the most important words in our Constitution are the first three: ``We the People.'' With these three simple words, our Founders laid out the mission for our government; that is, a government to produce a form of legislation that reflects…

I come to the floor tonight to talk about hostages, seven hostages--seven spending bills that have come through this Republican-led Chamber, bills the House is ready to move forward on that have, ironically, been taken hostage by the…

I appreciate so much the comments of my colleague from Florida. I had the chance to go down to Florida at the end of October at a rally to address the challenge of red tide, algae that was growing in the ocean that produces a toxin. The…

I am pleased to come to the floor with my colleagues from Massachusetts and Delaware to address the grave threat to America and to our planet from carbon pollution and climate chaos. Over the last 2 weeks, representatives from nearly 200…

I rise to address a current-day scar, a wound in America--a wound in terms of how we are treating children arriving on our borders and seeking asylum. George Washington said America is a nation open ``to receive not only the opulent and…

I praise my colleagues from the Atlantic coast of New Jersey and Pacific coast of California for today putting our entire Senate on record and on a pathway to recognizing the deep darkness of this national scar on our justice system and on…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Adam Berry, be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

under our Constitution, we have article I, which addresses the powers of Congress, and article II, the powers of the Presidency. Our Founders were so concerned that the President would take us into war without justification that they made…

Symbolically, that is not where we want to be.

Would you commit to looking at Section 6 as a pathway to possibly joining the other 60 nations that have banned asbestos in order to ban it here in the U.S.?

the most important words of our Constitution are the first three: ``We the People.'' These words were written in supersized font so that anyone standing across the room would know exactly what the vision of our Constitution is all about…

I think it needs to be a multilateral response and not just a unilateral one.

I could not help but recall an article I had read about how China is the major financer of new coal plants around the world.

I drafted legislation that I think would get us there. It is S. 2757, the National Economic Security Strategy Act of 2018.

the world community is pretty much in line now recognizing that China has been taking advantage of the system.

I think of the whole WTO process as clunky... and deeply dysfunctional.

Thank you both very much.

A key priority for U.S. policy should be to effect a change in behavior by bringing China into the norms and disciplines of other major creditor countries.

I do think I would agree with Ms. Lee that there is more that the WTO can do to both reduce all tariffs on anything that would contribute in terms of renewable energy types of goods.

It seems to me this is a case where it is a deliberate strategy to create leverage.

We will give you access to our market... which means you will be able to undercut our products.

A lengthy answer avoiding the core point of the question, but thank you.

So Senator Young and I both referred to this Chinese debt trap strategy, and I am just going to restate it simply and see if you all concur that this is their strategy or if we are perhaps mischaracterizing the situation.

U.S. leadership through longstanding programs like PEPFAR is doing vital work measured in lives saved, and they deserve sustained support.

Do you share the viewpoint from the administration's report last Friday that carbon pollution is a significant world problem and we need to act quickly to address it, a point that was also made last month by the IPCC report that was…