I rise today to oppose the nomination of Kristen Clarke to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. As I have said multiple times, I am not here to call into question Ms. Clarke's motives, nor am I here to call into…

as I offer these remarks on the Senate floor today, tensions between Israel and Palestine continue to escalate to levels we haven't seen in years. Innocent lives have been lost, and hundreds face injuries. While the global media reports…

I've introduced the Antiracism and Public Health Act, in order to confront racism and public health head on.

reserving the right to object, it would be a gross understatement to say that Alaska tourism and, indeed, tourism around the country is suffering and has been throughout the pandemic. The cruise industry, which accounts for more than 50…

water is one of our most precious resources, and it is vital to life. It is necessary for agriculture, industry, recreation, conservation, the development and growth of cities, and so many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Unfortunately…

I ask unanimous consent that Ben Marsden, my law clerk, be given access to the floor for the duration of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

I stand today in opposition to this illegitimate motion to discharge the nomination of Vanita Gupta to become the Associate Attorney General of the United States. I say that this motion to discharge is illegitimate because it was-- because…

I have a mental health background. I am an MSW, clinical social worker by profession, and so this is extremely important just personally for me as a professional therapist.

I have legislation with Congresswoman Pressley and Senator Warren to declare racism as a public health issue.

I want to know how you are going to prioritize efforts to improve health outcomes to help us achieve that goal.

I think this administration gets it.

We have no HBCUs west of the Mississippi.

Community colleges are really the primary means for black and Latino students to gain an education, a skill, job training, whatever.

I will do anything I can do to help support and grow those resources for the education of our young people.

We have in California, unfortunately, the end of affirmative action in the 1990s.

Let’s hope that we do not allow this man to ever run for any public office again because he truly is a national security threat. And he did conspire to help overthrow or tried to help overthrow the United States government and to prevent…

White supremacy has been with us since the beginning of time here in America. And in fact what is taking place now as we saw January 6th is that the organizing, such as the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, along with Donald Trump, Rudy…

We cannot allow our democracy to be that fragile. We see now what has taken place. So we have got to move forward with this lawsuit so that people, first of all, will understand how fragile it is and was, and we have to make sure that…

I think given the opportunities we are continuing to miss, now we see China and Russia with regard to vaccine distribution in Cuba.

we cannot solve the climate challenge if we stop talking to the Chinese.

I believe we are having a briefing on the Northern Triangle. But I think your request of providing the questions in advance make a lot of sense.

I wrote to you to urge that the Biden administration reset U.S. relations with the Palestinians, which have suffered enormously over the last 4 years.

I appreciate the sentiment expressed by my friend, my distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois, particularly when he expressed the desire no longer to have people send their children on the long, perilous journey from…

I have read the accounts and so have many of you. A young mother from Honduras, two young sisters from Guatemala, a 6-year-old child from El Salvador--they were all told by a local cartel that, for a price, a better life awaits them in…

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, I be allowed to present an excerpt of my speech in Spanish. I will provide transcripts both in English and in Spanish of those paragraphs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…