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

I want to speak on the nomination, which will occur before the Senate shortly, of Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor. I think it is important to say that as President Trump continues relentlessly pursuing his anti-worker agenda, now, more…

I want to thank my colleague from Alabama for his tremendous leadership on this very critical effort because right now we are days away from a very damaging lapse in funding for our HBCUs, our Tribal colleges, and other minority-serving…

I join my Democratic colleagues on the floor to once again speak out against this President and his administration's outrageous abuses of Executive power. While, unfortunately, there is a myriad of Presidential abuses to which I could be…

what we are seeing here today really disappoints me. We have, today, a straightforward opportunity to prevent a critical part of our higher education system--HBCUs, Tribal colleges, and other minority-serving institutions--from having to…

as we grieve with the communities of El Paso, Dayton, and Midland, I can't help but be reminded of the Seattle Jewish Federation, Marysville, Seattle Pacific University, Freeman High School, and so many other communities in my home State…

I come to the Senate floor this afternoon with my Democratic colleagues to voice my strong opposition to this administration's move to take money away from our military to fund President Trump's wasteful border wall. I often say that we…

before I begin, I would like to take just a moment to remember the thousands of innocent lives lost 18 years ago today and to thank the first responders who so bravely sacrificed their lives in the service of others. September 11 is a day…

I come to the floor today to sound once again the alarm against Republicans' efforts to throw the lives of millions of families into chaos and uncertainty and to urge my colleagues to reverse course and join Democrats to protect people's…

I come to the floor today to speak about the two nominations we are about to vote on. The first one is the nomination of John Pallasch to be the Assistant Secretary of Labor overseeing the Employment & Training Administration. This is a…

today President Trump and Republican attorneys general are explaining in court why they think people who got their healthcare through the exchanges or Medicaid expansion should have it ripped away. They are explaining why limits on…

half a century ago, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, who were tired of being accosted and abused and assaulted just because of who they were or whom they loved, took a stand to say ``enough is enough'' and pushed back against the forces…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Murray pertaining to the introduction of S. 2008 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on…

I come to the floor today to oppose Matthew Kacsmaryk's nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. Kacsmaryk is another example of an extreme choice by President Trump to jam courts with individuals who…

I want to thank my colleague for starting this really important discussion that all of us should be very well aware of, and I appreciate his leadership. People across this country have been absolutely clear. They want us to fight for…

150 years ago, in Washington State, a suffragette named Mary Olney Brown went to vote, and like so many others at the time, her vote was rejected. Why? Because she was a woman. She said: ``The idea of a woman voting was regarded as an…

I want to start today by expressing my appreciation to all of my colleagues who will be out here today speaking out and to the women and men nationwide who are doing the same today in their own communities. In the last few weeks, we have…

I want to start today by saying I am really appalled by the extreme, cruel, shameful abortion ban that was passed yesterday in Alabama. That legislation is nothing short of an attack on women, and it is part of a larger effort we are…

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 legislative clerk called the roll.

I come to the floor to oppose the nomination of Janet Dhillon to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I have a number of concerns about her record, which I plan to lay out here today, but before I do, I want to talk about the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 6 minutes on the Dhillon nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

this week, families across our country are preparing to celebrate Mother's Day and recognize the hard work that women do to support their families and build a brighter future in their communities. Here in Congress, we should be working to…

I, too, want to thank the Senator from New Mexico for organizing today's effort on this very important issue. I rise today to join my colleagues in really shining a spotlight on a crisis that has brought terror and pain to Tribal…

I come to the floor to oppose the nomination of Mr. Gordon Hartogensis to serve as Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and, really, to express my continued frustration with the Republicans' efforts to weaponize the…

I come to the floor tonight to oppose the nomination of Cheryl Stanton to serve as Administrator of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division enforces some of our Nation's most important workplace laws…