I think I can lead a movement and a fight across this nation for women's reproductive freedom. This is an all out assault, state after state, over 39 efforts in this country to undermine women's reproductive freedoms.

President Trump intends on overturning Roe v. Wade, he made it clear not only in his campaign but as president.

And if the President wants a fight with the American people and the American women, he's got it.

I think his statement was dishonest and disingenuous, but the American people are watching.

We are rolling back the clock decades.

I do. And I do because President Trump and Senator McConnell have changed all the rules when it comes to appointing justices.

I rise to add my name to S. Res. 120. This resolution would make it the sense of the Senate that we in this Chamber oppose the global BDS movement and other efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel. I have long said that the boycott…

I want to associate myself with the comments of the Senator from Washington. She is exactly right. We are rising today to speak about a very disturbing annual milestone that we are once again marking today. Today is known as Equal Pay Day…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, and the Senate proceed to its immediate…

the House of Representatives has already passed this bill unanimously, 382 to 0. The bill is fully paid for, and it is long past time that we do the right thing. We have to right this wrong and help these veterans. The only thing standing…

I hope all of us can come together to do the right thing by our veterans to make sure they get the coverage that they need and to stand by them in their greatest time of need. I yield the floor to my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I hope that Congress looks forward to the next surface transportation reauthorization in 2020.

Last week I wrote a letter, with Senator Blumenthal, to Secretary Perdue, urging him to disclose publicly the source of turkey contamination with salmonella.

every day the current Administration delays moving forward with the Gateway Program, they are gambling not just with New York's economy, but the economy of the entire Northeast region.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is lovely to see you all.

I rise to strongly oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the Federal bench, and I urge my colleagues to join me in voting against him. The right to vote is sacred and a precious human right, but it has been under attack, and that is…

Farmers know better, particularly farmers in upState New York and on Long Island.

The administration has been repeatedly demonstrated a shocking disdain for LGBT community.

How would you ensure that the public can trust the scientific integrity of the USDA research, given the administrations habit of marginalizing and discrediting scientists?

What would be the consequences for transit riders if funding of the mass transit account of the Highway Trust Fund was reduced or eliminated?

I think it is fair to say that the current administration has a problem accepting scientific consensus.

If the Federal role under the Endangered Species Act is diminished, how are States going to protect critical habitat for conservation if many do not have the authority under their own States to do so in the first place?

Where I am from, in eastern New York State, we have the recent example of the New England cottontail to demonstrate that cooperation and voluntary conservation efforts under the current Endangered Species Act framework can yield positive…

What would be the most effective way for Congress to improve the ability of States and the Federal Government to recover species more quickly and protect species before they reach the point of becoming severely threatened or endangered?

today and these past several weeks have been deeply painful for many in this country. Today it is a painful day for millions of women all across the country who are rightly worried about losing their basic civil rights. It is a painful day…