What Charles E. Schumer said, and what was done

“Mr. President, on the job numbers this morning, the alarm bells on the sorry state of Trump's economy keep ringing and ringing. The jobs report this morning revealed America lost 23,000 jobs because of Trump's disastrous agenda, his tariffs, and his failed war.”

“Trump, when you say it is the greatest economy we have ever had and we have lost over 130,000 jobs in the last few months, you don't know what you are talking about.”

“Mr. President, on the Trump battleships, while American families can't even keep their heads above water, Donald Trump is spending his time building himself a ``golden fleet'' of battleships the Navy doesn't want.”

“Mr. President, Todd Blanche's Department of Justice continues to let criminals off the hook so long as they are loyal to Donald Trump. Yesterday, Trump's DOJ forced a judge to throw out the charges against eight members of the radical extremist Oath Keepers, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting the January 6 insurrection--horrendous.”

“Mr. President, Senate Republicans seem to think Todd Blanche became a different person somewhere between the confirmation hearing and today's vote. It is obvious he didn't. Blanche remains Trump's personal lawyer--same client, same corrupt record, same playbook.”

“Mr. President, on the pardons bill, justice is supposed to be blind. Under Donald Trump, justice is for sale. Today, I am introducing legislation with Senators Blumenthal, Hirono, Cortez Masto, and Schiff to stop Trump from abusing his pardon power for personal gain.”

“Mr. President, well, make no mistake, Todd Blanche has no intention of stopping Trump's corruption. He has spent his career enabling it. Instead of seeing Todd Blanche's so-called deal for the sham that it is, Senate Republicans are, once again, taking Trump's personal attorney at his word.”

“Mr. President, now, today, on anti-corruption and the Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act--today, I am introducing the Anti- Corruption Bureau Creation Act, the biggest, boldest, and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions.”

“Chief'' has tried every scam in the book and invented new ones we never imagined. The bill I am introducing today with my colleagues Senators Padilla, Merkley, and Kim is designed to stop Trump's ``Art of the Steal.'' The first goal of our bill is to get the American people their money back.”

“Mr. President, I will be brief. Nearly half a year into Trump's ruinous war with Iran, the conflict is widening instead of winding down. More countries get dragged into the mix, more fronts open up, and more Americans get killed and injured.”

“The biggest thing standing between our troops and home is a Republican Party that is too afraid to cross the President. Congress can break this vicious cycle of escalation Trump started in Iran, and this War Powers Resolution is how we do it.”

“Finally, on the Iran WPR, as Trump plays keyboard warrior on Truth Social in his war with Iran, our men and women in uniform are risking their lives on the frontlines.”

“Well, Mr. President, the Trump Presidency is just a disaster, and more and more people know it. Just about everyone is getting to know it now. This morning's CNN poll--right over my shoulder--is further confirmation that Trump has completely lost the trust of the American people.”

“Mr. President, first let me thank the Senator from Alabama for her poignant and strong and much needed words. Let me thank my colleague from New Hampshire, along with Senator Blumenthal, for leading the fight in this very important issue.”

“Madam President, Trump going to Michigan today to tout his economic record is like an arsonist returning to the scene of the crime and asking for a pat on the back.”

“Trump thinks he is in for a warm reception in Michigan; he is in for a reckoning. Corruption Madam President, on corruption, the only people who think America is getting more affordable are Donald Trump and his cronies as they cash in on unprecedented corruption.”

“Mr. President, Trump got America into this mess in Iran, and he has made it clear he is both unwilling and unable to get us out. For the sake of our servicemembers, their families, working people from one end of the country to the other who are getting crushed by higher costs and gas prices, Senate Republicans need to join us and end Trump's war in Iran.”

“Mr. President, the hole Donald Trump is digging himself into in Iran has turned into a crater. Somehow Trump has convinced himself that the American people are cheering him on on this blunder rather than crying out for him to bring our troops home.”

“Mr. President, I am beginning a series of Senators who are speaking about Haiti and TPS. The Haitian community is woven into the fabric of our great American family, but Donald Trump is trying to tear it apart by terminating Haiti's temporary protected status.”

“Mr. President, Trump's corruption has no ceiling, and it apparently doesn't have an altitude limit either. Trump's $400 million luxury jet is the single biggest bribe an American President has ever accepted from another country in all of American history--the single biggest bribe in all of American history.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's cavalier disregard for the lives of our servicemembers is beneath contempt and beyond despicable. In a Truth Social post, yesterday, Trump seemed to brag that 18 servicemembers had been killed in his disastrous Iran war compared to the tens of thousands who died in Vietnam.”

“Mr. President, well, we have Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Coin, and the Trump Presidency--all cons. The product changes; the con stays the same. Donald Trump has turned the Presidency of the United States into the most profitable scheme of his life, and American families are being forced--forced--to pay the price.”

“We will show who profits, who pays, and how Trump has rigged the government for himself and the people closest to him. And we will make one thing unmistakably clear: The White House is not for sale.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's election speech tonight is not about the election Trump lost 6 years ago; it is a threat against the election he is afraid to lose this November.”

“Mr. President, anyone who can represent a known pathological liar like Donald Trump can have no integrity and should never be Attorney General. We all know lawyers are supposed to represent their clients, but when you represent a client who just lies and lies and lies, pathologically, you should never be Attorney General.”

“Mr. President, on this Trump election task force--it just gets crazier and crazier with this administration. Yesterday, the White House announced that Trump and his election task force will reveal intelligence reports that supposedly corroborate his baseless lies about the 2020 election.”

“Now, Mr. President, on Iran and the NDAA, when all the Trump administration can say about his disastrous war with Iran is that Vietnam was worse--a point Trump made yesterday--he reveals the scale of his failure.”

“Mr. President, how long will Republicans let Trump's secret police continue to sow chaos and violence in our American streets? For the second time in less than a week, ICE agents fatally shot someone, first in Texas and again in Maine yesterday.”

“Mr. President, my prayers and those of my family are with Senator Graham's family, staff, and friends after his sudden, sudden passing yesterday. We see the white roses on his desk, and we think of Lindsey.”

“Mr. President, with their dreadful, horrific Dobbs decision 4 years ago today, six far-right wing MAGA Justices broke nearly 50 years of precedent to rip the right to choose away from millions--millions--of American women.”

“We will not--we Democrats--will not let Republicans brush their radical efforts to ban abortion under the rug. The American people know it, and we are going to keep showing the difference between the two parties on this issue when the American people are strongly on our side.”

“Madam President, for years, Trump promised to put maximum pressure on Iran, but he ended up delivering maximum confusion, maximum chaos, and maximum cost to the American people with his disastrous war.”

“And, meanwhile, Iran took Trump to the cleaners. Trump gave Iran everything--their terrorist proxies, their control over the strait, their own revenue, their hundreds of billions of dollars in reconstruction aid.”

“Finally, Mr. President, on our spotlight forum on the Dobbs decision, later today, we will join Senator Murray and other Senate Democrats for a spotlight forum on Republicans' extreme war on women's reproductive freedom ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision.”

“Mr. President, on Tulsi Gabbard and the Pulte purge, there are reports that Tulsi Gabbard was receiving instructions from a so-called guru and repeating them word for word.”

“Mr. President, on the SAVE database, yesterday's court decision bodes very poorly for the SAVE Act's survival. Free and fair elections in America got a big boost in court yesterday when a judge, a Federal judge, blocked Donald Trump's effort to set up a massive voter purge database.”

“Mr. President, on Iran, with his failed and reckless war in Iran, Trump has turned ``the art of the deal'' into ``the art of the blunder.'' Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and JD Vance are too afraid to come in front of the American people and the whole Senate to defend their war and so-called understanding, so now Trump will talk only to Senate Republicans behind closed doors.”

“Mr. President, everywhere you look, Republicans are one big, hot mess. The reason is simple: Donald Trump is pursuing policies that are terrible for America and despised by the American people.”

“Madam President, on Iran, Donald Trump's foreign policy by clown car continues to careen toward disaster. After this failed war with Iran, Trump needs to rename ``The Art of the Deal'' as ``The Art of the Face Plant''--``The Art of the Face Plant.'' Just days after Trump boasted he had reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Iran announced it was closing the strait again.”

“American people get screwed, and Donald Trump gets himself into a deeper and deeper hole. The cost of this war will only get worse every second it continues.”

“Mr. President, well, everyone who bought Trump's book ``The Art of the Deal'' ought to ask him for a refund because what Trump has done in Iran is the ``art of the disaster.'' The United States is worse off because of Trump's incompetence, his ego, his inability to listen to facts.”

“Mr. President, Trump's actions last night make it crystal clear that he is the one standing in the way of FISA. It was already clear that Trump was the one blocking FISA, but the fact that he withdrew Jay Clayton should erase anyone's doubts.”

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“Mr. President, I have come to address our ROAD to Housing bill, which we will vote on in a few minutes. At the top of the list, I want to thank Senator Warren for her diligence, her hard work, her intelligence, and her ability to reach out and take good ideas and synthesize them into outstanding legislation.”

“Mr. President, we are going to speak on eliminating Trump's slush fund. Now, the only way--the only way--to ensure Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-funded MAGA slush fund and his family's sweetheart tax fraud deal with the IRS--the only way we are going to ensure that they never see the light of day is to ban them permanently by law.”

“My colleague from Tennessee talked about things being swept under the rug. Nothing--nothing--sweeps under the rug this statement of Donald Trump's: Personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans.”

“Mr. President, on our Spotlight Forum, later today, Senator Padilla and I will hold a Spotlight Forum on State and local efforts to protect free and fair elections from the chaos coming out of the Trump administration.”

“Mr. President, today Senators Murray, Warren, and I are releasing the most comprehensive Senate report to date on Trump's broken promise to make childcare more affordable. A couple months ago, Trump said: Don't send any money for day care because the United States can't take care of day care. . . .”

“Mr. President, on the slush fund, Trump's slush fund, anyone who seriously thinks Trump has any intention of dropping his plans for a MAGA slush fund that will funnel billions of tax dollars to him and his cronies clearly hasn't been paying attention.”

“Mr. President, for months--for months--Senate Democrats and I have said that Trump's blunder of a war with Iran can't end soon enough. We have been told dozens of times that the war is over, and dozens of times we have been disappointed.”

