Madam President, I want to say a very special thank-you to my colleague, the Senator from Oregon. Senator Merkley has worked harder and more persistently on questions about the filibuster and the procedures of the U.S. Senate for years now…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:01 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10 a.m.

Today’s filibuster doesn’t encourage debate. It promotes cowardice. Senators can torpedo bills without saying a single word in public or even stepping to the floor of the United States Senate. This is not how a so-called deliberative body…

maybe the people who need to also be repealed and replaced are Manchin and Sinema.

Financial literacy is critical for Americans who are trying to make key decisions like planning for retirement, but low-incomes families navigating a thin social safety net that gives them too little help, all the education and counseling…

it is time for Congress to make reforms to SSI.

She is below the poverty level because of her circumstances. She receives an SSI check, but she is going to be punished for working, punished for claiming Social Security, and punished if she saves any money.

We can and we must change the law so it fulfills its original goals.

Right now, we got all 50 Democrats in the Senate are solidly on board. We’ve got the vice president you just heard from. We can win the vote to protect the vote all across America.

We are watching what’s happening all around this country right now, a concerted effort by the Republicans to deny people the opportunity to vote.

I hope that the Fed treads carefully in using its tools to help lower prices for American families.