If confirmed as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Maria Pagan would be responsible for negotiating details of any waiver of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement, also known as the TRIPS Agreement. I have…

reserving the right to object, I made communication with the EPA as to how to resolve a concern that I have. It should be an easy thing to resolve. I am waiting to hear back a response from them. In the meantime, I object. The PRESIDING…

To reiterate here, all I want is some assurance. I appreciate my friend and colleague from Oregon understanding my basic concern here. It is not an unreasonable concern. All I want is some assurance from the administration that it is not…

in her 1993 Nobel lecture, Toni Morrison-- no conservative--told a story of an old woman who was approached by a group of kids, mocking her and asking her to offer her conjecture: Old woman, I hold in my hand a bird. Tell me whether it is…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Build Back Better Act

45 million Americans, 45 million hard-working moms and dads, neighbors, and friends are being threatened right now with losing their jobs. They are being threatened not due to cyclical economic conditions, not because jobs aren't…

this always happens near the kick-the-can funding deadlines that we are now approaching. There is controversy surrounding what will and what will not make it into the continuing resolution; that is, the legislation funding the government…

If you don't want to get the virus, get the vaccine. The answer to someone not agreeing to your medical advice is not to fire them. It sure as heck isn't to have the President of the United States fine every employer in America that…

our Armed Forces have been asked to work miracles over the last 18 months. During a global pandemic, in the face of natural disasters, and facing dangerous missions, our men and women in uniform have risen to the challenge just as they…

I was going to give a speech first. I am now going to invert the order and do my unanimous consent request first in deference to my friend and colleague, the Senator from Rhode Island. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the…

our Nation exists today in a time of relative peace, with limited and manageable active hostilities threatening U.S. national security. On the horizon, the United States faces a militarily ambitious and formidable but not yet…

This is about -- Joy, about one’s own health care decisions. Whether you believe or not believe in abortion, that’s not the issue. The issue is a person having the right to make their own decisions about their own lives.

I`m compelled to speak out because of the real risks of the clock being turned back to those days before Roe vs. Wade, to the days when I was a teenager and had a back-alley abortion in Mexico. I was one of the lucky ones, Madam Chair. A…

I have to have hope. I have to be optimistic. And this is about organizing. It`s about political action. And I have to salute our young women, our women of color. We have organized around the country with our activists. We will be out in…

She was a fighter for education. She loved children. And she was always happy. She was -- but she was fighting as she was happy. She was very optimistic. She was a fighter for voting rights, for civil rights, for women`s rights.

When we fight, we win. And so, regardless of the Senate`s composition, we have got to make sure that all of those who are on the fence or who don`t want women`s reproductive freedom and want access to the full range of health care…

And let me just say what we have done in the House, led by Congresswoman Judy Chu, the women`s health production -- excuse me -- Women`s Health Protection Act. We have passed that over into the Senate. And, hopefully, the Senate will pass…

Right now, states, as you see, they`re doing anything they want to do to deny access to the full range of reproductive health services, including abortion care. And that`s why we have got to pass this bill and pass it quickly.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 3243

I appreciate the thoughtful remarks and the insights of my friend and distinguished colleague the Senator from Michigan. He is someone with whom I enjoy working, and one of the many things I appreciate about him is that he puts a lot of…

this is now the 17th time I have come to the Senate Chamber specifically to speak against President Biden's vaccine mandate. I have pledged before, and I pledge again today, to continue this fight until we beat the mandate. Now…

I appreciate the thoughtful remarks from my friend and colleague, the distinguished Senator from the State of Oregon. The Senator from Oregon and I have spent a lot of time working on a number of issues together. He and I agree on a number…

yesterday, I came to the Senate floor and spoke on President Biden's vaccine mandate. I explained that I have now come to this Chamber a total of 16 times and offered 12 different bills that would counteract, limit, or, in one way or…

months ago, as Americans watched harrowing video footage of the Afghanistan evacuation efforts, service men and women from around the world rose to the challenge of a complex mission. As the chaos persisted, the 82nd Airborne Division of…

last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an emergency stay on President Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate. The court granted the stay, citing ``grave statutory and constitutional issues'' with the mandate. The…