“We keep hearing inconsistent statements from different members of the administration. So I am asking three things: First, I am calling on Donald Trump to hold a classified Gang of 8 meeting to disclose this so-called MOU, this memo of understanding.”

“Mr. President, the Make More in America Act--if we have learned anything from the past few years, it is that the American people will pay the price when wars, pandemics, and other shocks disrupt America's supply chains.”

“Madam President, now on Pulte and FISA and the SAVE Act, Senate Democrats have made it clear that however long Trump wants Bill Pulte to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence is too long.”

“Madam President, Senate Democrats have been unwavering in calling for an immediate end to Trump's war with Iran, and we will continue to do so until his blunder is well and truly over.”

“Mr. President, on Iran, for weeks, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio have insisted their disastrous war in Iran is over. How stupid do they think the American people are?”

“Mr. President, now on Bill Pulte. The whole job of the Director of National Intelligence is to keep America safe, but Trump's decision to appoint Bill Pulte--someone with absolutely zero relevant experience--is going to put Americans in danger.”

“Mr. President, on stock buybacks, you know costs are skyrocketing, but corporations are making massive profits. And instead of using the profits to create jobs and invest in growth, corporations too often buy back their own stock to increase its value and reward executives.”

“Mr. President, well, it may genuinely be impossible for Trump to be more out of touch with the American people than he already is. After Trumpflation reached a record high yesterday, Donald Trump said: The numbers are great . . .”

“Mr. President, I am sure I speak for everyone in the Senate and in the country when I say I am relieved that the two American helicopter pilots shot down over the Strait of Hormuz earlier today have been safely rescued.”

“Madam President, on the Knicks' playing tonight, New Yorkers love the New York Knicks. Some of us remember the good old days when the Knicks won the championship with Debusschere and Bradley at the forward, with Willis Reed in center, and with Earl the Pearl and Clyde as the point guards.”

“Madam President, yesterday marked 100 days since Donald Trump launched one of the most foolish misadventures in the history of American foreign policy. Trump launched his disastrous war with Iran without a clear objective, without a coherent strategy, and without a care for how it would endanger our brave servicemembers and hurt the American people.”

“Madam President, well, just about everyone in America hates Trump's slush fund, but every Senate Republican but one is culpable for allowing Trump to go forward with the slush fund.”

“Mr. President, anyone--anyone--who still believes that Trump has any intention of stopping his effort to steal Americans' tax dollars to enrich himself, his family, and MAGA loyalists ought to listen to Trump's comments yesterday.”

“Mr. President, my very first amendment offers Republicans a choice: Do you support Donald Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund, or do you want to protect the American people and their paychecks by outlawing this criminal, crony, cash-back program permanently?”

“Trump hasn't even pretended to promise that the slush fund is done. Instead, Trump said of the slush fund: I love it. I think it's so important. . . .”

“Mr. President, I know my colleagues are afraid to hear the truth and that is why they objected, when it is almost never--there is never an objection when the leaders speak.”

“I will join my colleague and all of my colleagues in congratulating Susan Collins, who will cast her 10,000th consecutive rollcall vote in a few moments. No matter what has been going on in the world or in her life, Senator Collins has never--never--missed a vote in her entire Senate career.”

“Mr. President, after tonight's vote, it is clear to Americans that Republicans refuse to outlaw Donald Trump's $2 billion slush fund. Now the whole country can see the truth: Republicans fought like hell to please Donald Trump and his slush fund but didn't lift a finger to help working Americans lower their costs.”

“Mr. President, now on the election task force, as Trump continues to wage war on free and fair elections in America, Senate Democrats' Election Protection Task Force is gearing up to protect our democracy.”

“Mr. President, on the Pulte appointment, Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence appears to have been a hastily considered, backroom deal based on loyalty to Trump, not the security of our Nation.”

“Mr. President, now on reconciliation, after weeks of Republican infighting, we still haven't seen a draft of the Republican radical reconciliation bill. The American people don't need to see the bill text to know that Republicans are fighting for Donald Trump, not for working families.”

“Mr. President, now, on the slush fund, to anyone who takes the constantly lying Todd Blanche at his word, I have a bridge to sell you. Yesterday, Todd Blanche claimed the Trump administration will halt its plans to establish a $2 billion MAGA slush fund for Trump and his cronies, but, when asked, Blanche said: I'm not committing to doing anything in writing.”

“So when you see these newspaper headlines, Trump is backing off because Blanche gave his word. Again, I have a bridge to sell you. No one really believes it.”

“Mr. President, well, first, on the announcement of an attempted appointment of Bill Pulte: Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence is another Trump low.”

“What do Republicans have to say? What do they have to say about this? What are our Republican colleagues saying about this god-awful slush fund? Well, after the DOJ's meek statement yesterday, one of my colleagues across the aisle said Trump's slush fund is ``a moot point.'' A moot point?”

“Mr. President, on the Iran war, once again the ongoing fighting in Iran has blown holes in Trump's claim that victory is at hand. Over the weekend, Trump said he is ``in no hurry to end the war in Iran.'' No hurry?”

“Mr. President, now on costs. Last week we got new inflation numbers showing that prices are at their highest level in years. Families are saving less as they struggle to make ends meet.”

“Mr. President, the press reports that Trump says he will table his $2 billion MAGA slush fund, but a promise from Trump is worthless. If Trump and Republicans are truly abandoning this corrupt scheme, they should have zero problem banning it in law.”

“Mr. President, on costs, ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, Americans drive to the grocery store and can't believe the prices they are seeing for beef, for propane, for the gas to get there.”

“Mr. President, Republicans still haven't released the text of their radical MAGA reconciliation wish list, just hours before we are expected to vote on it. Where the hell is the bill?”

“And so there is no bill. That is why there is no bill. They are stuck. They are flummoxed. The leader, Leader Thune, has two choices: Side with Donald Trump and show the American people you are totally, totally out of touch with what they need, or side with the American people, work with us, and get Donald Trump furious at you.”

“Republicans are fighting like hell to waste billions of dollars on things taxpayers do not want, do not need, and certainly should not be forced to pay for.”

“Mr. President, first, let me thank my good friend Senator Padilla from California for his good work on this issue and so many other issues of civil rights and of keeping our democracy secure and safe, of voting rights.”

“Trump, Vought, Musk, and their DOGE squad. And as I have been saying for months--I started saying this months ago--it is Jim Crow 2.0. And when I started saying it, now when I say it, the MAGA right goes crazy.”

“Mr. President, well, earlier today, Trump said he was just an hour away from launching another wave of attacks on Iran before he changed his mind. Trump says: ``We may have to give Iran another big hit''--that ``we're all set to start'' bombing at a moment's notice.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump looks at the Federal Government and sees one thing: a cash register full of Americans' money--and he keeps trying to ring himself up. Nearly $2 billion for his MAGA slush fund, a billion more for his gilded ballroom, and not one serious plan to lower costs for families forced to pay the bill.”

“States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years. Calendar Number 698: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years.”

“Mr. President, let me first talk about this DOJ slush fund. As working families shorten their grocery lists, as they struggle to make ends meet, Donald Trump has added a nearly $2 billion slush fund for his MAGA allies and January 6 insurrectionists to his wish list of pet projects he wants to fund with taxpayer dollars.”

“Mr. President, finally, on the shooting anniversary of 4 years in Buffalo, before I close today, I want to say that my heart is with Buffalo as we mark 4 years since the horrific, mass racist shootings that took place at Tops supermarket in 2022.”

“Mr. President, on Iran, every day the costs of Trump's disastrous handling of his illegal war with Iran mount up. The most dire cost is human: 13 American servicemembers killed, nearly 400 wounded.”

“Mr. President, on China, we are just a day into Trump's trip to China, and he hasn't done anything to ease concerns that he might sell out America.”

“Mr. President, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--CFPB--has played a critical role on the side of people to help them avoid junk fees, predatory medical debt, payday lenders who take advantage of people in need, including so many of our military servicemembers.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Donald Trump told a reporter: ``I don't think about Americans' financial situations.'' I don't think of anyone. I repeat: Donald Trump actually said this. He said: ``I don't think about Americans' financial situations.'' Can you believe it?”

“Mr. President, first, on inflation and the inflation ballroom, inflation is skyrocketing at the fastest pace in 3 years. The American people are hurting, and Donald Trump is to blame.”

“Mr. President, on the hantavirus, earlier today, 17 Americans--including 3 New Yorkers--who were on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak arrived in Nebraska, where they remained in quarantine.”

“Mr. President, if you want to understand Republicans' priorities right now, just look at the $72 billion reconciliation bill they revealed last week. The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol without any guardrails to prevent these rogue Agencies from continuing to unleash violence on American streets.”

“Mr. President, in just a few hours, it will be 60 days since Donald Trump officially notified Congress he was dragging us into one of the most foolish foreign misadventures in American history.”

“Mr. President, first, I appreciate what the Senator from Ohio has done. It is a good thing that the Senate is moving swiftly to prohibit Senators and staff from playing around in prediction markets.”

“Finally, Mr. President, on Iran and gas prices--as I said, there is a lot going on--just hours ago, Pentagon officials told Congress that Trump's disastrous war has cost taxpayers $25 billion.”

“Republican dysfunction is endangering our national security. House Republicans have been so busy fighting one another in the House that FISA may expire. Republicans, get your act together.”

“Mr. President, we know that the MAGA right is trying to rig our democracy. We knew it long before this decision. Donald Trump knows and his party knows that they are going to lose this election in 2026, which is why they are working around the clock to tilt the scales unfairly in their favor.”

“Mr. President, on King Charles, today is a great honor for both the House and Senate to welcome His Majesty King Charles III to address a joint meeting of Congress.”

“Now, Mr. President, on Cuba, since launching his disastrous war with Iran, Donald Trump has said that ``Cuba's going to be next'' and that ``we may stop by Cuba'' after we are finished.”

“Mr. President, now on the need to fund the Secret Service, I just heard Leader Thune lashing out. I sympathize with him. He is in a real pickle.”

“Well, Mr. President, I and we all are relieved that no one was seriously injured in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend. No matter the perpetrator, no matter the motive, political violence endangers our democracy.”

