Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme it's a promise that every American pays into so they can retire with dignity.

I come to the floor today to make a simple point: The law cannot be in the eye of the beholder. The law is the law. But yet again, we are seeing the Trump administration break the law. Many of us have been closely following the Trump…

If they want our votes, they need to work with us.

If they want our votes, they need to work with us.

That is the absolute bare minimum, and it is frankly not asking a whole lot.

But Republicans are the majority in the House and in the Senate. If they want our votes, they need to work with us.

If they want our votes, they need to work with us.

Senior scientists and the center's acting director were fired by the Trump administration.

That would mean: cancer researchers laid off, lifesaving clinical trials cancelled, and more.

we need to be focused on solving problems. I think most of us here get that. No matter who the President is, our constituents expect us to work for them. They expect us to fight for them, and they expect us to do the hard work of passing…

the Trump administration is working to destroy medical research as we know it with an illegal, unrealistic cap on the NIH reimbursement rate for indirect costs. It means cancer researchers laid off, lifesaving clinical trials canceled, and…

senior scientists and the center's acting director were fired by the Trump administration.

better get ready for a late night and a long morning.

my amendment does two things. First of all, it strikes the reconciliation instructions. Secondly, it creates a reserve fund to implement a bipartisan, multiyear agreement to provide $171 billion in discretionary funding for both defense…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

The Trump administration is working to destroy medical research as we know it.

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who seeks time in opposition? The Senator from South Carolina.

I call up my amendment No. 880 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] proposes an amendment…

I call up my amendment No. 878 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] proposes an…

--while Elon and Trump rip up our bipartisan laws. I urge my colleagues-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.

Why on earth should we believe that, particularly when he is saying the exact opposite, loudly and repeatedly for everyone to see?

As an original author of the PRO Act, I'm glad to see Representative Chavez-DeRemer is a co-sponsor of the bill I wrote with Representative Scott.

There is nothing ‘efficient’ about indiscriminately firing thousands upon thousands of workers in red and blue states whose work is badly needed.

the resolution is pro-billionaire, anti-middle class.

The resolution is pro-billionaire, anti-middle class.