I have already announced that I intend to support Judge Jackson's nomination. Her character and her qualifications are unassailable, but, unfortunately, that hasn't stopped a number of Senate Republicans from treating her disgracefully…

I would be very happy to look into whether the CIA has guidance on Carpenter.

the Carpenter case really changed Americans' understanding of their Fourth Amendment rights.

Would it be acceptable to you, if confirmed... to report within six months of starting work on the status of those other Privacy Board recommendations?

If the government is looking into people's records, we're going to have some documentation.

I and Senator Heinrich would like to change that.

the Senate will soon vote on an important nomination to the Department of Health and Human Services. January Contreras is President Biden's choice to serve as Assistant Secretary for children and families. The Senate Finance Committee is…

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden now calling for Justice Thomas to recuse himself from any cases involving the January 6 investigation and the 2024 election should Trump run again.

At the bare minimum, Justice Thomas needs to recuse himself from any case related to the January 6 investigation.

I am going to keep my remarks short and simple. America and the world need immediately the toughest possible sanctions against the Russian oligarchs, who are working constantly to devise Byzantine schemes to get around the kind of…

let me pick up on what both of my colleagues have just said. Senator Schumer and Senator Crapo have both said how committed we are to getting this worked out today. And as Senator Schumer said, under his leadership, the Finance…

Secure, encrypted communications give people the power to organize and access information that authoritarian regimes don't want seen. End-to-end encryption is life or death for people living in authoritarian countries like Russia, China…

I will be very brief. There are two reasons why Senators should vote against the Lee anti-vaccination amendment that affects our dedicated healthcare workers and our superlative military. First, vaccines for healthcare workers protects the…

the Senate will soon vote on the nomination of Maria Pagan to serve as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and our envoy to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. This vote has been a long time coming; and in a moment, I am going to talk…

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled votes: myself for up to 15 minutes, Senator Paul for up to 15 minutes, Senator Menendez for up to 7 minutes, and Senator Risch for up to 5…

will you commit this morning to requiring CIA analysts to write down their requests for conducting searches on Americans so those searches can be reviewed?

I'm glad to do that. Here's what I'm interested in. I'm just asking whether the government believes that the FBI's operational use of these tools would be legal and whether that's still on the table.

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes, followed by Senator Marshall for up to 1 minute, prior to the scheduled rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

as my colleague from Utah just noted a minute ago, he has been asking for votes on this matter repeatedly. And today, he and others seek to invalidate a regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that require most…

I ask unanimous consent that the following members of my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress: Maia Hamin, Bonnie Million, Panya Gupta, Katie Rader, Felicia Chou, Raghav Aggarwal, Sarguni Singh, James Maloy…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 640, Michele Taylor, of Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States…

earlier this afternoon, I made it clear I was going to put forward a unanimous consent request asking the Senate to take up and approve the nomination of Michele Taylor, to serve as the U.S. Representative to the UN Human Rights Council…

today is a doubly special day. February 17 is the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Pension Rights Center. February 17 is also the birthday of Karen Ferguson, the long-time director of the Pension Rights Center, who passed away…

in a bit, I hope to be able to put forward and pass a unanimous consent request, asking the Senate to take up and approve the nomination of Ms. Michele Taylor to serve as the U.S. Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council, with the…

it has been 11 years since the people of Bahrain gathered in the streets of Manama to urge their leaders to grant them stronger economic, social, and human rights. Bahrainis of all backgrounds called upon their leaders for meaningful…