“Mr. President, well, let me be very clear: The Democrats are ready. Republicans wanted this vote-arama. Republicans picked this fight. If Republicans want to slog this out on the floor, so be it.”

“Stephen Miller and tell the American people to take a hike. ``We don't give a damn about you.'' This will be a reconciliation of contrasts. The contrasts are stark.”

“Mr. President, Republicans say they want to lower healthcare costs. Well, here is a chance. Here is a chance for you, a chance for Republicans to join Senate Democrats to start doing something about it once and for all.”

“Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget points of order for the purpose of the pending measure and ask for the yeas and nays.”

“Mr. President, tonight, Senate Republicans showed the American people where they stand, not for families struggling with the high cost of childcare, groceries, gasoline, electricity but for pumping $140 billion toward rogue Agencies.”

“Mr. President, first let me thank Senator Baldwin for her outstanding leadership, not only on this resolution but on so many other issues related to Iran as well.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Senate Republicans put forward their budget resolution for its first procedural vote. The contents of their budget resolution are astounding. Mr. President, $140 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, zero dollars to lower Americans' costs.”

“Mr. President, earlier today, we caught our first glimpse of the Senate Republicans' budget resolution. Forget being on the same page; Republicans aren't even on the same planet as the American people.”

“Mr. President, on Haiti, later today, I am meeting with Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime to discuss how we can support Haiti's path to security and democracy by helping its government stop violence and root out corruption.”

“Mr. President, on reconciliation, instead of focusing on the issues that Americans truly care about right now, Senate Republicans will entangle the Senate in the partisan sideshow that is reconciliation.”

“Mr. President, on Kevin Warsh--Kevin Warsh's confirmation hearing comes at a dire time for an independent Fed and for the American economy at large. Donald Trump continues his brazen efforts to force the central bank to serve his personal political interests rather than the best interests of the American economy and the American people.”

“Mr. President, last week, in Nevada, Donald Trump said ``the war in Iran is going along swimmingly . . . it's perfect.'' From Trump, again: ``The war in Iran is going along swimmingly.'' The truth is that the Trump administration is barely treading water, caught in the riptide of its own incompetence.”

“I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request.”

“Mr. President, finally, on Haiti, after spreading hateful, bigoted lies on the campaign trail, Trump continues to target the Haitian community as President. Despite ongoing violence--gang violence--civil instability, terrible medical infrastructure, and poor food access in Haiti, Trump directed Kristi Noem to strip Haitian immigrants of their TPS--their temporary protected status--disregarding the process Congress set into law.”

“Mr. President, what does this majority choose to spend our time on instead? Any hour now, Republicans are expected to release a budget resolution that adds tens of billions of dollars to the national debt and pumps colossal sums into ICE and Border Patrol without any reforms, all while doing absolutely nothing to lower costs for hard-working Americans.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has no plan to end his disastrous war of choice with Iran and no idea just how badly the American people are hurting because of him.”

“Mr. President, on Kash Patel, the American people expect competence from the President's Cabinet, not the unmitigated and continuing chaos we see every day. Over the weekend, more damning reports about FBI Director Kash Patel's disorderly, drunken, and deranged behavior came to light.”

“Mr. President, before I begin, I want to express my deepest and dearest sympathies for our friend Mark Warner, his wife Lisa, and the rest of their family as they mourn the terrible loss of their daughter Madison.”

“Mr. President, well, today Trump is in Las Vegas trying to sell the American people on his tax policies and convince them that everything is going just dandy, but the reality for American families is that thanks to these deleterious policies people are hurting worse than before.”

“Mr. President, pursuant to section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization Act, fiscal years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 1546a), and in accordance with section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act, I move to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J.”

“Mr. President, first, I want to thank my colleagues--my colleague from Illinois, who has done such a good job and knows all about what our veterans go through in the horrors of war; my colleague Tim Kaine, who has been so involved in this issue of War Powers Resolutions for decades--or a decade--and so many others of us who are introducing resolutions on this issue.”

“Mr. President, on the Fed, this morning, once again, Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve. In an interview on Fox Business, the President renewed his threats against Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying that if Powell doesn't leave, he will fire him.”

“Mr. President, on tax day, not a single American would say that tax day is their favorite date on the calendar. Republicans, however, seem to think today will mark an inflection point in their political fortunes.”

“Mr. President, yesterday an Ipsos poll found that fewer than one in four Americans think Trump's war in Iran has been worthwhile. And who can blame them? Every metric indicates that Donald Trump's handling of Operation Epic Fury has been an epic failure.”

“Mr. President, just days ago, Donald Trump declared his war in Iran a ``total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it.'' Again, Donald Trump saying about his war: A total and complete victory. 100 percent.”

“Worse. Iran's nuclear ambitions? Worse. American credibility? Worse. Everything--everything--has been made worse by Donald Trump's war of choice. Donald Trump promised ``total and complete victory.'' Instead, he delivered total and complete chaos.”

“Mr. President, in the wake of the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Senate Democrats were clear: no blank check for a lawless ICE and Border Patrol.”

“So the election officials would open up the envelope and could see how you voted. The sacred secrecy of our ballots would be undone by this amendment. It is ridiculous.”

“Mr. President, today's vote is simple. Will Republicans join us to save good-paying energy jobs, strengthen our grid, and undo the damage from Donald Trump's war on clean energy; or will they bow before the throne of Big Oil once again?”

“Now, I thank Senator Murphy for his great leadership on this issue, for speaking so clearly and fiercely about the need for this resolution. This war has dragged on for long enough.”

“Mr. President, with this next rollcall vote, the Republicans are tabling my motion to suspend the Senate rules to provide a path to pay TSA workers. I will vote against tabling because I want to see the TSA workers paid.”

“Mr. President, well, I would first like to talk about the voter ID amendment that Senator Thune talked about on the floor. Today, Leader Thune is going to appease the MAGA far right with another amendment Republicans claim is about commonsense voter ID.”

“Mr. President, first, let me begin today by saying that my deepest prayers are with the families of the two pilots who were killed in a terrible collision at LaGuardia Airport this morning.”

“Mr. President, we are having productive discussions. I just met with our team 20 minutes ago. We are making some progress. There is more to be made. Each side has its own views.”

“Well, Mr. President, today, every Senator must answer a very simple question: Senator, do you want chaos at our airports to come down--yes or no, Senator? Let me repeat the question: Republican Senator, do you want the chaos at our airports to come down--yes or no?”

“Mr. President, well, Donald Trump promised an easy and quick war with Iran. He promised overwhelming victory. Three weeks later in Iran, just the opposite of what Trump promised is happening.”

“Mr. President, there are so many issues Senate Republicans could be working with us on this week that Americans actually care about. Republicans could focus on whether Americans can afford groceries or on lowering healthcare premiums or bringing down childcare costs or fixing our power grid.”

“And, of course, nobody wants a nuclear Iran. Why do the American people still not have any clear answers on the goals and timeline of this war? Secretary Rubio needs to publicly testify under oath.”

“Mr. President, in a moment, my good friend my colleague from Georgia will offer a resolution that is very simple: It says fund TSA. Period. No ands, ifs, or buts, no excuses, no secondary reasons.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Booker for leading this important measure. Thirteen U.S. servicemembers have been killed since the start of the Iran war. Another 200 have been injured.”

“Mr. President, if MAGA Republicans want to bog down the Senate over a debate on voter suppression, Democrats are ready. We are ready to be here all day, all night--as long as it takes--to ensure the powers of voter suppression do not win the day.”

“Mr. President, Americans are watching in horror as Donald Trump bumbles this country into war. The latest job numbers show our economy is even weaker than we thought.”

“Mr. President, in a few moments, my friend and colleague the Senator from Nevada will offer a unanimous consent request that is very simple. It funds TSA--no conditions; no ifs, ands, or buts.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, for the second time in less than a week, Republicans were given the opportunity to fund TSA and to also fund FEMA, to stand up for our Coast Guard, and to make sure core DHS operations are funded while negotiations on ICE and Border Patrol continue.”

“The bottom line is, Democrats are ready today. America, watch. We will have Members on the floor saying ``Let's fund TSA'' with no other preconditions. What will Republicans do?”

“No. In a minute. Why? Because Republicans are in obeisance to Donald Trump's insistence on having these marauding forces of ICE go through our cities. We saw what they did in Minneapolis.”

“Would my colleague-- Mr. THUNE.--if the Democrats don't block it. Mr. SCHUMER.--yield for a question? Will he support, without any Republican blocking it, a straight motion to just deal with TSA and get it funded while we are trying to work out these negotiations?”

“Reclaiming my time. I rest my case. What the leader is saying is he will only fund TSA if we will continue to fund--for a short time, for a long time--ICE and Border Patrol, which he knows is gridlocked, which he knows we don't agree with, and so it is clear.”

“Well, while Americans are still in the dark for why we are at war, each passing day gives us a cleaner picture of the cost of war. Yesterday, we learned about 140 American servicemembers have been wounded since hostilities--8 of them seriously injured.”

“Secretary Rubio, Secretary Hegseth, and other senior officials must come to the Senate for public hearings and testify under oath as to why our troops are fighting and dying in the Middle East.”

“Mr. President, in a few moments, Patty Murray will ask UC to fund all of DHS except ICE and CBP. Today, we have a block of floor speakers to preview this UC request.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's war with Iran grows more confusing and more contradictory by the day. Yesterday, Trump suggested without any explanation that: I think the war is very complete, pretty much.”

“Well, which is it? Is the war ending, or are we on the brink of the worst fighting yet? How is it possible that Trump and his cronies can't make it 12 hours without contradicting themselves about this war?”

“Mr. President, I am very glad that today the Senate is taking a major step forward to protect our kids online. Today, the Senate is passing unanimously COPPA, the Children Online Privacy and Protection Act.”

“Mr. President, I just came back from an event at the National Press Club, hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project, on the plague of high food costs that are maddening to so many Americans.”

“A handful of powerful corporations have turned food and farming into a rigged game. Today, only four companies control 85 percent of the market for beef, 67 percent of the market for pork, and 60 percent of the market for poultry.”

“Now on tariff refunds, yesterday, a Federal judge sent the Trump administration a very clear message: Mr. President, refund the tariffs. In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling invalidating a large portion of the President's tariffs, the U.S.”

