This crisis has exacted a terrible toll on America.

I appreciate your answer, Congresswoman. And you know, the reality is, these kinds of efforts, like the bill with Congressman Neguse, the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps, can be a big economic multiplier.

I am supporting Congresswoman Haaland and we will hopefully get a chance to make those points on the Floor of the United States Senate.

You have already stated very clearly here that you are going to carry out President Biden's agenda.

They want people to have a chance to hear each other out and then find some common ground.

going small is a big, big risk

Wally Adeyemo is an ideal choice to serve as Deputy Secretary.

I very much appreciate the fact that the Secretary of Interior being Native American will give us an extra advantage on BIA issues.

If confirmed, I will make safeguarding America's financial integrity a top priority.

the COVID economy is essentially split in two: there are long lines at million-dollar open houses, but there are also long lines at food banks

They are sure looking for your new lens in terms of trying to deal with these tribal water issues.

the estimates wildly underestimate the level of economic pain that people in Oregon and across America are feeling

For too long, U.S. shell companies have been a haven for abuse.

The impression that the American people might get from this hearing is that the hackers are such formidable adversaries that there was nothing that the American government or our biggest tech companies could have done to protect themselves.

I have the utmost confidence in his leadership and his character.

it is time to tie unemployment insurance to real economic conditions on the ground.

this idea of forcing folks laid off through no fault of their own to kind of lurch from one cliff to another.

Millions of Americans are unemployed this morning, and expanded unemployment insurance expires on March 14th.

this amendment would cut $20 billion from Finance to fund homeland security matters--probably a fence. I strongly oppose it. This amendment would cut funds for unemployment insurance, payments for families, for things like a border wall…

and colleagues, I strongly urge opposition to this amendment. It simply makes no sense to take any tool--any tool--off the table in the existential fight against climate change. Obstructing the fight against climate change costs money due…

I rise in opposition to the amendment. This is an amendment, once again, that tries to stack the deck in terms of healthcare choices, and, in this case, the proponents want to make health savings accounts the driving force of the American…

I have been advised that inclusion of this amendment in the budget resolution would be corrosive to the privileged status of the resolution. Since this amendment contains material inappropriate for inclusion in a budget resolution, its…

this now will put the Senate on record as to what the Senate thinks about the 2017 Trump tax law--the $2 trillion bill that overwhelmingly benefited corporations and the wealthy. It opened new special interest loopholes, and it increased…

I have been advised that inclusion of this amendment in the budget resolution would be corrosive to the privileged status of the resolution. Since this amendment contains material inappropriate for inclusion in a budget resolution, its…

today I am introducing the River Democracy Act of 2021, to add 4,702 miles of rivers and streams in Oregon to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system to protect the recreational opportunities, clean drinking water, fish, and wildlife…