Robert F. Kennedy: “I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that…”

That is exactly the function that the United States Constitution assigned to the people of--to the Members of Congress.

I rise today with both deep sorrow and immense gratitude to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of my dear friend, Dr. Olga Karman, who passed away last week after a courageous battle with leukemia. Dr. Karman was a poet, a professor…

The one thing that would give us an advantage over totalitarian systems was this capacity for the free flow of information.

we as a body have an obligation to honor our servicemembers for the sacrifices they have made for our country. This responsibility is always top of mind for me and my colleagues on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. About a year ago, I…