“Well, the last thing the American people want or need is another war in the Middle East. But if you listened to Secretary Pete Hegseth's press conference this morning, one thing is crystal clear: America is at war.”

“We are accelerating, not decelerating. Hegseth said: More bombers and more fighters are arriving just today. What is Hegseth talking about? Are we putting boots on the ground?”

“Mr. President, today, U.S. and Iranian officials are holding talks in Geneva as America stands at the brink of another potential conflict in the Middle East. Earlier this week, Senate leaders and I met with Secretary Rubio.”

“Mr. President, last night was not America's State of the Union. It was Donald Trump's state of delusion. For 2 long hours the President stood in the House Chamber congratulating himself, inflating his own ego, but offering no solutions to our country's many problems.”

“Everyone knows that. He said last night that manufacturing jobs have gone way up. That is a lie. Manufacturing is down by 100,000 jobs since he took office.”

“Well, Mr. President, we are in for a long, tedious, and exhausting night as Donald Trump is set to deliver his fourth State of the Union. Donald Trump said yesterday he is going to talk for a very long time tonight.”

“Mr. President, Americans breathed a brief sigh of relief last week when the Supreme Court knocked out Trump's harmful tariff proposals. Americans are suffering because Donald Trump is raising tariffs.”

“Trump put in must expire in a few months and needs Congress' approval. I am here to tell Donald Trump and the American people: We will not extend those tariffs, and they will expire in a few months.”

“Mr. President, Americans' views on ICE are crystal clear: The lawlessness, the violence, the chaos must end, and the only real way to do it is through legislation.”

“Mr. President, Americans are crystal clear about how they feel about ICE. The status quo cannot continue. We hear it from people back home and all over the country.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, something happened in America that should send a chill down the spine of every American. A grand jury rejected the Justice Department's attempt to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video they posted telling military members not to follow illegal orders.”

“Mr. President, finally on Virginia's Law, in a few minutes, I will go to a press conference where I will be joined by some truly courageous and inspiring individuals.”

“Mr. President, the clock is ticking for Republicans to sit down with Democrats in a serious way to rein in ICE and end the violence. Last Saturday, we sent Republican leadership and the White House a detailed proposal of legislative text for how Congress can put necessary guardrails on ICE that America, from one end of the country to the other, is demanding.”

“Mr. President, on Saturday, Senate and House Democratic leadership, including myself and Leader Jeffries, sent legislative texts detailing the 10 items we outlined in our letter, which has been public since Thursday, for reining in ICE.”

“Mr. President, 2 months ago, nearly every single Member of the House and Senate voted to pass a very simple bill with a very simple message: release the Epstein files.”

“Enough is enough. Congress spoke with one voice when it passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The deadline has long passed, and the Trump Justice Department is still breaking the law.”

“Mr. President, the wounds of this Nation will not heal until the terrible abuses of ICE are reined in. The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have shocked people from one end of America to the other.”

“Mr. President, in a podcast interview released yesterday, Donald Trump called for Republicans to ``take over voting in 15 States in the country.'' Trump said: The Republicans should say, we want to take over.”

“Republicans must reject Trump's call to nationalize elections, the very pillars of our grand democracy, our grand national experiment. Democracy must prevail over the cult of arrogant, autocratic, egotistical personality.”

“Mr. President, finally, on Epstein, the only real conclusion we can make about the latest release of the Epstein files is this: The DOJ cares more about protecting Donald Trump than it cares about protecting Epstein's victims.”

“Mr. President, now as for reining in ICE, right now Americans from all walks of life--left, right, and center--agree that the status quo with ICE cannot continue and Congress needs to make a change.”

“Mr. President, so last week, the Senate did its job to fund 96 percent of the government, while splitting the DHS bill from the rest of the funding package so we can rein in ICE and end the violence.”

“Mr. President, as the Senate gavels into session, Members are working on moving forward on a deal to fund the government and working on legislation desperately needed to rein in ICE's abuses.”

“Don Lemon should be released at once, and the frivolous charges against him dropped. Federal Reserve Mr. President, on the Fed, this morning, President Trump announced he has chosen Kevin Warsh to serve as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve.”

“Madam President, now, this morning, we got news that another tranche of Epstein files was released by the DOJ, but these releases raise far more questions than answers.”

“Leader Thune to split the funding bills and put the five bills on the floor--96 percent of Federal funding--that can pass. It is the right and expedient thing to do to ensure that most of the government is funded in time.”

“Mr. President, the Senate gavels into session with the conscience of this Nation shaken to its core. Last Saturday, in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent after he was trying to help a woman thrown to the ground by Federal officers.”

“Alex Pretti did not deserve to die; nor did Renee Good deserve to die 2 weeks ago, shot in her own car, mere minutes after dropping her kid off at school.”

“Mr. President, I just got back from an event at the Center for American Progress. I joined with Senator Duckworth and Senator Schatz to roll out Senate Democrats' new vision to tackle the housing crisis, lowering housing costs for every single American.”

“Donald Trump's Secretary Of Agriculture said this--oh yes, a very bold solution to the grocery costs. She said, basically: Just eat less and spend less. Can you imagine the solution to higher grocery costs, eat less and spend less?”

“Mr. President, launching a criminal investigation to coerce the Federal Reserve is a dangerous crossing of the Rubicon--even for Donald Trump, who has crossed many Rubicons already, to his detriment and to the country's detriment.”

“The New York Times reported that nearly 1.5 million Americans already have lost coverage. Americans are in the middle of a healthcare emergency, all because the tax credits are not being extended.”

“Mr. President, Americans across the country--they could be Democrats; they could be Independents; they could be Republicans; they could live in the north, the south, the east, or the west--agree on one thing: The cost of healthcare is at crisis levels, and families are struggling to pay for healthcare, such a necessity for their families and themselves.”

“Mr. President, the need for this resolution is simple. It is clear. The American people do not support another forever war with Venezuela. The American people don't want Donald Trump sending our troops into harm's way without so much as a debate in Congress.”

“And he says this with a smile on his face. What does he think the American people are thinking--that we want another endless war, this time in Venezuela; that we want to stay for years and waste treasure and possibly lives on this adventure in Venezuela?”

“Mr. President, first, I want to thank Senator Kaine for his great leadership on this issue, Senator Schiff, and Senator Paul for working with me on this resolution.”

“Mr. President, I just got back from an all-Senators briefing with senior administration officials about what is going on in Venezuela. Again, another briefing. Again, no answers. As before, we walked out of the room with far more questions than answers.”

“Looming over all of this, the American people are asking: What the heck does this have to do with ``America First?'' How does spending years and potentially billions of taxpayer dollars in Venezuela help families pay their rent, their mortgages, their grocery bills, their electric bills, their healthcare bills?”

“Thank you to my friend Senator Kaine of Virginia for his good words, and I thank Senator Padilla for organizing this floor block, and all of my colleagues who have come to the floor today.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, I joined with House and Senate leaders for a briefing with Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth, Attorney General Bondi, and other officials about what comes next in Venezuela and beyond.”

“Mr. President, now, on cost of living, if Donald Trump refuses to focus on the one thing Americans want most, which is to lower the cost of living, Democrats are happy to do it for them.”

“Mr. President, early Saturday morning, as we all know, U.S. forces apprehended Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Both of them are now in U.S. custody. First, I will say this: Maduro is a tyrant.”

“Mr. President, last night, Donald Trump gave a speech about how supposedly great his first year has been. So, of course, his speech was short because there is really not much to say about how great Trump has been.”

“Mr. President, tonight, President Trump will address the Nation on what he claims is a speech on his supposed victories this year. President Trump can say whatever he wants on camera, but the reality is for Americans across the country that costs are up, unemployment is rising, the holidays are more expensive and stressful than ever, and tariffs are taxing people to no end.”

“Mr. President, now on my 62-county tour and the cost of healthcare: Well, today is a special day for me as I completed my annual 62-county tour. Every year, I visit every one of New York's 62 counties, and today's 62nd county was Columbia County, with a visit to the Ooms Dairy Farm in Columbia County.”

“In northern New York, we have had a great border--a peaceful, wonderful, prosperous border--between Canada and New York. Trump just about destroyed it in a minute with some jerky comment that he always typically makes.”

“Mr. President, now on the all-Senators briefing tomorrow morning: Senators, tomorrow morning, will attend a briefing by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the latest developments in the Caribbean, including getting to the bottom of what happened during the September 2 boat strikes.”

“Mr. President, we convene after a weekend of both horror and grief. Saturday afternoon, as students were studying for finals, a masked gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Brown University.”

“Mr. President, today is D-day--decision day for Republican Senators. Will Republicans side today with the American people and avert the impending healthcare crisis or will they abandon American families as premiums shoot through the roof on January 1?”

“Mr. President, today is D-day--decision day--for Republican Senators. Will Republicans side with the American people and avert the disastrous impending healthcare crisis or will they abandon American families as premiums shoot through the roof come January 1?”

“Finally, Mr. President, on the Hegseth briefing of yesterday, during yesterday's Gang of 8 briefing, I asked Secretary Hegseth directly will he let every Member of Congress see the full, unedited tapes of the September 2 boat strike.”

“Now, Mr. President, on healthcare, tomorrow is a moment of truth for Senate Republicans: Are they going to help bring healthcare costs down or are they going to sabotage our healthcare system and send premiums through the roof?”

“Mr. President, today, Donald Trump will travel to Pennsylvania and try to convince the American people that he is lowering their costs, but the American people, seeing their costs go up left and right, aren't going to buy it.”

“Mr. President, on anti-Semitism, today, in America, we are witnessing a disturbing and alarming trend. Anti-Semitism and White supremacy and, indeed, neo-Nazism--just saying the word sends shudders down one's spine--are increasingly running rampant in our society.”

“Mr. President, today, Donald Trump is announcing a $12 billion bailout for farmers who have been punished by his trade war and his tariffs. Let's be very clear.”

“Now, Donald Trump is patting himself on the back, acting like a hero to farmers, while using taxpayer dollars to clean up the mess he created. It is textbook Donald Trump incompetence.”

“Mr. President, today, on nominations, Republicans will move forward with a Trojan horse of a nominee package, confirming in one fell swoop a slew of horribly unqualified, shockingly radical nominees.”

