I hope to discuss how to make our schools a safer learning environment without turning them into armed camps.

It seems like we are getting attacked over and over and over again, and so I am wondering how we are going to pick up the pieces now because we have made so much progress, but I just see this going backwards and people are very concerned.

I think it is a really important issue that I am going to stay on until no one is being mistreated.

I think it is called the REACH program, which really aims to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health.

Funding now is about a fifth lower than 2002.

The recent mass shootings, including those in Connecticut, Colorado, and Arizona, have launched a real national discussion about mental health issues, especially as they affect our youth.

your response in terms of the sequester really is very scary because we are talking about what we need to do in the future.

Thank you very much. First, let me just thank all of you so much on behalf of my constituents, on behalf of my family.

This is National Minority Health Month. The Tri-Caucus Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific American Caucus, we are going to the floor at noon to talk about minority health, ethnic disparities, and the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to…

I was disappointed to learn that half of the available $949,000,000 in the preventive... would be used for the Affordable Care Act, that half of that has been cut.

I rise today to pay tribute to a special class of people who are critical to the success of any U.S. Senator. During the recent Super Bowl game, one advertisement stood out among all the others. It was an advertisement based on a tribute…

today I would like to address a provision of the Violence Against Women Act, S. 47, that is of great concern. Title IX of VAWA provides tribal courts with special jurisdiction over non-Indians who are charged with crimes of domestic…

I will continue, as a member of this committee, to remind this committee that nearly 50 million people live in poverty; 16 million are children. And this is unacceptable.

Unless Congress acts by March 1, the sequester will slash thousands of jobs.

Nearly 50 million people live in poverty; 16 million are children. And this is unacceptable.

Our budget is not only a road map to fiscal responsibility, but it is also a moral document.

I have an amendment at the desk. I ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) proposes an amendment…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the amendment offered by the Senator from Utah, Mr. Lee. The yeas and nays have been requested. Is there a sufficient second…

I stand today and urge my colleagues' support for my amendment to this bill. I appreciate the eloquent arguments made by my friend and colleague, the Senator from New York, a moment ago. She is correct to point out that people have…

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To offset the cost of the bill with rescissions and discretionary…

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the…

in just a moment I will be offering an amendment to S. Res. 15. The purpose of this amendment is to protect this institution as the world's greatest deliberative legislative body. The hallmark characteristics of this body that make it…

I call up my amendment. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes an amendment numbered 3.

`` . . . to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the…

With a new year comes a new Congress, new and returning Members, and new opportunities to work together to do the work the American people sent us here to do. Americans have been very clear about what the priorities of Congress should be…