I have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring journalists. A free, independent media is vital to our democracy. It is enshrined in our Constitution. We depend on reporters around the world to both tell the stories that have an impact on…

I asked my colleagues to join me in honoring and thanking the heroic individuals who have served our country. Every year on Veterans Day--just a couple of days ago--we come together as Ohioans or Oregonians and New Mexicans and Americans…

I rise to ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Max Morrissey and Ben Morrissey, two brothers who went to work on September 20 at the BP-Husky oil refinery in Oregon, OH, and never returned home. In the tragic explosion at the refinery…

I would like to ask you this. You had said that Senator Scott, who is the chairman of the Republican Senate campaign committee, represents the third largest State in the country, Florida. He said he wants to sunset? What exactly--just…

Well, go back to that. You said ``a brand-new fight.'' I am not a historian. I like reading history, but I know enough about Medicare because I care a lot about the history, as you do, of that-- and Senator Markey and others and Senator…

So he is saying then, so I understand this right. Senator Scott, the chair of the Republican Senate campaign committee, representing the third largest State in the country, is saying that every 5 years, if the Senate doesn't say yes to…

So if there is a President and a Senate and a House in 5 years that want to privatize Medicare and Social Security, or a President who wants to veto it, or a Senate leader, like Senator McConnell, who has never really believed in it, they…

Let me ask another question. So if Senator Scott gets his way or Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, gets his way, and all the new candidates Senator Scott is helping to get elected, if they get their way and pass Senator Scott's…

I thank the majority leader for those comments and for his leadership on this and so much else, including the subject that Senator Wyden and I will be talking about today: Social Security. I rise to discuss an issue that Senator Wyden and…

Thank you, Senator Wyden. And I will yield back my time in 30 seconds. Mr. President, thank you for your indulgence. Senator Leahy will be speaking in a moment. And, Senator Leahy, chairman of the Finance Committee, we are just asking for…

I thank Chairman Grijalva for his leadership and for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7618, a bipartisan bill to recognize the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial as a national memorial. H.R. 7618 was…

earlier this week, we celebrated Labor Day, a day when Americans come together to honor the people who make this country work. Whether you punch a clock, whether you swipe a badge, whether you earn a salary, whether you make tips, whether…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Finally, Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of my colleague, Senator Grassley. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate proceed to S. Res. 737. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as…

Senator Sanders is right. The child tax credit is one of the most important things this body did. It brought down the child poverty rate by 40 percent almost immediately. We passed it in March. The Secretary of the Treasury had it up and…

Senator Sanders, the arrangement on this is that all 50 Democrats are for this. We know every single Republican has voted against the child tax credit--not once last March but twice. We know that this is a fragile arrangement, and we have…

I have four requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I thank Senator Crapo. Senator Crapo and I have worked together on a number of things. He was chair of the Banking Committee the last 4 years. I was his ranking member and worked with him and Greg and his staff on a number of things. I…

the men and women at the company Delphi Technologies helped make General Motors the world's largest automaker. Yet those workers lost the retirement they earned through no fault of their own when their company went bankrupt during the…

I thank my friend Senator Portman for our work together on this. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 6929, which was received from the House…

For millions of Americans, that means the rent was due. For many renters, that rent keeps going up and up and up.

Too many have lived in shoddy housing with rodents, mold, or broken appliances.