“Mr. President, on Signalgate, today, a Pentagon watchdog will release a new report on Signalgate finding that Secretary Hegseth put the lives of American troops at risk by sharing sensitive operational information on a group chat in flagrant disregard of security proposals.”

“Mr. President, today, I am announcing that Senate Democrats will introduce legislation for a clean, 3-year extension of the current ACA tax credits. This is the bill--a clean, 3-year extension of ACA tax credits--that Democrats will bring to the floor of the Senate for a vote next Thursday, and every single Democrat will support it.”

“Mr. President, last night, Americans once again went to the polls in an election where affordability--how much people have to pay for the things they really need--was the driving issue.”

“Mr. President, on healthcare, let me start with a shockingly candid quote from a senior House Republican on their plan to fix healthcare. This senior House Republican, when it came to healthcare, said about the Republicans in the House: We're nowhere on healthcare.”

“Mr. President, I want to begin with a truly disgusting and alarming piece of news the American people got this morning. This morning, the former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, was released from prison after Donald Trump gave him a pardon.”

“Donald Trump's supposed desire to root out all drug trafficking. Let's be clear of the facts: The person Donald Trump just pardoned was convicted of helping move 400 tons of cocaine to the United States, all the while Trump blows up alleged drug boats to prevent drugs from getting to America and risks leapfrogging the United States into war with Venezuela.”

“Finally, Mr. President, on healthcare, so the holiday season is upon us, and this year, people are wondering how the hell they are going to afford their health insurance.”

“Mr. President, on Hegseth, I want to say a word about Secretary Hegseth. I don't think we have ever seen someone so unserious, so childish, so obviously insecure serving as Secretary of Defense as Pete Hegseth, and that should alarm every single one of us.”

“Mr. President, now on Venezuela, Donald Trump has turned the Caribbean into a dangerous tinder box. Today, we have more troops off the coast of South America than we have had in decades.”

“The erraticness of his foreign policy is dangerous in itself--saying one thing one day and one thing the next. So Americans are right to wonder, what on Earth is Donald Trump planning in Venezuela?”

“Mr. President, earlier today, Donald Trump shared a post on Truth Social calling for Democratic Members of Congress to be hanged. He also posted a message that said: SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

“Republican colleagues will join me in this effort and cosponsor this resolution. Calling out anti-Semitism should not be a partisan issue. In fact, when we refuse to condemn anti-Semitism, when we stay silent and fail to reject anti-Semitic rhetoric, when we normalize hateful figures spewing disgusting anti-Semitism, that is when anti-Semitism spreads throughout society like a poisonous wildfire.”

“I want to thank Senator Schiff and Ranking Member Whitehouse for leading the charge on such an important resolution. Around the country, people's gas and electric bills are skyrocketing.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, with near unanimity, the House and Senate agreed to pass legislation to compel Donald Trump to release the Epstein files. A few hours after the House voted, I came to the floor and got unanimous consent for the Senate to immediately pass this bill, and a few moments ago, the Senate received the Epstein bill from the House.”

“Mr. President, today, the House of Representatives finally voted to demand that the Justice Department release the Epstein files. The American people have waited a very long time for this.”

“Well, Mr. President, Donald Trump has tried to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein long enough. It is time that the Senate finish the job to finally compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files.”

“Mr. President, the last 41 days have exposed the depths of Donald Trump's cruelty. He shut the government down longer than any President in American history. He took innocent kids, veterans, and Federal workers as hostages--political hostages--all because he refuses to do anything--anything--to fix the healthcare crisis and instead keeps pushing policies that will cut people's coverage even more.”

“Madam President, the blast radius of the Republican shutdown grows even larger. This morning, tens of millions of Americans remain in limbo as this administration continues its crusade against SNAP.”

“No. Only after I finish. I know many Republicans stormed out the gate to dismiss this offer, but that is a terrible mistake. Our offer is not a new policy.”

“There is a proposal that is very simple. First, you haven't put your proposed fix to the ACA--the new one, which Leader Thune has spoken about on the floor--so we can't give you a counter in writing.”

“As we said, if you would have listened to my speech yesterday, once we pass the 1-year fix so people right now aren't in difficulty, we would sit and negotiate that.”

“The bottom line is--the Senator from Ohio ignores that 99 percent of people--you want to hurt people making $10,000, $50,000, $90,000 and hold this up? We can fix what the gentleman said in a negotiation.”

“Madam President, I will be brief. After so many failed votes, it is clear we need to try something different. What the Senate is doing isn't working for either party and isn't working for the American people.”

“Mr. President, first let me thank our great Senator from Virginia Senator Kaine. He has been the most vigilant watchdog against over-encroachment of the military. He has been the most rigorous watchdog in making sure Congress's power to make war and engage in acts of war are upheld.”

“Mr. President, Americans, plagued by high costs, fired a political torpedo this week at Donald Trump and Republicans. They spoke loudly and clearly: We are fed up with the high cost of living.”

“Mr. President, last night was a great night for America and a five-alarm fire for Donald Trump and Republicans. The Republicans' high-cost house is on fire, and they have only got themselves to blame.”

“Mr. President, open enrollment is now upon us, and 24 million Americans are now making agonizing decisions--agonizing decisions about what healthcare plans to choose, if they even choose one or are able to afford one; about how much they will be able to pay; and if they can afford healthcare at all.”

“Senate deserves to see serious negotiations when it comes to healthcare. Republicans' outrageous delay has cost Americans already too much. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.”

“Mr. President, last Friday, the courts spoke loudly. They spoke clearly: Donald Trump cannot block SNAP benefits and treat hungry Americans as political pawns. The stories from the weekend were shameful and sickening: people overwhelming food banks, handing out groceries in lieu of Halloween candy, teachers paying out of pocket to give their students extra food.”

“The shutdown is on them. The healthcare crisis is on them. And the American people will see so this weekend as the bills start coming in. To show the breadth, depth, and severity of the ACA crisis, if the ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, over 20 million Americans will see their premiums more than double on average.”

“Mr. President, first, I want to thank our great Senators Klobuchar and Kaine and Wyden for leading the charge here on the Senate floor against Donald Trump's destructive, self-defeating, and often utterly juvenile trade war.”

“Yesterday, the Senate came together in a bipartisan way to pass legislation to end Donald Trump's bogus emergency declaration in Brazil, under the leadership of Senator Kaine. Today, we can take the next step to reverse Trump's trade war on one of America's most important allies, under the leadership of Senator Klobuchar.”

“Mr. President, in a few minutes, my good colleague from New Mexico Senator Lujan will be offering a unanimous consent request, and I want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership on the issue of SNAP, leading the way on an urgent issue for millions of Americans.”

“Mr. President, we are just 3 days--3 days--away from open enrollment and 3 days away from the biggest healthcare crisis America has seen in a generation. Right now, at this moment, all day today, millions of Americans are getting sticker shock as the so-called window-shopping period has begun.”

“Mr. President, I thank my friend the Senator from Virginia Senator Kaine for his great work not only on this proposal but on so many. He has been a watchdog for the American people, for the American consumer.”

“Mr. President, open enrollment is now 4 days away, and Republicans do not even want to talk about fixing healthcare. Americans are on the brink of a healthcare crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetimes.”

“Mr. President, open enrollment is 5 days away. Starting this Saturday, tens of millions of Americans face the specter of financial crisis, all while Donald Trump is dancing on the tarmac in Malaysia.”

“Mr. President, we are staring into the abyss of the healthcare crisis here in America. And what is Donald Trump doing as we stare into the abyss of the healthcare crisis?”

“I thank my colleague from Delaware. Before I ask my question, I just want to thank the great Senator from Oregon for his strength, his fortitude, his integrity, and just shining a spotlight on this erosion of democracy under Trump in so many different ways.”

“So to renew my question succinctly: Does my friend from Oregon believe, as I believe, that before the President jets away on this foreign trip, shouldn't he sit down with Leader Jeffries and me, as we wanted him very much to do--demanded he do--and negotiate a solution that addresses this horrible crisis, which my colleague from Oregon has addressed in so many ways, whether it is ACA premiums or Medicaid or nursing homes or community health centers or scientific research?”

“Mr. President, let me express the profound gratitude of all of us for his amazing tour de force over these many hours. Jeff Merkley has been the Paul Revere of 21st century America, literally, figuratively, riding from one corner of this country to the other, alerting people to the danger our democracy is in with the would-be King as President.”

“Well, first, thank you. And I do have a question for you. I want to commend you for your fortitude and your strength on a subject that is so important to the future of this country--not only for our generation but for our grandchildren.”

“Right. Mr. MERKLEY.--and they said: Here is how it happened. They said: We used to think about the end of a democracy as being something done with men with guns.”

“I thank my colleague for that really right-on-the-money exposition on this. I would like to ask one more question related to the first. Supine Congress. Our Republican colleagues seem to just do whatever Trump wants, and we hear lots of mumbling and grumbling: We don't like it.”

“I thank my colleague. I do. I thank my colleague from Minnesota for her excellent back-and-forth with the Senator from Oregon. Thank you for doing this. I yield the floor.”

“I had a few questions earlier this morning of my great colleague, and, once again, his strength, his indomitability, and his caring about this democracy, which we all know is at risk, is just amazing.”

“I thank my colleague, once again, a great answer, freedom of the press is at risk, and if freedom of the press is at risk, so is our entire democracy.”

“Mr. President, I just heard my friend the Republican leader Senator Thune here on the floor, and I heard him say that Democrats are somehow pushing far-left demands here in the Senate.”

“Mr. President, we enter another week of Donald Trump's government shutdown, and Republicans seem happy not to work, happy not to negotiate, happy to let healthcare premiums spike for over 20 million working and middle-class Americans.”

“The State of Louisiana, home of Speaker Johnson, is one of the States about to suffer most. I read an article last week from CNBC that said: ACA enhanced subsidy lapse could hit early retirees hardest.”

“Mr. President, another week has passed, and the Trump shutdown drags on because Republicans refuse to work with or even negotiate with Democrats in a serious way to fix the healthcare crisis in America.”

“And this is not just true of New York. This is similar to what is happening in all the States around the country. Every day now, people are getting notices, and we are getting close to November 1, where people are going to have to decide: Do they give up health insurance altogether and watch their people, their children, their spouses suffer?”

