the Manufacturing USA Network is critical to ensuring the United States remains a global leader in manufacturing.

will you use the authorities of the Defense Production Act in this effort to ensure access to trusted microelectronics?

Obviously, there were new allegations today and enough is enough. We need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is OK, none of it is acceptable, and we as elected leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard, not a lower…

I believe the women. You know, I'm with Senator Gillibrand. She said I believe these women.

Senator Franken is entitled to the Senate ethics investigation process, but I don't think Congress is equipped, I don't think they have the tools to do the kind of accountability that the American people are searching for. I do not feel…

I rise to speak about the tax plan we will be voting on tomorrow, likely in the middle of the night, and definitely without much needed debate, oversight, and transparency, as it should have. I think everyone in this Chamber agrees we need…

I strongly oppose these two nominees, and I urge everyone to vote against them.

Yes. In this moment that we are in right now, there seems to be a dramatic reassessment of some recent history.

The problem with the bill and the purpose standard, which is a significant and extreme retreat from the standard the Justice Department has always employed.

if we carved out exemptions for every industry that claimed compliance with clean air regulations was too burdensome, what would that do to the Clean Air Act?

the cost-benefit analysis here put the benefits at about 100 to 1 over cost.

I rise to speak about the mass shooting in Texas yesterday--the latest mass shooting in what seems like never-ending gun violence in our country. My heart breaks for the victims and their families and for the community of Sutherland…

I rise to speak about the disaster supplemental that the Trump administration is expected to send to Congress as early as tomorrow. While Congress has passed two supplemental aid bills since this year's hurricanes, I want to make it very…

I am very worried that because there is no accountability and because of the constitutional limitations that you mentioned, that we are not going to hold these States accountable when they have not done the required work.

I would like a full accounting of what has been done, what is left to be done, and what are your recommendations to secure our electoral system by the next election?

Mr. Rapuano, in your confirmation hearing, you said that the Russian interference in our election is a credible and growing threat and that Russians will continue to interfere as long as they view the consequences of their actions as less…

Can I just have your commitment that in the next budget, you will include the full amount needed for the training of these cyber specialists within the National Guard?

I guess what I am trying to get at is are we ready for the next election?

I think it is a national security priority.

What I am really worried about is when you privatize--the only reason a company would want something privatized is if they will make a profit.

If you are confirmed, will you give me a letter report within the first 3 months that you have reviewed this issue, and give me your views on it?

If private companies were allowed to take over highways, is it fair to assume that those companies would not be doing so purely as a public service but would be seeking to make a profit off operation of those highways?

If I was you, I would recuse myself over and over again.

Your job is to serve the people sitting behind you.

You have such a responsibility.