Political Quotes

Madam President, I rise to take the floor as the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee and urge that we adopt an urgent supplemental request to deal with the Zika threat. This is real. It has been 2 months since the administration…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the historic events taking place in Crete, Greece. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has called the first Holy and Great Council of the various Christian Orthodox churches around…

Mr. President, it has been 3 months since the administration sent Congress the emergency funding request for Zika, and Congress hasn't acted on it. But today we have an opportunity to do so, and I hope we do. We will have pending before…

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I rise this evening in support of the nomination of Paula Xinis to serve on the District Court of Maryland. I know Senator Cardin will be coming to the floor shortly to also comment on Ms. Xinis's…