it is about the process, not the individual.

I want to join my colleague from Hawaii, Senator Schatz, whose reasons for avoiding a shutdown are points that we all share, as his State also has suffered a devastating fire now in Maui, where we in Vermont have suffered a major flood…

Nobody wants to be censoring, so I get that.

Nobody wants to be censoring, so I get that.

First, I want to thank Senator Collins and assure her that I appreciate the excellent work that she and Senator Murray have been doing, and I will be a vote for cloture so that we can proceed. Mr. President, Vermont is one of the States…

Nobody wants to be censoring, so I get that.

I want to thank my colleagues, and I want to thank the administration for the response to the devastating floods that we experienced in Vermont this August. I am here to make a report and also to make a plea that we replenish the Disaster…

I rise today to recognize Grace Potter, a talented singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Fayston, VT. She is a Grammy-nominated artist and has been described by Spin Magazine as ``one of the greatest living voices in rock today.''…

I am delighted to be here with my colleagues, the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Kansas. I am going to start by answering a question that the Senator from Kansas asked rhetorically: Why is it that American citizens and…

I rise today to recognize Dan Fraser, manager of Dan & Whit's General Store, who will be stepping down from his role. Dan & Whit's is a family-owned general store and the unofficial community center of my town, Norwich, VT. Dan & Whit's is…

I join my colleagues in celebrating a major and long overdue achievement allowing the American people to have the benefit of a government that will stand up to negotiate prices and try its best to make the prescription medications that…

We cannot have a judicial system that doesn't have very competent public defenders.

We cannot have a judicial system that doesn't have very competent public defenders.

We cannot have a judicial system that doesn't have very competent public defenders to represent people.

on May 24, 2023, Congressman Jim McGovern spoke on the House floor about the distressing situation in Cuba, and I want to associate myself with his remarks. He expressed his deep disappointment and frustration, which I share, with the…

I would like to address the Senate and describe the situation in Vermont. On July 10, we had a catastrophic flood that affected parts of the entire State. What I would like to speak about today are a couple of things: one, where Vermont…

There are no two stronger champions of the intellectual property rights of innovators and patent holders than the two leaders of this Committee, Senator Coons, Senator Tillis, and I support your efforts in that respect.

But what I have seen is, in particular in the drug industry, an abuse by patent holders of that period of exclusivity.

It is really important, your responsibility, to have patents issued timely, appropriately, for innovators.

It is really important, your responsibility, to have patents issued timely, appropriately, for innovators.

I don't get it where you get a patent, let's say for 20 years and it goes on for 30 years or 35 years.

What is the ability and the commitment of the Patent Office to stop the extension of that period of exclusivity and monopoly power that has been so consistently abused by the drug companies to rip off American taxpayers, American…

I don't get it where you get a patent, let's say for 20 years and it goes on for 30 years or 35 years.

And where you have a patent system that can be abused by the patent holders, and they go beyond the period of exclusivity, it is brutal on the cost of healthcare for American employers.

And where you have a patent system that can be abused by the patent holders, and they go beyond the period of exclusivity, it is brutal on the cost of healthcare for American employers.