I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

for decades powerful interests have been working to take over our courts and tilt the scales of justice in favor of billionaires and giant corporations. President Trump has been all in, nominating extreme and partisan judges to the Federal…

The security and well-being of the United States are at greater risk than anytime in decades.

We need to stop treating domestic policy and national security as if they're unrelated to each other.

But, there's a reason that the Constitution puts the hard calls on the civilian part of government.

We are spending, this year, $700 billion on defense, and the only priority I hear from you... is 'more.'

The long-term-debt issue, if you look at the CBO's 20-year projections, is clearly driven by Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

I think all of those things that you cited are things that also contribute enormously to the national security.

If we continue to prioritize investment in defense at the expense of infrastructure, education, basic research, then we will have a hollow country.

This industry has proven that safety is not its top priority.

You're the ones who have the money. You're the ones who have the resources.

Have you urged National Grid to reach an agreement with its workers so that you could call on mutual aid and get those people to work here in Lawrence and Andover and North Andover?