I oppose the nomination of Representative Mick Mulvaney to serve as Director of the Office of Management & Budget, OMB. Representative Mulvaney's radical views regarding the fundamental role of government in our society make him…

today I wish to celebrate Black History Month, a time to honor and reflect on the many achievements and sacrifices of African Americans throughout our Nation's history. This February, we highlight the titans of African-American history. We…

I take this time to explain to my colleagues why I will be opposing the nomination of Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, to be the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I first want to start by saying I…

Resources are important. And I wish every policy decision we make in this committee and we make in Congress and make at the White House was driven by what is the right policy results.

I look forward to reviewing the impact of the statutory caps on seniors.

And of course, that is what we are seeing under the expansion of Medicaid in the State of Maryland with many more people insured.

if you do not have the ability to provide the essential services, it is the vulnerable who are going to suffer.

We are not going to improve our health-care system by telling people of means that they cannot spend money on health care.

So yes, the expansion of third-party coverage is critically important, but the quality of third-party coverage is also critically important.

If you move to block-grant the Medicaid program, the odds are it is going to fill a budget number, not fill a policy-driven objective.

It was the U.S. leadership--it was the congressional leadership that made this issue the priority of our Nation.

It speaks to the priority that we believe that we must pay to modern day slavery trafficking.

I would like to express my support for the nomination of Linda McMahon to the position of Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Linda McMahon is an interesting candidate for this position. As the cofounder and former CEO…

When you stand up for human rights, you are standing up for what makes America the great nation it is.

I take this time to explain to my colleagues why I will be opposing Steve Mnuchin's nomination for Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Mnuchin has an impressive record of accomplishment, and I admire his willingness to serve the public. But…

the point I was starting with is that in Maryland, yes, there are 400,000 people who now have coverage who didn't have coverage before, and they are benefiting by being able to get preventive health care and get affordable care, but it is…

first let me comment and thank my colleague from Maryland, Senator Van Hollen. Senator Van Hollen may be a new Member to the U.S. Senate, but he is not a new Member to the Congress of the United States. I think Senator Van Hollen said this…

Let us get to the bottom of what Russia did in our election through a bipartisan commission.

stay true to our principles. You know, we talk about entering into some types of arrangements that could be transactional in nature. But if they are outside the scope of our values, it will not work.

Russia's using democratic institutions to try to undermine democratic institutions.

I do not want to leave you with the impression this morning that I do not support engaging with Russia. I do.

After the attack on our country by Russia, and our election system, there was a strong desire to hold hearings.

Yesterday, Senator Graham and I, along with other members, filed the Russian Sanction Review Act.

We saw that in Montenegro parliamentary elections, where they tried to disrupt it so that Montenegro would not be eligible to join NATO.

I think shocking is how far they believe now they can get away with this in our nation, as witnessed in what happened in the election.