To protect Americans from Big Brother government exploiting their Social Security and tax records, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will…

our constituents, our country, and our Constitution are under attack by Donald Trump and Russell Vought. Democrats are fighting back. Russell Vought--also pronounced ``vote''--is the mastermind of Project 2025 and of all of the chaos and…

since yesterday afternoon, Democrats have held this floor to ring the alarm bells across the United States of America about the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Russ Vought may not be as famous as…

I yield 10 minutes of my postcloture debate time on the Vought nomination to Senator Van Hollen, and I yield 60 minutes of my postcloture debate time on the Vought nomination to Senator Schatz. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that…

I ask unanimous consent to grant floor privileges to my interns for their shadow days on the following dates: Olivia Sumerfield for February 4, 2025; Kira Shertz for February 6, 2025; Eleanor White for February 12, 2025; Ji Reichle for…

as much as President Trump desires it, the President is not a king. We are here tonight because, as much as President Trump desires it, the law is not a suggestion. We are here tonight because President Trump has decided he is a king, that…

We have a constitutional crisis.

when I came out of graduate school, I was hired by Secretary Weinberger as a Presidential Management Intern--now called PMF, or Presidential Management Fellows--five of us who were brought in to do a series of rotations to bring, well, an…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes to speak to this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

We are now entering the vote that is referred to as cloture--or close debate--but we can still consider amendments by unanimous consent. I came to the floor yesterday to point out that there is a deep flaw related to children in this bill…

I look forward to cooperating on many topics, but this is perhaps the most important one at the moment. A second amendment that I have creates some of the flexibility that exists in current law that doesn't exist under this bill. It…

My colleague laid out quite a set of factors there, but let's not blur the picture. The picture is this: A child came here when they were 2 months old. They have been here for 12 years or 14. They walk out of a store with a group of…

I was hoping those last two words weren't ``I object.'' But this is an important issue that has been raised, and we need to look carefully because there is no intention to leave a houseful of children home alone when the parent poses no…

I have come to the floor to talk about the impact of the Laken Riley bill upon children here in the United States of America and to suggest that we have a debate over several amendments designed as to how to more appropriately treat our…

I do disagree with my colleague because this bill eliminates the flexibility in the current system to consider the totality of the circumstances, and restoring the best interest standard that every State is intimately familiar with is…

let's talk about Trump's betrayal of middle-class America. In 2017, many of us warned that Trump's tax giveaway was a disaster for working families. It was a giveaway to billionaires. It was a giveaway to powerful corporations. It stole…

we are all here, getting ready to leave after we fund the government and return home to our families. We get pretty excited about this time of year thinking about the holidays to come. We are heading home to our loved ones. We know there…

this week, the Senate passed important legislation to Oregon's ports and waterways, the backbone of our regional economy. This legislation includes key provisions that I fought for to ensure the safe navigation of the Lower Columbia…

when I was wrestling, along with Mary, my wife, about whether to run for the Senate, I had the chance to meet the Senator from Ohio and his wife at a gathering in Massachusetts, and I came away believing that service here could matter…

I rise to say a few words about S. 1351 and ask for its passage, as amended. But before I formally ask, I just want to know what this is all about; and that is, across our country, there are institutions that say they will help with your…

I ask unanimous consent that the Merkley-Cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

I failed to mention my appreciation for the conversations I have had with Senator Rick Scott, who helped facilitate dialogue with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches and their contributions to how we should go forward. With that, I am…

I just wanted to note first that I really appreciate Senator Mike Braun's support on our effort to protect American's privacy and take on the rapid expansion of TSA use of facial surveillance. Stopping the establishment of a national…

Roughly, 10 years ago, as everyone has discussed, you overcame the odds including from our own Democratic administration, President Obama, to pass the Magnitsky Act.

Thank you very much for that.