I will not object. First, I just want to thank both my colleagues from New York and Utah for working out this agreement with the leader and me. What this does is it paves the way, finally, for what we have been waiting on for a very, very…

I promise to work with Senator Isakson to ensure that the Tehran hostages receive the compensation they deserve and provide equitable treatment for all victims of terrorism. ____________________

first, let me thank my colleague and friend, the Senator from New York, for the amazing work she has done to get this bill to this point. She has worked long and hard on this for years and years and years with compassion, dedication…

I join my colleague Senator McConnell and offer my congratulations and my kudos--that is singular, as we learned in our caucus lunch a few weeks ago--to my dear friend from Vermont, Senator Pat Leahy, on his 16,000th vote as Senator. He is…

I ask that the 11 o'clock vote series start now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the amendments to the treaty are withdrawn. The amendments (No. 912 and No. 913)…

last night, we received the news, the sad news, that Justice John Paul Stevens passed away at the age of 99. He was a son of the ``greatest generation,'' a code breaker in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, and a…

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.J. Res. 50 Resolved by the Senate and House of…

over the weekend, President Trump launched a series of insults at Democratic congresswomen, suggesting they ``go back'' to the countries they came from, despite the fact that three of the four were born in the United States and that…

on another matter, last Friday, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, I am happy to say that the House reauthorized the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and made it virtually permanent. I want to thank all of my colleagues in the House. Above…

first, let me thank my friend from Missouri for what he and Senator Stabenow are trying to do on mental health. I know some States were included and other States were not, so I support that aspect of what he was talking about. 2020 Census…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator…

a new report from NBC News last night detailed the inhumane treatment of migrant children at the Arizona border stations: allegations of sexual assault, retaliation by Customs and Border Protection officers, overcrowding, lack of showers…

yesterday, I sent a letter to U.S. soccer that officially invited the U.S. women's soccer team to come to the Senate to celebrate their outstanding World Cup victory. Happily, I heard last night that Megan Rapinoe, one of the team's…

let me congratulate the U.S. Women's National Team on winning the World Cup yesterday. It is the second title in a row and fourth overall, the most for any nation. Boy, did they make us proud. The team's sustained level of excellence is…

last week, the DHS inspector general released a report detailing horrid conditions at border facilities. This is the President's own DHS inspector general saying how bad conditions were. Then we found reports of a secret Border Patrol…

President Trump's hypocrisy and his diving into mistruths over and over again reared its ugly head once again. We can't become used to it because it is such a bad thing for a President to be so abjectly dishonest about so much of what is…

now on healthcare, tomorrow the Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case of Texas v. United States. The fate of our entire healthcare system hangs in the balance. This challenge to the Affordable Care Act, brought by Republican…

He now is presiding over North Korea not only with more nuclear weapons than they had but ICBMs, the capability of delivering to the west coast of the United States.

Well, it's certainly on the Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS, provides much-needed money because everyone agrees we were running out of money. These kids don't have toothbrushes. The little babies don't have diapers. There's…

Isn't that a despicable policy this use these little innocent children as pawns? Isn't that despicable?

Now, how should he deal with it? Fully. When the House passes the bill, don't cut back. Don't put it on something that might not past. Just put it on the floor it has 60 co-sponsors, Democrats and Republicans it will pass and be signed…

It's reality show foreign policy. He wants that photo-op. He wants that little hit. He has no strategic long-range sense of where to go, what to do.

Almost nothing -- the biggest problem this administration is going to face aside from what the president's dishonesty and the president not caring about rule of law, the president being a bully and often a narcissist is they are not…

Well, he admires these strong men. He doesn't have principles about what rule of law is, what a democracy is. You know, Anderson, this was one of the worst few days in American foreign policy, in American diplomatic history.