the last 6 months have been among our country's most trying and pain-filled in recent history. Nearly 160,000 Americans have lost their lives--that is more than enough people to fill Seattle's CenturyLink stadium twice--and 4.7 million…

workers right now are dealing with unprecedented challenges and are making great personal sacrifices to keep the country running during this crisis. And the nominees under consideration today for the National Labor Relations Board will…

I want to take a few minutes on the floor today to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their long march toward equality, as well as talk a little bit about how the actions of this President and his administration have threatened our…

I thank my colleagues who will be joining me this evening--Senator Baldwin, Senator Hassan, and Senator Schumer-- to advocate for much needed action to protect workers, to provide relief to State and local governments, and to bolster our…

I am sorry that the Senator has objected this evening. This is an issue that is critical to every family in this country. We all want our economy to open. I assure everyone that if people can't get childcare, they cannot go back to work…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Protests

it has been 17 days since Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd; 90 days since police in Louisville, KY, killed Breonna Taylor, who would have turned 27 just days ago; and 109 days since Ahmaud Arbery was killed by armed White residents…

I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 89, adoption of amendment No. 1583, to remove internet website browsing information and search history from scope of authority to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and…

President Trump has been more focused on fighting against the truth than fighting this virus, and American's have sadly paid the price.

I have been in the Senate during 9/11, for Hurricane Katrina, for the 2008 financial crisis, and I still have never experienced anything like what we are seeing today. These are truly extraordinary circumstances, and the stories I am…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')

I call up amendment No. 1559, as provided for under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] proposes an amendment numbered 1559.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Loeffler). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1559

this is simple. We need people who are sick to stay home if we have any hope of slowing the spread of this virus, but, today, one in four private sector workers in our country cannot stay home from work without losing a day's pay or…

I also want to thank all of my colleagues who are coming down to speak about this today. Families in my home State of Washington are scared. They are frustrated. They are angry. And so am I. New reporting now makes it clear that even after…

I do appreciate the fact that the Senator from Tennessee has been a great partner with me on many issues. I will keep talking to him about this. Let me just say, without doing this, the cost to businesses is going to grow exponentially. We…

later today the Senate will be taking up the borrower defense CRA vote and likely voting on it tomorrow. Each and every Senator will have a choice. They can side with working students, or they can side with predatory, for-profit colleges…

reserving the right to object, we have a serious public health crisis on our hands right now, and we expect it to get much worse. Right now, families across this country are actually looking to Congress to put partisanship aside and put…

it must be a day that ends in ``Y'' because, once again, Republican Senators are pushing for backward, ideological bills to restrict a women's constitutional right to abortion. Once again, Republicans are peddling a ban that is blatantly…

I am here today to recognize a loss for the Murray office and a major victory for Wisconsin and that is the return of Beth Burke, a longtime and deeply trusted aide of mine, to her home State after 8 years with my office. Over her time…

I come to the floor today to strongly urge all of my colleagues to join Senator Kaine, and I want to thank him for his extremely thoughtful and amazing approach to this. I think it is so important that we reassert Congress's authority in…

I have been in the Senate now for two Presidential impeachment trials, and I can tell you that this is never a situation I want to find our country in--not back then and certainly not today--when the odds of bipartisan cooperation, even on…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question for the House managers from Senator Murray: If there are no consequences to openly defying a valid congressional…

Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Murray asks the House managers: Yesterday, when asked about why the House did not amend or reissue subpoenas after it passed its…

I first want to say how relieved I am by reports that no lives were lost in last night's missile strikes in Iraq and how grateful I am for all those serving in the region and around the world. The fact remains, however, that this is a…