I have a lot of concerns, very grave concerns regarding the funds that have already been spent on updating our veterans claims backlog.

in November 2014, the President of the United States issued a series of Executive orders effectively granting amnesty to millions of people who were in the United States unlawfully, outside of what our laws allow--laws passed by Congress…

I move to table the McConnell amendment No. 258 for the purposes of offering my amendment No. 265, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the…

I am really pleased to see the increase. I want to see if you are coming up or if we are close to a vaccine.

If we keep seeing what is happening in our society based on this disfranchisement, then I think we are going to end up having many more issues than we could ever think about having.

We have a crisis in society, and we have to admit that crisis.

I just have to thank all of you.

We need a heck of a lot more students of color to not just graduate from high school, but go on to higher education.

Thank you all of you for your work, for your efforts, really to save lives and to ensure the quality of life for everybody in our country.

I want to see your budget doubled so that everybody can, first of all, be free of these diseases.

There are a lot of bad ones.

I was a single mom with two kids, on public assistance, receiving food stamps, work study.

I want to see if you are coming up or if we are close to a vaccine; what types of new treatments do you envision with this increase of $52 million?

I was stunned to learn that across the country we were suspending and expelling 3- and 4-year-olds from preschool.

But tell your students also there was a safety net in place that hadn't been gutted or cut.

We can't afford to let this happen. We can't afford to lose the brain power.

If we increase the size of the pie, everyone is going to benefit.

There is a lifetime ban on Pell grants if you have been in jail. Once you have paid your dues, once you have completed your time, many of us believe you deserve a second chance.

I stand before this body this afternoon to encourage my colleagues--particularly my colleagues on the other side of the aisle--to take into account the need to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The House of Representatives acted…

I am still, obviously, optimistic about making progress there.

I believe that the two-state solution is the only option that is going to achieve peace and security in the region and, also, for the United States.

the very leaders that this Congress and our administration and our predecessors supported have not put the interests of their people above their own parochial desire for power or for self-preservation.

I have believed that Americans should have the right to travel to Cuba, I mean, since the 1970s.

It is very important that the U.N. continue its involvement and the United States.

I think that is an important factor.