Mr. President, during the last break in our voting schedule here in Washington, DC, I was grateful to have the time back home talking with my constituents about the challenges they are facing on a day-to-day basis and, like we all, I…

So our colleagues kicked the can down the road when it came to keeping the lights on in the appropriations process in September and December, and now it looks like they are poised to do it again and will not meet the February 18 deadline…

Mr. President, the former leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, once said: You probe with bayonets: If you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw. Well, apparently, the current Russian President subscribes to this same…

Madam President, last week when the Senate was in recess, Justice Stephen Breyer announced he will soon retire from the U.S. Supreme Court. I want to first thank Justice Breyer for his service-- more than four decades, including nearly…

Mr. President, yesterday I was dismayed to hear the President of the United States suggest that a Russian invasion of Ukraine might not provoke a powerful response by the United States and our allies. Now, I am grateful that the Press…

Mr. President, families in Texas and across the country are being pummeled by the highest inflation in 40 years. For everything from gasoline to groceries, to clothing, to utility bills, basic expenses have skyrocketed. Groceries just…

We can implement a 20-week ban on abortions and ensure that any baby that survives an abortion receives life saving care.

Mr. President, I want to applaud the Republican leader, the Senator from Kentucky, for saying what needed to be said. If there is a unique role for the U.S. Senate in our system of government, it is to be the place where debate and…

But we're here because we were elected by our constituents to serve the people of this county and not foreign countries.

As you know, given the volume of people that have come across the border in the last year--some two million--that by the way doesn't count the so-called 'getaways.'

Is the Senator suggesting that ballot harvesting should be required in all 50 States? That is the ability of a partisan or a participant in a political election to go around to nursing homes or to other vulnerable populations and collect…