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Tina Elizabeth Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Minnesota since January 3, 2018. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic equity during her time in office. Smith previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018, where she worked on initiatives to improve access to healthcare and support for families and children.
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 422, which was introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
I want to first associate myself with the comments that Senator Hoeven made about missing and murdered indigenous people.
this is also a bipartisan issue, I think. Senator Murkowski and I have worked together on this issue, along with others.
language is culture, and too often we think of students that need to learn English as--their first language, if it is not English, is a barrier that they have to overcome rather than an asset
It's such a pleasure to see an adult in the room. And here we have a plan that we can work around full of good ideas. Ideas that are at the scale that we need to address this huge public health and economic crisis.
I think President-Elect Biden said in his speech, economic growth should not be a spectator sport.
Mitch McConnell has been the master of obstruction in the United States Senate. He's really good at figuring out how to make things not happen.
Thank you for the clarification and for your work in drafting the unemployment compensation language in this bill.
section 20l(f) of the unemployment extension provisions of the bill we are considering this evening contains language limiting retroactive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance compensation for applicants that had not applied by the date of…
I am honored to pay tribute to my colleague, Senator Lamar Alexander. When speaking about the Senate, Senator Alexander often says, ``It's hard to get here, it's hard to stay here, and while you're here, you might as well try to accomplish…
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