“Mr. President, I would like to begin today by underscoring some really wonderful news. Yesterday, the last living hostages, brutally held by the vicious Hamas organization, were released.”

“Madam President, back in May, President Trump accepted the largest foreign gift to an American President in modern history--a $400 million luxury Boeing 747 for use as Air Force One.”

“Mr. President, last night, nearly 2 years to the day of Hamas's vicious attack on October 7, after nearly 2 long years of devastating war in Gaza, it appears that a cease-fire and hostage agreement has been reached.”

“Speaker Johnson's position of not budging on healthcare fixes is untenable. And in Louisiana, in fact, I would have thought that of all people interested in fixing ACA premiums, it would have been a Representative from the State of Louisiana.”

“Let me read what she said. This is Marjorie Taylor Greene, not Chuck Schumer: I'm going to go against everyone on this issue-- Healthcare that is-- because when tax credits expire this year my own adult children's insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district.”

“Mr. President, well, unfortunately, it is a sad day. Today marks 2 years since Hamas's horrific, brutal, terrorist attack on Israel--a day of inextinguishable grief, the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.”

“Mr. President, today is the sixth day--the sixth day--of Donald Trump's government shutdown. Senate Democrats returned to Washington ready to negotiate. We are ready to work with Republicans to reopen the government and end the healthcare crisis that faces tens of millions of Americans.”

“Mr. President, well, it is day 3 of the Trump shutdown, and the government remains closed because Donald Trump and Republicans insist on raising Americans' healthcare premiums and kicking millions off their insurance.”

“Mr. President, today is October 1, the first full day of Donald Trump's government shutdown. Donald Trump and Republicans have barreled us into a shutdown because they refuse to protect Americans' healthcare.”

“So why do they keep saying this? This seems to be their theme. Because they are afraid to talk about the real issues. Typical Republican response: Have a diversion; try to scare people emotionally.”

“Mr. President, in a few minutes, the Senate is going to vote on the Republican partisan, status quo bill--partisan, status quo bill. The Republican CR was the wrong option for America a week ago.”

“But in any case, here is a poll from Morning Consult today: 75 percent of Americans support extending the tax premium credits; 63 percent of Republicans support it.”

“Mr. President, I thank the leader for letting me borrow his chart for a minute. So he has pointed to each of these bar graphs, the percentage of Democratic Senators who supported Biden-era CRs.”

“The two issues we care about: extending the ACA credits--broadly popular with the American people, so they don't want to talk about it; they want to change the subject--and ending these rescissions and impoundments that would undo what we would do--the four appropriators, when they got down and discussed it, they said: That should be for the four leaders to discuss.”

“Mr. President, I would just make one point to my good friend from Wyoming. When we were in the majority for 4 years, there was not a shutdown--not one.”

“Mr. President, I must speak for another moment about the FCC. We are in a moment of peril--dire peril--in America because yesterday Donald Trump said he intends to put a dagger through the heart of what America is about when he said that he doesn't believe in free speech, that maybe the licenses and ability to speak of people and broadcast companies that disagree with him should be taken away.”

“Mr. President, today, all of America can see the glaring contrast between Republican and Democratic priorities, as shown by the bills each party introduced late yesterday. Senators will have to choose to stand with Donald Trump and keep the same lousy status quo and cause the Trump healthcare shutdown or stand with the American people, protect their healthcare, and keep the government functioning.”

“Mr. President, tomorrow, the Senate will hold votes on two bills: the status quo continuing resolution from the Republicans, which will lead to a shutdown, and the Democrats' plan to prevent a shutdown while avoiding a catastrophe in rising healthcare costs.”

“Mr. President yesterday, Democrats released our bill to extend government funding and meet the needs of the American people. The contrast between the Republican bill and the Democratic bill is glaring.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans released a partisan CR that failed to meet the needs of the American people. Republicans have been calling their bill a clean CR, but ``clean'' is the wrong word.”

“Mr. President, I want to be very clear about something. When Donald Trump goes on FOX News and says to Republicans ``Don't even bother to deal with Democrats,'' when he says out loud that he doesn't need or want our votes, that means Donald Trump wants a shutdown--make no mistake about it.”

“So, look, our Republican colleagues can say whatever they want, but it is clear as could be that they want a shutdown. They can say they don't; they are acting as if they do.”

“Madam President, I would like to begin by reiterating where Democrats stand on government funding. Our position remains this: We want to keep the government open by engaging in bipartisan negotiation where we can address some of the grave harms Donald Trump has caused to our healthcare system and help Americans with the cost of living.”

“Mr. President, 24 years ago today, September 11, 2001, started off like any other day in New York City. The weather was beautiful. People were out and about.”

“Mr. President, first, it is my honor to welcome my good friend Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman to the Senate and thank him for offering the morning's opening prayer.”

“People don't take him seriously. People don't take Trump seriously on the world stage. That is a great danger to the United States and to peace because he bluffs and backs off.”

“Mr. President, I make a point of order that a motion to proceed to Executive Calendar No. 1, S. Res. 377, is not in order because legislation that provides for the en bloc consideration of individual nominations on the Executive Calendar is legislative business; therefore, such a resolution should be required to be considered in legislative session.”

“Mr. President, a few moments ago, we got more news that the economy Donald Trump is sabotaging is in worse shape than we imagined. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added about 900,000 fewer jobs than originally thought through the early part of this year.”

“Reserving the right to object, first, let the public know what they are talking about as obstruction: 2 hours of debate and a vote on some of the worst nominees we have ever seen.”

“Reserving the right to object, I would with respect remind my colleague that all three of these people were on our list that we were negotiating and could have been passed with our agreement.”

“Reserving the right to object, once again, negotiate in a fair, bipartisan way with us, and many of these things could be resolved. Do it in a partisan way.”

“Mr. President, on Friday, we learned the U.S. economy added only 22,000 jobs for the month of August, a paltry number, an abysmal number, worse than even the already low expectations.”

“Well, in a few moments, Mr. President, Senate Republicans will vote to advance another Donald Trump loyalist to the Federal bench, Edward L. Artau of the Southern District of Florida.”

“Mr. President, let me begin by reading a few headlines showing what Donald Trump's so-called golden age really looks like. These are headlines from the past few weeks from the Wall Street Journal: ``Factory Activity Shrinks for the Sixth Month''; ``Tariffs Remain a Key Worry.'' Hello.”

“Mr. President, I just listened to my friend, the majority leader, speak. Let me say, historically bad nominees deserve historic levels of scrutiny. I saw the majority leader bring out a chart again today comparing the situation right now to past nominees from past administrations.”

“Mr. President, what is a very bad leader? What does a bad leader do when they get bad news? Shoot the messenger. That is just what happened with the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Donald Trump announced what he called a deal with South Korea, and it is very similar to the deals we saw with Japan and the European Union.”

“SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act''. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HEALTH SUBTITLE CHANGES. Subtitle B of title VII of the Act titled ``An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H.”

“Mr. President, just about an hour ago, the President announced a tariff agreement with South Korea. But if past is prologue, this so-called deal with South Korea is one where U.S. families will pay more.”

“Mr. President, I thank my great friend from Connecticut who cares about these issues so much and is one of our most effective advocates in the whole country for things like this.”

“The Senate should take up our legislation as soon as possible because the worst of the Republican cuts are already starting to take effect. It is not going to happen.”

“Mr. President, so this morning, we got more worrying news showing how Donald Trump's administration is raising costs, sowing chaos in the economy. The New York Times headline put it succinctly: ``U.S.”

“Madam President, I want to be very clear about what Senate Republicans are doing. Tonight, Senate Republicans vote to put Emil Bove--a January 6 sympathizer--on one of the highest courts in the country.”

“Madam President, I come to the floor this morning not as Democratic leader, not even as the senior Senator from New York, but simply as a New Yorker, as a kid from Brooklyn, as someone who has walked that stretch of Park Avenue a thousand times.”

“Mr. President, today marks the first day of the House embarking on their ``Epstein recess,'' and already the story Republicans hoped would quietly fade is growing louder by the hour.”

“Let me repeat: Under no circumstances should anyone from Donald Trump's Department of Justice be allowed to privately interview Ghislaine Maxwell. The conflict of interest just stares you in the face, and it is unacceptable.”

“Now, Madam President, we have a little over 20 legislative days left for Republicans to get serious about funding the government. That is not very much time. As always, the best way forward is this: bipartisan cooperation.”

“By shutting Congress down early, Speaker Johnson has assured that August has become the ``Epstein recess,'' because this issue is going to grow and grow and grow the longer House Republicans dodge this issue.”

“Mr. President, later today, the Senate will take a procedural vote on the MILCON-VA funding bill. The Senate version of this legislation took some important steps to reverse a number of the awful cuts posed by DOGE and Russell Vought, particularly cuts against our Nation's veterans--people who served us, who risked their lives for us--and they want to cut their healthcare and cut what the VA does for them.”

“Finally, on Nvidia and China, Donald Trump's trade war has created a mess for U.S. businesses. Now, he is rushing to clean up that mess, and he is getting played by Beijing.”

“Now, on Mr. Bove--Emil Bove--last week, Senate Republicans on the Judiciary reported out one of Donald Trump's worst judicial nominees yet, Emil Bove; and that is saying a lot, since there are so many bad ones.”

“Mr. President, today, we got the news that the Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, confirms Donald Trump's ``Big Ugly Betrayal'' is going to kick at least 10 million Americans off their health insurance and spike our national debt by another $3.4 trillion.”

“Mr. President, last night, while Americans were asleep, Senate Republicans gutted critical funding for local TV and radio, for foreign aid that keeps America safe, all to keep paying for their billionaire tax cuts.”

“Mr. President, today, Senate Republicans will press ahead with a terrible bill that guts local news, defunds rural radio stations, and makes America less safe on the world stage.”

“Government is set to expire today and will quite literally be incinerated instead of going to hungry kids. Again, this emergency food could save lives. It could prevent kids literally from starving to death in places like Afghanistan and in Pakistan.”

“Mr. President, in a few moments, we will begin voting on amendments to the Republican rescissions package. Let's start with the devastating consequences of passing this bill as written.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump and Republicans always like to talk a big game when it comes to adversaries like the Chinese Government. But the bill they are pushing, which slashes vital foreign aid, would be a gift to President Xi and to Vladimir Putin.”

