on Special Prosecutor Mueller, I want to take a moment to praise my friend from Virginia, Senator Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for his speech yesterday about Special Counsel Mueller. It was an eloquent…

today we are adopting S. Res. 327, the National Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Awareness Week resolution. In 2015 I sponsored a similar resolution, National Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Awareness Month, which was inspired by the story and memory…

I very much thank my friend from Pennsylvania. As always, he is a gentleman as well as a great legislator and great leader. I meant those words very sincerely, unrelated to his yielding to me. ____________________

on year-end issues, we are staring down a litany of unresolved issues, and we are quickly running out of time to solve them. Not only do we need to pass an extension of government funding, but as I have said many times, we need to deal…

Now, Mr. President, on tax. Earlier this week, the Senate passed one of the worst pieces of legislation in at least a decade, maybe longer. The Republican tax bill will go down in history as a rushed, sloppy, partisan rewrite of the Tax…

Finally, Mr. President, since this is the last time I might be able to address this Chamber before the end of the year--let's hope so--I would like to look back at what the Senate has accomplished this year. The long and short of it…

Now to the end of the year, Mr. President, as a result of the Republican efforts to jam the tax bill through before the end of the year, we now have precious little time left to keep the government open and to solve a legion of problems…

last night the Senate passed an awful, partisan rewrite of the Tax Code. I said a good deal about the bill over the course of the debate and added my concluding thoughts into the Record before the final vote, but let me just reiterate one…

I want to thank my colleague Ron Wyden for the excellent job he has done in leading the opposition to this bill. I am incredulous that someone on the other side of the aisle said that this will decrease the deficit. That is just amazing…

the clock is ticking ever closer to the end of the year. We still need to fund the government by Friday. We still need to lift the spending caps equally for defense and urgent domestic priorities, such as combatting the opioid crisis…

we have a lot of business to get to this week, but because the topic is so important, I would like to address Special Counsel Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in our elections and the Trump campaign's potential…

I will have further comments on the tax bill that I will deliver on the Senate floor late tonight after the conference report, but I just want to say that this bill will be an anchor around the ankles of every Republican. It so helps the…

I ask for the yeas and nays, and I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, all time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will…

It is a perfect microcosm of the hasty and reckless process that produced this legislation. If my Republican friends think these are the only mistakes that will be found in their bill, they are sorely mistaken. Many more will almost…

This is serious stuff. We believe you are messing up America. You can pay attention for a couple of minutes. Nearly 145 million middle-class families earning under $200,000 will get either tax hikes or a tax cut of less than $100…

we have a lot to accomplish before the end of the year. Government funding runs out on Friday. We still haven't reached a bipartisan agreement on lifting the budget caps to ensure that our investments in economic growth and job creation…

first, our hearts go out to everyone who has been affected by that horrible train crash near Seattle, WA. I know that authorities are still investigating what caused the crash. We have to find out what went wrong and then work to fix it…

on another sad note and before I move to the substance of the day, I want to spend a moment in recognizing a dear friend of mine who passed away this weekend, Bob Wilmers, one of the most respected and prominent benefactors in Buffalo…

on a different subject, I again warn about the danger of the smear campaign against Special Counsel Mueller. Over the weekend, allies of the President in the media escalated their phony attacks on Special Counselor Mueller to an outrageous…

on the year-end negotiations, they are making headway--that is good--but many issues still remain to be resolved. We need to provide funding for community health centers, CHIP, and areas that have been hit by disasters. We need to pass a…

as we know, last night a Democrat won in the State of Alabama for the first time in a quarter century. Last night's election of Doug Jones was not only the repudiation of a candidate unfit to serve in this body; it was an affirmation of a…

last week, the House and Senate passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open as Republican and Democratic negotiators continue to work on a long-term spending deal. The negotiations are advancing well, but many issues…

first, this morning, as everyone knows, there was an attempted terrorist attack in New York City, near the Port Authority bus terminal and very close to Times Square. I was about 15 blocks away when that happened. Thankfully, praise God…

I first would like to talk today about year-end business. Congressional negotiators are making good headway on a budget deal that would meet our commitments to our military and also our urgent priorities here at home. I hope this progress…

Now, Mr. President, a word on the special counsel. Over the past few weeks, I have continued to hear Republican lawmakers and partisan media hosts attack the integrity of Special Counsel Mueller in a shameful display meant to undermine his…