It’s easy to be exhausted, but America needs you now more than ever.

The idea that I would just be so partisan that I couldn't have Thanksgiving dinner with my dad just doesn't work for me.

The public expects leaders to level with them on what’s actually happening in our country.

I look forward to laying that out.

I want people to think about where we will be if it becomes normal to ask foreign governments to intervene in our political process.

Americans expect leaders to level with them on what's actually happening in our country.

We've got to chart a way forward that improves people's lives in the country we all love.

It’s not rocket science, but talking about those issues plainly, not from the faculty lounge but from the assembly line, is, I think, a very important message.

I'm looking forward to speaking directly to the American people next week.

I look forward to speaking directly to the American people next week.

From our economic security to our national security, we've got to chart a way forward that improves people's lives.

I personally think that identity politics needs to go the way of the dodo.

my amendment is simple. It prohibits cuts to the funding and staffing necessary to respond to and control avian flu. This should be an easy no-brainer. Avian flu is jumping between species. We are culling thousands of birds, and egg prices…

I am not enjoying my first vote-arama, but I do call up my amendment No. 664 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows: The Senator from…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 53, as…

I rise today in opposition to the budget resolution we have been discussing here tonight. I am a new Senator from the great State of Michigan. I am a former CIA officer and Pentagon official. I did three tours in Iraq alongside the…

has shown a repeated preference for our adversaries over the intelligence community in the United States of America.

It is an insult to people who have dedicated their lives and put themselves in harm's way to have her confirmed into this position.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Banks). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Michigan.

I rise today as a very new Senator, a freshman Senator, to talk about the confirmation prospects for the nominee for the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. I think context matters here. I am the first CIA officer to ever be…

I don’t think people like when their government shuts down, and I don’t think the average person watches the debate so closely that they know whose fault it is.

For Medicare, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The clerk will continue to call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

thank you for being here. Thank you to the floor staff, to the clerk, the entire Capitol team here who has been here overnight. This is actually the first time that I have ever spoken on the floor. I am a freshman Senator, newly elected…

A lot of this stuff is your stuff.

What do I think of someone who comes to Detroit and then dumps on Detroit? It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.