarily absent for vote No. 231 on overriding the veto, shall the Joint Resolution S.J. Res. 36 pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding. On vote No. 231, had I been present, I…

Personally, I have written a letter to the new Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, joined by my colleagues Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, urging the governor to submit the development to thorough…

By exempting the Foxconn development from critical environmental review requirements, Wisconsin increased the likelihood of flooding along the Des Plaines River and passed the consequences downstream to our communities.

amendment No. 861 fully captures the utter failure of the modern Congress to assert and defend congressional war powers that the U.S. Constitution solely vests in the legislative branch. It treats matters of life and death as mere fodder…

the past week has lain bare just how dangerous it can be to have a President who approaches foreign policy as if it were a reality show, when the worst thing that can happen is to get kicked off before the next episode airs--a President…

I was necessarily absent for vote No. 137 on the confirmation of David Schenker to be an Assistant Secretary of State. On vote No. 137, had I been present, I would have voted yea on confirmation. I was also necessarily absent for vote No…

Well, I don't know he makes up for it if you mean by stealing money from the Department of Defense to build a wall.

I come to the floor today to honor some of the Founders of our Nation who all too often don't get their due-- Founders whose gender or skin tone may not be represented on Mount Rushmore but whose brilliance, whose resilience, helped ensure…

If you are a true patriot, you respond when your nation calls you to duty. This president did not go.

Yes, he is a coward. He is a coward when it came time to serve in Vietnam.

This is a president that tries to convince people that he is a patriot, yet he is stealing money from the Department of Defense to pursue his own political agenda.

I don't think he cares. I don't think he cares to honor those who have served. They have done something he was too afraid to do himself, I think he finds those threatening to him, he lashes out to them and minimize their service by saying…

in 1902, a little known machinist by the name of Charles Edward Taylor began working for Orville and Wilbur Wright at the Wright Cycle Company in Dayton, OH. Over the course of 6 weeks, using only a metal lathe, drill press, and hand…

I would like to see what this intelligence that the administration keeps talking about. They need to share it with members of Congress.

I think not just administration, but I think Mr. Bolton in particular, right? He himself has said two things, what caused the U.S. to be in conflict, one which is for Iran to ramp up its nuclear production, and then the other is for them…

We in Congress are the only authority to declare war and so you should share with us information if you're pushing us into the conditions where war may happen.

I might be the luckiest person in the world because I get to wake up on Sunday and spend Mother's Day, well, being a mom. I will probably spend the morning helping my 1-year-old take a few wobbly steps and then the afternoon watching my…

I was necessarily absent for vote No. 65 on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 21, nomination of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado. On vote No. 65, had…

I come to the floor in opposition to Andrew Wheeler's nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Americans across this country depend on EPA to protect their public health, yet under this administration, EPA has failed again…

I ask unanimous consent to address the floor for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.