Today's events certainly, certainly would not have happened without him.

The President who promoted conspiracy theories that motivated these thugs, the President who exhorted them to come to our Nation's Capital, egged them on, he hardly ever discourages violence, and more often encourages it. This President…

well, I can't remember the last time the Senate convened on New Year's Day. I want to take this opportunity to wish all of my colleagues a happy new year. I want to thank the staff for having to come into work on New Year's Day, and I want…

Someday soon. (Laughter.) Mr. President, the only thing I would say, through the Chair, to my friend from South Dakota is that the many proposals he proposed as alternatives to our proposal are those to which the Republican majority…

the Senate today meets for a rare New Year's Eve session for one reason and one reason only: The Republican leader has refused to allow us to vote on legislation to provide the American people $2,000 checks. He has twice objected to my…

After all the insanity that Senate Republicans have tolerated from President Trump, his attacks on the rule of law, an independent judiciary, the kind of conduct that led to his impeachment, is this where Senate Republicans are going to…

now let me return to the matters at hand. Today, the Senate will begin the process of overriding the President's veto on the annual Defense bill. The House has already overridden the veto by a comfortable margin. I expect the Senate to…

I was prepared this afternoon to speak about the business the Senate must address, and I will do that, but, first, I must respond to the recent announcement by the junior Senator of Missouri that he intends to contest the certified votes…

In a moment, I will move to have the Senate take up the house bill to increase that number to $2,000, which I might add had broad bipartisan support. I don't want to hear that we can't afford it. I don't want to hear that it would add too…

Will Senate Republicans stand against the House of Representatives, the Democratic majority in the Senate, and the president of their own party to prevent these $2,000 checks from going out the door?

Reserving the right to object, the Senate is here this week for a rare holiday session to address two major issues: the President's veto of the annual Defense bill and the effort to send $2,000 survival checks to millions and millions of…

It is a lot of names. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska. ____________________

I thank my friends from Oregon and Virginia for their hard work on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I agree with them that oversight by the full Senate Intelligence Committee on these and other intelligence matters is at the core of the…

I am just going to read from it, comparing the new, bipartisan relief agreement to the December 1 GOP proposal of Leader McConnell. How about direct payments? This bill has $600 per individual, $1,200 per married couple, $600 child…

so much of the Senate's work happens behind the scenes and out of the spotlight. Over the past few weeks, there are scores of Senate staffers--probably more than scores; hundreds, I would say--who have spent many late nights and some…

This bill cannot and will not be the final word on congressional relief from the corona pandemic. This is an emergency survival package.

Today is a good day. But it's certainly not the end of the story. It cannot be the end of the story.

first, I heard the remarks of the Senator from Illinois. It is a hope that we can change the way the Senate operates and do more amendments and do more debating on the floor. We haven't seen much give from some of our colleagues on the…

after weeks of intense bipartisan negotiation, the leadership of both Chambers, as well as the White House, have reached an agreement on an emergency Federal relief package. The agreement on this package could be summed up by the…

now, we have spent the past 4 to 5 days locked in intense bipartisan negotiations over the final details of an emergency relief package. There are a few issues outstanding, but I am quite hopeful that we are closing in on an outcome. It…

ever since a remarkable bipartisan rescue package in March, the CARES Act, and a subsequent bill to replenish those programs, getting further aid to the American people has been a long and arduous effort. It is no secret that for much of…

I will speak briefly. And I thank my colleague. I join my friend Senator Sanders to support his amendment to give $1,200 in direct financial support to the American people in the yearend emergency relief bill. Now, this effort should not…

we continue to move closer to a final agreement on an omnibus appropriations bill and a package of emergency Federal aid to provide the country relief from the continuing impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, House and Senate…

as we rapidly approach the end of the session, Senators are working in earnest to finish a bipartisan government funding bill as well as an emergency Federal relief package. Over the past several weeks, the bipartisan Gang of 8 came…

as the Republican leader rightly acknowledged a few moments ago, Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States, and our colleague Kamala Harris will be the next Vice President of the United States. Leader McConnell's Republican…