Tina Smith

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the following nomination: Calendar No. 648, Alice P. Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation; that the Senate vote on the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 721 and 722; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate; that the motions to…

Madam Vice President, I rise today with my Democratic colleagues in support of one fundamental idea, the cornerstone of our democracy: that every eligible citizen of this country has the right to vote and have their vote counted. Cut to…

If we look at them we can change them and then start to change the path, create a much better path for people in this country.

the home ownership rate for White families is one of the highest in the country, about 70 percent, while home ownership for Black families is closer to barely 20 percent.

I think you are pointing out how we have sort of old, systemic ways of doing things that end up having the discriminatory impact.

One of the biggest constraints... is that people do not have any access to affordable childcare.

prosperity in our State should be equally shared.

Dr. Fauci has been the target of a concerted and coordinated campaign of disinformation and distortion and personal attacks.

I think we just need to be honest here that this is being done by some members of the Republican Party that are using it for fundraising.

So as we move into the third year of the COVID-19 response, it seems to me that our strategy is shifting.

I think it is important that we kind of look beneath some of these aggregate numbers.

I think that together Chair Powell and Lael Brainard would make a great team at the Fed.

The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, at 7.1 percent, more than twice what it is for White workers.

I think that we are, in Minnesota, as we are all over the country, experiencing a shortage of workers.

I note the comments and the questions of my colleague, Senator Rounds, with whom I have done a lot of work on issues of concentration in agriculture.

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the unemployment rate has dropped to just 3.9 percent.

We need to think about the severity of that disease because now with 62 percent of Americans vaccinated, some of that disease is not as severe as it was.

I think we all know that Americans need better access to rapid testing, and this is a big deal for us in terms of trying to figure out what are our health risks, how do we protect ourselves, and how do we also go about our lives?

Advancing equity in access and use of tests is woven throughout each of these key goals.

I rise today with my colleagues, and I would like to particularly thank my colleague, the senior Senator from Minnesota, for bringing us together today. I rise today with my colleagues to commemorate the first anniversary of January 6--the…

I have 5 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The majority leader. Vote on S.J. Res. 33

With what we know is happening, which is climate change, which is increasing the frequency of these flooding disasters across the Midwest.

This ongoing crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and people across the Country is so, so severe.