Madam President, continuing the reading of the letter from the Birmingham jail. I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely…

Mr. President, I appreciate Senator Toomey's comments and the spirit in which they were delivered. I rise to urge my colleagues to support President Biden's nominee to be Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler. In…

Mr. President, on Friday, Amazon, one of the world's largest corporations, successfully crushed the most recent union drive at one of their warehouses, where workers were organizing for a voice on the job. Let's be clear: This was never a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until noon, Tuesday, April 13; that following the prayer and the pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:26 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, April 13…

Mr. President, thanks to Senator Booker. I will be very brief. I want to hear from Senator Bennet, and I know that the Presiding Officer is going to switch chairs and be out here speaking on this. I am so appreciative of the Presiding…

Madam President, before we hear from Senator Booker and Senator Bennet and Senator Warnock on one of the best things this Senate has done in my career, that being the extension of the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, I…

Madam President, this pandemic has made it clearer than ever: It is not corporations that drive our economy; it is American workers. With Marty Walsh, for whom we will vote in a moment on confirmation for the Department of Labor, workers…

Mr. President, I thank the senior Senator from Oregon, and I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania too. We passed the American Rescue Plan, as Senator Wyden said, to get shots in people's arms, money in people's pockets, get kids back in…

Madam President, I rise to speak in favor of Xavier Becerra, as Senator Menendez just did. Like Senator Menendez, when Xavier and I came, we all were in the first class in 1992 together. I consider him a friend also and have admired the…

Madam President, for decades, Ohio workers have watched the spread of a corporate business model where companies shut down production in Toledo or Dayton or Gallipolis or Youngstown. They collected a tax break to move jobs to Mexico or…

Madam President, I rise to talk about the passage of the historic American Rescue Plan. This monumental legislation will help us get this pandemic under control and help families and small businesses weather the economic crisis. It…