what is at stake with our climate and the environment? Our planet. Our planet is on fire, literally. Historic wildfires are leaving our forests and rural communities in ashes. Oceans are growing hotter and more acidic, devastating sea life…

Senators come to this floor with greatly diverse life experiences and political theories and representing enormously different States. But we all share this in common: a vast appreciation of our team members, our staff, who enable us to do…

I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I join my colleagues here on the floor tonight to honor and pay tribute to a remarkable legal mind, an incredible American, an icon, an inspiration, and a wonderful human being: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known to the younger generation…

This is a seat that was stolen from the former president, Obama. That's never been done in U.S. history before.

apocalypse, fire, fueled by wind coming over the top of the Cascade Mountains, turning into a blowtorch that races down the western slopes of those mountains, incinerating the towns in its path--that is what is happening in my home State…

Oh, this just puts an exclamation point on it all. We have seen the snowpack in the cascades just shrinking year after year, the fire season growing. We have fires that start in March, we have ones that come in November. In California…

is this just another Thursday? Are things going along well in America, with nothing to worry about, nothing to keep us up at night, nothing to keep mothers and fathers up worried about the health of their children? Is this just another…

Thank you. You made the point about lack of identification. I have here the picture of how these have been deployed. I will make sure you can see it as well. Many are in camouflage--the generic police, with no sense of what agency they are…

reserving the right to object, would my colleague from Oklahoma modify the request to include unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 2457, an amendment to limit Federal law enforcement officers from operating in a secret fashion on the…

I have been using this time to share stories from women who have been down at the peaceful protests in Portland and then as they relay that they are attacked even though there is no violence in the protest. And they are attacked in an…

I would inquire how much time I have remaining, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 12 minutes postcloture time remaining.

I thank my colleague from Connecticut for his intense effort to defend the civil rights of citizens--not only of his State but all Americans--and for the truth he speaks that, when you have anonymous officers in war gear attacking peaceful…

I thank my colleague so much for coming down to stand up for the people of his home State and say that ``secret police don't belong in my State, in my city of Chicago, or anywhere in the United States'' and that we should act on this floor…

my colleague described how his family was affected by fascism in Germany and how his family members died for fascism--attacking them, imprisoning them in concentration camps, and putting them to death. Don't we all believe that every…

I thank my colleague from Oregon for his intense representation of these legal issues and the role of the Intelligence Committee, noting that this has all the trappings of a President bent on the equivalent of martial law, operating in…

I thank my colleague from Connecticut for bringing his experience in the legal world to bear on this extraordinary development of secret police being deployed on the streets of America. As we heard from the President, he wants to expand…

across America, crowds have been assembling, saying: This is a moment in which we must not only have a national conversation about public safety and racism, but we need action. We need to change the scenario that exists in so many places…

I ask for the opportunity to address the issue before us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Protests

I am going to read another story from a woman who was at the protest 2 nights ago. Her name is Tiffany. She says: I was there. Let it be known that police fired on peaceful protesters. The Feds are here. This is really happening in…

You asked about coordination. My understanding is that there was not an invitation from the mayor to come, and there was not a conversation with the Governor. There certainly was no conversation with Senator Wyden and me and the other…

I request unanimous consent that our dialogue be credited to my colleague's 1 hour because I am afraid my minutes will run out. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator for asking for my thoughts on this. Just before he spoke, I had described the story of Joy, who talked about the hit that her friend Krista had taken during this chaos after she had been gassed. I did check, and here is…

To my colleague from Illinois, that is exactly right, as seen in this picture and the testimony of all those who are present. Mark Morgan, the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, said that is not the case, and he said: ``Our…

For clarification, will my question be credited to my colleague's time, and can I ask unanimous consent that that it be credited to his time? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Young). If the Senator for Connecticut yields for a question, it comes…