I rise to begin a discussion that will take place, during today, about S.J. Res. 10, which is a resolution that my colleague Senator Heinrich and I have filed to challenge President Trump's day-one declaration of a U.S. energy emergency…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Finland

I rise to describe an amazing journey that I took this weekend that was a powerful journey connected to my Virginia National Guard and also to issues that are very, very prominent right now in the world. We finished voting on the Senate…

I think the governor's race in Virginia in November 2025 will be the first bellwether test of a Democratic comeback.

I rise to follow my colleague from Connecticut to talk about the impending business before the Senate, the 2025 budget resolution. My colleague talked about this discussion and the Republican proposal as a scam. I am going to use a…

today, I am joining with Senator Mark Warner to again introduce legislation to designate the General George C. Marshall House, also known as the Dodona Manor, in Leesburg, VA, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service. This…

I am so happy that I follow my colleague from Massachusetts. I will build upon some of the points that she has made, but we have served as colleagues together on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during earlier terms of…

If the DOGE brothers or somebody else tells you, 'We don't like these programs and we don't want you to implement them,' I can count on you to stand up and fully implement them?

He's in a unique position that he's not afraid.

The president has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work.

Don't be fooled by a fake offer.

Gaza is home to Palestinians. The U.S. cannot take it away and must not support displacing Palestinians from their land.

no clear authority to offer this deal.

I vote no to the man who wants to traumatize the Federal workforce. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will continue to call the roll. The legislative…

I rise to join my colleagues from Kansas, and Senator Warner, I believe, will be here in a few minutes to support the resolution described by Senator Moran. This is personal to me in two ways. Obviously, as the Senator from Virginia, many…

I rise to continue the discussion about Russell Vought, the President's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Before I do, I thought I would just share with my colleagues and all who are in the Chamber a vigil that…

I rise to talk a little bit about what I am hearing from constituents in the Commonwealth, in the last week, and then, in particular, to direct a message to Federal employees. There are about 140,000 people who live in Virginia who work…

Don't be fooled by a fake offer.

There's no statutory authority that I can see for the president making this offer.

"There was not an there was not a [Federal Aviation Administration] administrator named, okay. He's named somebody today. Great. But his decision to instead of comfort grieving families, start to play a blame game is really sickening."

I rise briefly to just draw my colleagues' attention to two items that, although seemingly unconnected, happened last week that I think are deeply connected. On Inauguration Day, January 20, President Trump declared a national emergency at…

"Imagine you're a family member and you're grieving the loss of a family member. And you have the president of the United States telling you that your loved one was killed because of DEI, when he has zero evidence — and I mean zero, I mean…

I rise together with my colleagues to speak in opposition to the President's action pardoning those who attacked this Capitol on January 6, 2021. I was here that day. I shared that day with these colleagues, and we all have memories of…

I am honored to be with my colleagues on the floor to talk about the actions that have become very manifest in Virginia today because of the President's Executive orders, particularly the recent order pausing Federal funding--grant…

I rise to talk about the pending matter of the Pete Hegseth nomination to be Secretary of Defense. Before I get into the bulk of my comments, I want to just state my own record in terms of votes for the Secretary of Defense as a member of…