I look forward to the--of reading over the details of that, and understanding for every million dollars we invest in plan A, how much would it affect recruitment versus a million dollars in plan B?

We just see the homeless epidemic just--you can come visit Portland and I invite you all to do so and other cities in my State and it's a graphic display of the challenge we face.

I believe the scale of natural disasters in Oregon and other western states demands additional resources that can only be delivered through disaster supplemental legislation.

I'm glad to see the addressing lead pipes and the PFAS and WIFIA, a program I worked to create here in the Senate.

Thank you for committing to work to address the ongoing needs of Oregon and other western states that are struggling to recover from the damage of the 2020 wildfire season.

I want to focus on this third part because the Housing Trust Fund addresses the needs of the most vulnerable in our society.

They need grant help to help build these systems when you're talking towns of under 10,000.

The fires we're having out West produce a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the air.

my colleagues have talked about free and fair elections, but I am quite concerned that this bill does quite the opposite. I am really quite stunned that one would think that a bill that dictates exactly how every State has to use an ID law…

Today is the day that Chairman Sanders is introducing the End Polluter Welfare Act and several of us are cosponsoring it.

These folks who want to take the vote away from millions of Americans are absolutely on the wrong side of what it means to be a country of, by and for the people.

We have this oath to the constitution. And that involves defending the ballot box and this voter suppression efforts all across the country.

This is not some, as I just heard, some silly idea that we should stop voter suppression. It is fundamental. We took an oath to the constitution and that involves defending the right to vote, defending the ballot box.

I have a deep interest in what happens in Burma.

I hope we can really help turn the world back in the direction of governments that work for the people from a citizen-up strategy rather than an authoritarian-down strategy that China is championing.

I think that it can be done, that it should be done, and it can be done in such a way that it does not impact the people of Myanmar.

I was delighted to see the Biden administration expand sanctions to include the military-owned enterprises.

It sends a message not only to the military in Burma but to would-be dictators around the world that there was space for them to become more authoritarian.

To visit the Sittwe Muslim Quarter is to have chills go down your spine.

I want to get their opinion on whether the Biden administration should ensure that companies like Chevron do not make payments of royalties and other revenues to the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise.

I ask unanimous consent that with respect to the Young nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I thank my colleagues who have come to the floor to speak so powerfully to the essential task of defending the ballot box, of stripping dark money out of our elections, of honoring the vision of equal representation by ending the practice…

today I am proud to join a number of my colleagues to highlight the importance of S. 1, the For the People Act. The ballot box is the pulsating heart of our government of, by, and for the people. President Lyndon B. Johnson said: The vote…

This winter, a lot of Oregonians lost power as a result of climate-intensified extreme weather.

It is veterans, it is Republicans, it is people who see the power of solar to really be able to have our own destiny in our own hands as an important part of this mix, and cheaper now that fossil fuel plants when we do that out-of-basin.