thank you for your recognition. I am honored to come here today and follow Senator Leahy and Senator Kaine and their speeches on DACA. I have also watched over the last couple of days, and I think almost every Democratic Senator has been…

this May, a spray of pesticide from a nearby orchard drifted over to a field, exposing nearly 50 farmworkers in California. They soon became sick with nausea and vomiting. Several were hospitalized. The workers described it as a living…

When I visited President Santos earlier this year, he stressed the importance of roads as a key factor to bring government services to rural areas.

the Senate is now in its third day of voting on major healthcare legislation, and we still have no idea exactly what the Republican leadership wants or what bill they are going to put on the floor. The Republican leadership tosses out…

I intend to offer the following motions to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

I intend to offer the following motions to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record. I ask that the Record reflect the support of Senator Heinrich. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1624 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

President Trump has continued his unprecedented and dangerous attacks on media organizations that report stories he does not like.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to take this opportunity to note that Senator Hassan and I have requested a hearing in this Committee on the current state of the U.S. media landscape.

Do you believe it is appropriate for any Federal official with power over media organizations to attack or threaten them with legal or regulatory retaliation over negative news coverage, media coverage?

Will you reassure us that you will exercise your authority as Chairman of the FCC to regulate the media in an impartial manner?

I know Senator Durbin is on the floor so I am going to wrap up very quickly. I first want to thank Senator Franken, who came down here and advocated for his State and for Native Americans across the country. I thank Senator Heitkamp for…