yesterday, Leader Jeffries and I announced legislation to stop unlawful meddling by DOGE or other entities in the Treasury Department's payments system. Our bill will deny access to the payment system by anyone designated as a ``special…

He will be the quarterback of White House policy. For all intents and purposes, he will run the command center of the Trump administration.

I thank my friend from New Hampshire who cares so much about this issue and has done a great job. And I will just be brief on that because I want to talk about Russell Vought. As is clear, we Democrats--I, certainly--I hate the ICC. I have…

All 47 Democrats are opposed to Vought's nomination. His confirmation would be a disaster for working families, and a godsend to billionaires who don't pay their fair share in taxes.

I yield 120 minutes of my postcloture debate time on the vote nomination to Senator Murphy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

starting yesterday afternoon, through the night, and now on into the afternoon here, my colleagues continue to make an extremely strong and powerful case against Mr. Vought becoming the head of OMB. As I have said before, you couldn't have…

yesterday, Elon Musk took issues to my warning that DOGE is operating in many ways like a shadow government. Here is what I said. I said: DOGE is not a real government agency. DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions. DOGE has no…

They have gotten chosen without any checks or balances, without ever coming before the Senate, without anything else, and they have huge power. People's privacy is at risk. But, also, we don't even know if they have made protections, so…

And we don't even know if these billionaires have any understanding of how a feeding program works, how Medicaid works, how a veterans program works, how we fund the police, how we help our firefighters--almost no understanding; just with…

In New York, the Medicaid portal was shut down. People who desperately needed Medicaid, needed to get some information and get some help, were told to go home. Now they have put it back up, but who knows when they will shut it down again.

before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the Federal Government. Friday night, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, gained access to the Treasury…

I would say he would use it as a bludgeon, as a consolidated bludgeon, when he can just cut, cut, cut, and hurt people in so many different ways, you can't even count them. And I am so glad that we had--and the Democrats--every Democrat…

Finally, Mr. President, on tariffs, this weekend, President Trump kick-started a golden age of higher costs for American families with his 25-percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico--two of our four biggest trading partners. By issuing his…

If the gentleman will continue to yield, if you remember, for instance, say a group that gets veterans' healthcare, and all of a sudden, they said: The money is not being spent right. We are cutting it off. You almost have no recourse…

I am just going to ask the gentleman to yield for a question. Well, we have seen just this shadow government sort of trying to change America inside out, run the show, and, as you said, put power in one man, not with the usual checks and…

And it is similar. We see it repeated in place after place after place--when DOGE came into the Treasury Department and said they are going to control all of the funding and who is getting paid, what Social Security payments and Medicare…

this morning, our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the horrible, heartbreaking incident at Reagan Washington National Airport last night. I have been briefed on the horrific incident at DCA and have continued to monitor the situation…

2 nights ago, the Trump administration committed a breathtaking act of economic sabotage. In the blink of an eye, OMB announced a near-universal freeze on all Federal grant funding. Donald Trump's actions can be summarized with three C's…

I want to thank my Democratic colleagues: Senators Shaheen and Blumenthal, Senators Kim and Padilla, and so many others; Senator Schatz, Senator Durbin, so many others who came on the floor tonight. And why did we all come on the floor? To…

last night, incredibly and lawlessly, the Trump administration announced the virtual halt to all forms of Federal financial assistance. In an instant--one instant, one blink of the eye--in the dark of night, Donald Trump has shut off…

The vote on RFK is about one simple question. Will Republicans do the right thing for American public health, or will they do whatever is necessary to keep Donald Trump happy, no matter how misguided he is?

I have spent decades watching the International Criminal Court with a critical eye. From the beginning, even when I was in Congress, I was certain that the ICC would display the same anti-Israel bias that permeated the U.N. and other…

Let me thank Patty Murray for her leadership on this issue. It is becoming clear--it has become clear already, but it is even clearer today--a pattern is emerging from Donald Trump's Presidency, a pattern of lawlessness. He has pardoned…

first, I thank my friend from Rhode Island. He has been laser-like focused on corruption. Whether it is the Supreme Court, the executive branch, or anywhere else in the government, he has done a great job. Mr. President, I just finished…

The vote on RFK is about one simple question: Will Republicans do the right thing for American public health, or will they do whatever is necessary to keep Donald Trump happy, no matter how misguided he is?