this week is National Police Week, and I rise today in honor of the service and sacrifice of law enforcement across this country. In North Carolina, we lost 10 law enforcement officers in 2020, and we tragically lost 6, so far, in 2021…

I want to thank my colleagues from North Dakota, Ohio, Wyoming, and Iowa, who have spoken before me, and my colleague from Kansas, after me. I think Senator Portman ended his statement by saying that we have heard the rhetoric, but we…

The core ideas behind stakeholder capitalism have always been odd and really very confusing to me.

We think the TEAM Act provision for health care is absolutely a must-pass.

I will consider silence to be consent.

Approximately 750,000 current-era veterans who served in areas known for exposure are present ineligible for VA health care.

I along with Ranking Member Toomey and 10 other Members of this Committee recently sent a letter to Mr. Kerry urging Mr. Kerry and the Biden administration as a whole to refrain from engaging in attempts to coerce financial institutions…

I would like to speak about the recent and continuing actions by John Kerry, President Biden's Special Envoy for Climate, to pressure financial institutions into making extralegal commitments to curtail their lending practices toward legal…

I rise in support of the brave, hard- working men and women who serve as law enforcement officers in our communities across the Nation. Men and women in law enforcement risk life and limb every day to protect public safety and preserve the…

I want to thank you, in the time that we have worked together, since I have been on this Committee.

I know that CBO projects the FTT would result in a $43 billion, almost $44 billion first-year net loss of tax revenues and would immediately lower the value of financial assets.

I join my colleagues in the discussion over the relief package we are going to be voting on later this week. We need to go back to last year and recognize what happened in this Chamber on five different occasions. I have been in the Senate…

I will say, for the Johnson & Johnson product, I am very curious to see how that product will be discussed at FDA's Advisory Committee on Friday.

The final question has to do with moving forward with respect to the COVID relief package we are talking about.

I think we are at about 80 percent in trust at the VA overall and about 90 percent on outpatient health care, so it seems like we are doing something right.

the American people should have full faith in our election system, which is why I led the passage of voter ID legislation in North Carolina and why I supported President Trump's right to call for recounts and bring challenges to the…

I thank Senator Burr for his leadership and leaning into this for many years before I even joined the Senate. I thank Senator Dole for filing this bill that actually even had Senator McConnell's cosponsorship many, many years ago. I thank…

today I want to say a word about the need to revise title 18 so that criminal commercial enterprises that stream pirated content to users are subject to the same felony penalties as criminal commercial enterprises that distribute to users…

I rise today to honor the life and service of Concord, NC, Police Officer Jason Shuping, who was tragically killed in the line of duty this week. Officer Shuping was only 25 years old and had served the Concord Police Department for 1\1/2\…

3 days ago, I came to the floor and spoke in honor of the life of Tyler Herndon, a Mount Holly, NC, police officer who lost his life just days before his 26th birthday last week. He was laid to rest this week. Now 5 days after his murder…

I am obviously disappointed in the objection from my friend and colleague from Illinois, but I do believe that we have to start recognizing that something bad is happening--48 murders, hundreds of assaults, ambushes, premeditated attacks…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

I have 4 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 am here today to honor the life of Officer Tyler Herndon, a member of the Mount Holly Police Department in North Carolina, not far from where I live. He tragically lost his life in the line of duty last week, just days before his 26th…

before the senior Senator from Mississippi leaves, I would like to thank him for his comments and for his service to the Nation. He actually spent some quality time in my great State of North Carolina when he was in the Air Force. Senator…