It’d be great if Republicans really wanted to do bipartisanship, but they don’t.

Yes. Joe Biden spoke to the caucus, to the Democratic Caucus today. So did Janet Yellen. They both said, go big.

The Biden plan is what you guys are going to vote on?

It`s why we need to go big and why Biden is right about this, why Democrats are going to stick together from Bernie Sanders to Joe Manchin.

We have to go big. There’s -- there’s no -- it’s better to overdo this than underdo it.

Joe Biden spoke to the caucus, to the Democratic Caucus today. So did Janet Yellen. They both said, go big.

People -- we`re going to see a wave of evictions in the middle of a pandemic in the middle of the winter if we don`t act, and if we don`t act decisively and go big.

We have to go big. There’s just no question that’s the right way to go.

Today we consider the nominations of two distinguished public servants, my Congresswoman--Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development--and Dr. Cecilia Rouse to lead the Council of Economic Advisors.

Our economy is at a crossroads.

She has been a leader in Congress. As past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, we know her outspokenness on civil rights, on women's rights, on human rights.

I know Senator Toomey at least has pushed back against the former President's dangerous lies about our election.

Will we help all the families that desperately need it, help our struggling small businesses survive, and get Americans vaccinated and back to school and back to work?

That is one of the reasons I am so proud of what we did with the CARES Act, especially if we had kept it going, because we kept 12 million people out of poverty.

After a year when Black Americans have endured so many painful reminders of the yawning gap between the promise of our founding ideals, and our failure to make that promise real for everyone, two Black women will take leading roles in our…

I have just always found Congresswoman Fudge to work with me, to work with most of our House delegation in Ohio.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is an honor to be here and it is a thrill to be here with my friend Congresswoman Marcia Fudge.

it is pretty tough to take a lecture on political speech from Members of a party whose leader just 3 weeks ago literally incited a violent insurrection with his words.

I can think of no one better to lead us out of this pandemic and into the future than the two women before us today.

these are extraordinary times that require extraordinary action.

Do you plan to exercise additional oversight to root out misrepresentation of predatory, for-profit institutions that target student veterans?

We see unprecedented backlog in claims processing in compensation and pension exams because of the pandemic.

Veterans and servicemembers should not be given worse options than other borrowers with federally backed loans.

it is good to see the Senator from Hawaii as the Presiding Officer. Madam President, I rise today to honor workers in this building-- something that Senator Hirono does every day of her life in this job-- workers in this building who are…

Lloyd Austin, as we have heard, would be our country's first African-American Secretary of Defense. His confirmation is more than a symbolic milestone towards genuine integration of the Department of Defense; it is a substantive answer to…