Bill Lee

This is outrageous. ... We are going backwards. We are going to lose the progress that we have made.

If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:16 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 9:30 a.m…

The lack of a debate is a disgrace. But you know what? There are some of us here who are not going to be gagged. There are some of here who are going to speak our mind, and there are some of us here who are going to put forth our views…

We must ensure that every American woman can access their constitutional right to an abortion. We must end the Hyde amendment.

We can work together to build a future where women's decisions are treated with respect.

A right without access isn't a right at all.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:31 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 22, 2016, at 9:30…

Now, what economists are finding out is that the reason these programs worked is that inequality hurts growth.

Under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, in response to Sputnik, he got the Democratic Senate, in less than one year in response to Sputnik, to put in place the National Student Loan Program.

We learned, when they were puny like my dad when he volunteered before WWII, they were underweight, young men, that we needed to invest in feeding our children.

The best investment anyone can make is in the American people and in American children in particular.

This article lists program after program, many of which our generals did not even ask for, that has cost billions of taxpayer dollars without making us any safer. So it is time to stop pouring billions into unnecessary and nonstrategic pet…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 46 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It…

We are trying to get a vote. This got a vote in 2012. It received 67 votes from people of both parties, votes from some Members--including at least one person whom you may be thinking of who has objections to it now. We need this to get a…

That is absolutely right, and that is precisely why we need these protections. That helps illustrate the slippery-slope nature of this problem. And it also emphasizes why it is that there are some in our body who want to make sure this…

That is correct. This wouldn't cover them at all because that person is outside the United States. That person is captured on a battlefield outside the United States. That person wouldn't be covered under this amendment.

As my colleague is asking the question, I assume she has the answer.

We can't have sick people trying to work, we cannot have people who don't receive enough to eat.

The American people are sick and tired and I'm sick and tired of seeing us not doing something in a significant way.

But I also remember that every slave had a job. And I believe that every person on Mr. Lewis' father's plantation worked.

I believe every person that is able-bodied, unless they have some impairment other than adequate childcare, or something else that prevents them from being able to get to and from a job, should work.

The article lists program after program, many of which our generals did not ask for, that have cost taxpayers billions without making us any safer. Clearly, we also need to audit the Pentagon. That is why I am pleased the House adopted the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I will just close by saying my amendment is enacted 90 days after the signing of this law. That means we have 90 days to debate and vote upon an ISIL-specific Authorization for Use of Military Force. We need to do our job. We have a…