“I say to my colleagues: Let's not hand over American leadership to the Chinese Communist Party just to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires. Vote yes on my amendment.”

“Mr. President, just days after handing billionaires their largest tax break in modern history and fresh off passing the most devastating cuts to healthcare and jobs ever, Republicans want to keep this going.”

“Now, Mr. President, Americans woke up this morning to a troubling headline: ``U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump's Tariffs Pushed Up Prices.'' That is what the New York Times said this morning.”

“Mr. President, and finally, a very good day. I just got in from Albany in New York State. It was a very good day for Upstate New York.”

“Mr. President, on judicial confirmation, the first judge confirmation, later today, Senate Republicans will confirm Donald Trump's first judicial nominee of his second term, Whitney Hermandorfer, to be a circuit judge on the Sixth Circuit.”

“Mr. President, now on healthcare costs, Republicans' ``Big Ugly Betrayal'' will devastate American healthcare this year. Not many years down the line, not a few years down the line.”

“Now, on Republican cuts, this week, Senate Republicans are set to push through the Senate a bill that betrays rural communities, harms global health, weakens America's standing abroad, and, worst of all, sets the stage for even more harmful cuts down the line.”

“Yesterday, he threatened that any of them who voted against the full rescissions package that we have before us would face his wrath. What is going on here?”

“Mr. President, we continue to pray for the families of the 132 people now confirmed dead in Central Texas. We continue to pray for everyone still missing. We thank our heroic first responders who risked their lives to save those trapped in the storm.”

“Madam President, later today, Senate Republicans will hold the first procedural vote on a judicial nominee in Donald Trump's second term, Whitney Hermandorfer, to be a circuit judge on the Sixth Circuit.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's ``Big Ugly Bill'' hasn't even been law for a week, and already the troubling headlines are pouring in. This morning, let me start with a few headlines from around the country, crystallizing the devastating impact that the Republicans' signature bill has.”

“Mr. President, finally, on the nomination of Bedford to the FAA, later this evening, Senate Republicans will vote to advance Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FAA, Bryan Bedford.”

“Mr. President, the VA workforce--Donald Trump and Secretary Collins are manufacturing a cynical staffing crisis at the Veterans' Administration. Earlier this year, we learned that Secretary Collins announced plans for a wide-scale, 80,000-plus employee reduction of the workforce at the VA, putting the well-being of our veterans at immediate risk.”

“Mr. President, today, the Senate's thoughts and prayers are with all the victims' families and communities devastated by the flash floods in Texas. The reports from Texas were both heartbreaking and terrifying at the same time--water rising over 25 feet in a matter of minutes, entire buildings and homes swept away, hundreds of people stranded.”

“Mr. President, today, Senate Republicans betrayed the American people and covered this Chamber in shame. In one fell swoop, Republicans passed the biggest tax breaks for billionaires ever seen, paid for by ripping healthcare away from millions of Americans and taking food out of the mouths of hungry kids.”

“Mr. President, today, Senate Republicans have to decide: choose the American people or bow down to Donald Trump and his coterie of billionaires because this bill, as we have said for months, steals people's healthcare, jacks up their electricity bills, takes away their jobs--all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.”

“Every Senator will soon have an opportunity to reject this nonsense and vote for commonsense budgeting. Americans will be watching. Later this morning, I will offer a very simple amendment to send this bill back to the Finance Committee so that we can get rid of any provision that raises healthcare costs for families and small businesses to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.”

“Mr. President, well, we are about to vote on something that we have never seen before in the Senate, and rather than be honest with the American people about the true costs of these billionaire giveaways--and, by the way, I didn't hear Trump campaigning on tax breaks for billionaires, which is the main thrust of this bill.”

“Mr. President, I raise a point of order against page 1, lines 3 to 5, of the pending amendment, which violates section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.”

“Mr. President, first, let me thank everyone who stayed overnight to take part in the reading of this bill--my colleagues, the cloakrooms, the floor staff--everyone who made it possible.”

“Has the Senate ever used a baseline other than the current law baseline under 257 for the enforcement of budget points of order, including under section 313 of the Budget Act, during the consideration of a reconciliation measure?”

“Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for coming to the floor all day today. I thank them for speaking so fiercely and so clearly about what is at stake for the country.”

“I assure my Republican colleagues--I assure them this vote will not be forgotten. Their betrayal will not go unanswered. This bill must not stand. I yield the floor.”

“All you have to do is look at their faces. They know what they are doing. They know it is unpopular. They know, as Senator Murkowski said, that they are all afraid.”

“Reserving the right to object--and I will object--Senate Republicans are scrambling to pass a radical bill, released to the public in the dead of night, praying the American people won't realize what is in it.”

“Mr. President, I want the American people to understand exactly what is happening right now with Senate Republicans and their so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Senate Republicans are trying to pull a fast one on the American people.”

“And why are they doing all this? Why are they doing the biggest Medicaid cuts in history? Now it is getting close to a trillion dollars just in Medicaid alone.”

“So if Republicans do, in fact, proceed very soon, let me remind them about the consequences of passing this bill. It will be a disaster for families, for the economy, and even for Republicans themselves.”

“Mr. President, I just left the classified all-Senators briefing with the administration on Iran strikes. One thing is very, very clear: The briefing raised more questions than it answered.”

“Mr. President, the Trump administration has failed miserably--miserably--in its responsibility to inform Congress about what is happening right now in the Middle East. Before the strikes, leaders in Congress got virtually no heads up.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester for holding this floor block to mark a grim--very grim--anniversary in America. Three years ago today, as we know, MAGA Justices on the Court eliminated the protections of Roe in the disastrous, terrible, nasty Dobbs decision.”

“Mr. President, I would like to just briefly talk about the postponement of our hearing that was supposed to be occurring at this time. This last-minute postponement is outrageous, evasive, derelict.”

“Madam President, on reconciliation, we have arrived at a pivotal week in the U.S. Senate, a week where Senate Republicans have to make a choice: either stand up for your constituents, stand up to defend Medicaid, stand up to protect millions of good-paying jobs or stand with Donald Trump and his billionaire friends.”

“Madam President, earlier today, we received reports that Iran has targeted U.S. military bases and U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East, putting the lives of thousands of Americans at immediate risk.”

“Mr. President, first, about safety and the Capitol and our meeting today that Senator Thune and I called. First, I would like to say that the Capitol Police have always been the silent heroes behind the scenes, keeping Members safe.”

“Mr. President, now, on Senator Padilla, what happened last week to Senator Padilla was beyond the pale. I don't care who you are or what your views are, there is never justification for Federal agents to put their hands on a Member of the U.S.”

“Mr. President, second, I would like to take a moment and step back and share a quick word on the events of this weekend--the good and the bad alike.”

“Now, Mr. President, as we convene, I want to start with this: My highest priority right now is working with the Senate leadership on both sides, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and Capitol Police to ensure everyone's safety.”

“Mr. President, last night, law enforcement apprehended the man suspected in the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.”

“My prayers are with the families of the victims. I am heartbroken for the loss of Representative Hortman and her husband. I can't get their faces--those nice pictures of such nice people--out of my mind.”

“I mentioned a few minutes ago, I had seen a video that sickened my stomach of a U.S. Senator being manhandled, we now know, by Federal agents and dragged out of a hearing room.”

“Mr. President, I just saw something that sickened my stomach--the manhandling of a U.S. Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on. I yield the floor.”

“Mr. President, I don't often agree with the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board, but they had it right this morning in their op-ed. They said: Trump Has No China Trade Strategy.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's order mobilizing U.S. troops to an American city sets a dangerous precedent for our civil liberties. As I have said, violence is not the way to achieve justice.”

“Mr. President, from the moment Donald Trump entered the public sphere, he has thrived on division and diversion. He fans the flames of chaos, then pretends to be the firefighter--always looking for someone else to blame for the infernos he helps ignite--all in an attempt to divert Americans away from his many failures.”

“Mr. President, let me begin this morning with a sobering headline from the New York Times. Times headline: ``Millions Would Lose Their Obamacare Coverage Under Trump's Bill.'' That is exactly what Democrats have been warning about for weeks.”

“Reserving the right to object, I will object for two reasons. First, a few weeks ago, I announced I am placing holds on all DOJ political nominations because the Attorney General refuses to answer fundamental questions about Donald Trump seeking a luxury plane from Qatar to use as Air Force One.”

“Mr. President, over the past few days, Donald Trump has bent over backwards to try to sell his so-called Big Beautiful Bill with a new lie. He said no one will lose healthcare coverage.”

“Mr. President, on anti-Semitism, the attack in Colorado, the shooting in Washington, and the arson in Pennsylvania have one thing in common: The assailants have cited anti-Israel sentiment as justification for their violence.”

“Mr. President, today, Jewish Americans and all Americans grieve in the aftermath of another anti-Semitic attack that took place yesterday in Boulder, CO. This time, it was an elderly group of people peacefully calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas, brutally attacked on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates God giving the Torah to the Jewish people.”

“Ukraine Yesterday, Ukrainian forces carried out one of the most significant attacks against military targets of the entire Ukrainian war. The single best thing President Trump can do to strengthen Ukraine's hand right now is to show that the United States stands firmly behind them and squarely against Russia.”

“Mr. President, now, on a more happy note, when Ruth Carnegie took a job with the Senate Doorkeepers 5 years ago, she quickly impressed everyone with her calm, competence, and her ability to handle chaos, which, of course, made perfect sense.”

“Mr. President, now, on reconciliation, a few hours ago, while most Americans were fast asleep, House Republicans rammed through their so-called Big Beautiful Bill through the House of Representatives, in the dead of night, in the hopes that nobody would notice.”

“Mr. President, last night, just a few blocks from here, at the Capital Jewish Museum, a scourge of anti-Semitism reared its ugly head yet again in America. The sickening, cold-blooded murder of two Jewish staffers of the Israeli Embassy seems to be another horrific incident of anti-Semitism, which we all know is much too rampant in our society.”

“Mr. President, I am a sponsor, along with Senator Markey, our lead sponsor, and Senator Hirono, for the Small Business Liberation Act. In a few minutes, Senator Markey will come to the floor and ask unanimous consent to pass it, but I wanted to say a few words in advance of his coming.”

