I am delighted that Pope Francis will be addressing a joint session of Congress on Thursday. The Pope has played, in my view, an extraordinary role since he assumed his position in speaking out with courage and brilliance about some of the…

Dear Urbandale High School students or H.S. students, sorry, I can't make the hash tag uhspresident. Hope you have a fun time - you have fun at homecoming and I'd love to visit your school soon.

That is a giant threat to democracy because if we are going to regulate abortion or we are going to regulate payday lending, we should do it here in Congress by majority vote.

There is only one way to end too-big-to-fail, and that is to say too-big-to-fail is too-big-to-exist.

We need small business lending. That is why this committee needs to pass the member business lending bill for the credit unions.

I thank my friend from Maryland. Mr. President, I rise to speak about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the agreement that the United States negotiated with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Iran. I support the…

We must end the disgrace of having more people in jail than any other country on Earth.

This campaign is sending a message to the billionaire class, yes, we have the guts to take you on.

Climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet.

We have a moral responsibility to leave this planet in a way that is healthy and habitable for future generations.

Let us keep innovation going. Let us be moving from this old 19th century technology, not by saying anything other than we are going to keep the incentives on the book for clean energy as well, a level playing field.

Every single National Academy of Sciences of every single country in the world agrees that humans are causing a substantial part of the dangers of global warming.

My amendment says the polluter protection plan we are debating here today does not go into effect if the EPA Administrator and the Secretary of Energy determine that it would have a negative impact on clean energy jobs being created in our…

We should be debating legislation, not legislation to stop the regulation but legislation to do something about climate change.

It has been going down, but it has been going down without Congress having acted, but there has been a dramatic increase in clean energy jobs.

The only alternative is regulation.

the need for real campaign finance reform is not a progressive issue. It is not a conservative issue. It is an American issue. It is an issue that should concern all Americans, regardless of their political point of view, who wish to…

reserving the right to object, and I won't object, I want to make certain that after Senator Grassley has completed his remarks, I will have time to make my remarks for up to 15 minutes. It will probably be less than that. Is that all…

on November 19, 1863, standing on the bloodstained battlefield of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most significant and best remembered speeches in American history. At the conclusion of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Campaign Finance Reform

New polling tonight just out showing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders trailing Hillary Clinton by six points in the New Hampshire primary race.

I believe that climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet.

I wish to address the status of VA health care and the Department's current budget shortfall. I am grudgingly supporting the bill before this body to extend highway funding for 3 months and to provide budget transfer authority to VA…

I thank Chairman Enzi and join him in commending Mr. Davis for his many years of dedicated and outstanding service to CBO, the Congress, and the American people. We wish him all the best. We hope our colleagues will join us in thanking Mr…

Every American, regardless of their income, must have the right to a higher education.