“Mr. President, earlier today, the Defense Department announced that the United States has formally accepted a luxury 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar to be used as Air Force One.”

“Mr. President, I want to be very clear about what is about to happen tonight, here on the floor of the Senate. Tonight, in order to do the bidding of the fossil fuel industry, Republicans will erode away at the Senate and undermine this institution they claim to care about.”

“Yes. I just want to--I hope our leader will listen because it is exactly clear, and I want to repeat what we had said yesterday. Is it true what you said yesterday: that the Parliamentarian advised leadership offices that the joint resolution of disapproval regarding the California waivers at issue do not qualify--do not qualify--for expedited consideration under the Congressional Review Act?”

“Madam President, on this vote, the Republicans will be breaking their commitment and will be going nuclear. And however they try to disguise their actions, this is nuclear--no ands, ifs, or buts.”

“Mr. President, so 100 days into Donald Trump's Presidency, America is plagued with deep problems. Donald Trump's trade war is sending prices up and up. Republicans are on the brink of taking away people's Medicaid.”

“One Republican Congressman-- Mike Lawler--said last year: Eliminating the marriage penalty within SALT isn't just important--it's absolutely essential. Well, clearly it must not have been that essential. New York Republicans have said for months that they had one job they were sent to Washington for: to get rid of the SALT cap.”

“Thank you, Mr. President. Before I yield, I want everyone to understand what the essence of my question was. This week, the Republicans want to use a legislative tool known as the CRA in an unprecedented way: to repeal emissions waivers that the fossil fuel industry has long detested.”

“Mr. President, on SALT--that is, the State and local tax deduction--in the fall on the campaign trail on Long Island and in his Truth Social account, Donald Trump said this: I will turn it around, get SALT back, lower your Taxes, and so much more.”

“Ashli Babbitt, who broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6. And I am appalled and disgusted at the thought that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle support Trump's decision.”

“Mr. President, now on the Qatar plane and the Middle East, last week, Donald Trump concluded a visit to the Middle East that was a smashing success for his own bottom line but a dubious outcome for America's economic and security interest.”

“Mr. President, on the tax scam, on Friday, Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. Government's credit rating, citing rising fiscal deficits, soaring interest costs, and fears that Republicans are about to make things worse.”

“Mr. President, on tariffs, last week, Walmart announced that soon it will raise prices on its products nationwide. Then, over the weekend, Donald Trump, who started this stupid trade war to begin with, tried to bully and harass Walmart for having the gall of being transparent about the decision--for having the gall to show that prices are going up because of Donald Trump's tariffs.”

“Mr. President, on the hostages in Gaza, last week, we witnessed a moment of hope: the release of American-Israeli and former New Jersey resident Edan Alexander, who had been held in Hamas captivity for nearly 600 days.”

“Mr. President, now on the Saudi chip deal, today, I am joining with Senator Warren to lead Senate Democrats in calling on Secretaries Lutnick and Rubio to hit pause on a number of chip deals Donald Trump announced last week with Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”

“Mr. President, today, our thoughts and prayers are with President Biden and his entire family after his cancer diagnosis this weekend. If there is one thing we all know about President Biden, it is that he is a fighter.”

“Mr. President, now, there is really nothing--nothing--to celebrate about Republicans' ``big, beautiful bill,'' unless you are a billionaire or an oil company. But for everyone else, this so-called ``big, beautiful bill'' is, in fact, nothing more than a big fat grift: taking money away from people, raising costs on average Americans, all to help the billionaires.”

“Madam President, news of the Qatari Government gifting Donald Trump a $4 million private jet to use as Air Force One is so corrupt that even Putin would give a double take.”

“Madam President, finally, I want to say a little bit about last week. There are those on the other side of the aisle now shedding crocodile tears that, last week, the minority asserted its right not to proceed to a bill that has zero legislative text.”

“Madam President, yesterday, Republicans released the text of their plan to eviscerate Medicaid while cutting taxes for the ultrarich. The bill is as toxic as we all feared.”

“I urge House Republicans to oppose these devastating cuts to SNAP, particularly those New York Republicans whose constituents I have met over the past couple of weeks. I was in or near the districts of two of them today, and the outrage against what they might do is palpable.”

“Madam President, on drug pricing, a few hours ago, Donald Trump signed a new Executive order he claims will ``almost immediately'' bring down the costs of prescription drugs.”

“Madam President, on tariffs, early this morning, it was reported that Donald Trump caved to Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party, with virtually nothing to show for American workers.”

“First, Madam President, today, we have heard some very good news: Edan Alexander, an American Israeli and New Jersey native, has finally been freed from Hamas's brutal captivity and reunited with his family.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's trade war is a gut punch to the American people. It is the biggest tax hike on families in half a century. If Donald Trump is going to tax the American people, they have a right to know precisely how much.”

“Americans deserve to know who is picking their pockets. Our bill will make clear to the American people that Donald Trump's tariffs are a painful tax eating away at their hard-earned money.”

“Mr. President, the closer you look at the troubles at Newark Airport, the more alarming the story gets. For months, especially over the past week or so, operations at Newark Airport have been mired by chaos, delays, and crippling system outages.”

“Last week, Americans got a good look at Trump 2.0 when the White House released its so-called skinny budget. Trump's days of pretending to be a populist are over.”

“Madam President, on Newark Airport, for months and now especially this week, Americans flying in and out of Newark Airport have experienced increasing delays and disruptions. Airlines are canceling flights.”

“So just a few moments ago, I joined with my Senate Democratic colleagues to stand with a group of small business owners who are living every day--every day--with the wreckage of Donald Trump's economic agenda.”

“Mr. President, later this afternoon, Senators Wyden, Kaine, and I will force a vote here in the Senate to put an end to Donald Trump's stupid and reckless trade war.”

“Mr. President, first, I want to thank Senators Padilla and Reed for holding the floor on such a vital issue to our country, our democracy, and who we are as a people.”

“Madam President, first, I thank my colleagues, the ones I have heard so far--Senator Blumenthal, Senator Coons. I know Senator Klobuchar will be great as always, as will Senator Baldwin.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's first 100 days have been 100 days from hell. Over the past week, as I have thought about this 100-day mark, as I have met with people throughout my State--with business owners and nurses and seniors and veterans and many Republicans--I couldn't think of another way to describe the sentiment I felt back home.”

“Mr. President, so let's talk about what is going to happen in the Senate in this period, in this work period. Now, we convene at the start of this pivotal work period.”

“Mr. President, the first 100 days. Well, this week, President Trump marks 100 days as President. It has been 100 days of hell for American families, for our economy, and for our democracy.”

“I didn't know it then, but this new member of my team, this native of Hawaii who came to work for a Senator from New York--she did live in New York for a while and went to high school there.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump's trade war has many casualties. Families will be hit with the largest tax hike in over half a century--$5,000 extra a year. Prices will go up for food and for medicine, for clothing and for furniture, for gasoline for cars, for travel, you name it.”

“Trump did not need to send the markets reeling. Of all the ways he could have gone about these tariffs, he picked perhaps the single dumbest, most destructive approach possible.”

“Mr. President, on Social Security, a few days ago, Vice President JD Vance claimed that 40 percent of people calling to get their Social Security ``are committing fraud''--40 percent.”

“Mr. President, now on the budget, we are not even 100 days into Donald Trump's second term, and his Presidency is already a dumpster fire. His tariffs were one of the largest tax hikes on American families in half a century since the Vietnam war.”

“Mr. President, in an additional matter, this morning, I am proud to be joining Senators Wyden, Kaine, as well as Senators Shaheen, Welch, and Senator Paul to introduce another resolution that would put a halt on all of Donald Trump's global policies.”

“Mr. President, I would like to begin by reading a quote from Bill Ackman, the billionaire well known for his support of Donald Trump. He said: We are headed for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down.”

“Mr. President, on Social Security, while markets plunge and retirement accounts reel from Donald Trump's tariffs, Elon Musk and DOGE are taking a blowtorch to Social Security. This morning, the Washington Post reported that the Social Security website is facing widespread and repeated outages.”

“Mr. President, make no mistake about it, Donald Trump is teeing up a nationwide recession. Less than a week after Donald Trump started the largest, dumbest trade war in American history, all the signs say America is heading toward calamity.”

“Madam President, Donald Trump has betrayed the American people. Tonight, Senate Republicans joined him in that betrayal. In voting for this bill, Senate Republicans sided with billionaires against the middle class in total obeisance to Donald Trump.”

“Mr. President, the Republican bill that now sits before the Senate is poison. Last night, Senate Republicans began the process to pass legislation eviscerating Medicaid, crushing the healthcare of the young and old alike, and squandering their future and our future.”

“Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Oregon for his outstanding words on this issue--on tax issues and so many other policies, trade, and everything else. He is one of our real experts in the entire Congress, so I thank him.”

“Madam President, we have discussed already how this budget has such horrible effects on American families by slashing Medicaid--we did that last night--giving tax cuts to the rich--we did that earlier this morning--and now how the tariffs are such a huge Trump tariff tax on American families.”

“Mr. President, Senators have just come to the floor to show how the Republican agenda would be a gut punch to our Nation's veterans and so dangerous to our national security, as the Senator from Colorado so eloquently outlined.”

“Mr. President, for the past 2 days, Democrats have turned the Senate into a tribunal, and Donald Trump's agenda is on trial. I thank the close to 40 of my colleagues who came to the floor and made so many points about that.”

“Mr. President, President Trump's tariff tax is one of the dumbest things he has done as President, and that is saying something. Markets are plummeting. Six trillion dollars in values gone.”

“Madam President, a few minutes ago, for the second time this year, Senate Republicans began the process to pass legislation eviscerating Medicaid, abandoning our kids, failing our veterans, and squandering our future--all for the sake of tax cuts for the ultrarich.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Donald Trump made one of the dumbest decisions he has ever made as President, and that is saying something. The tariffs Donald Trump approved yesterday are far, far worse than we thought.”

“Mr. President, I thank my friend from Connecticut for his excellent words. Much of what he said could be applied to New York. I want to thank Senator Kaine for his seeing around the curve, seeing how important this was months ago and persisting and persisting and persisting in getting us to this place.”

“I strongly, strongly urge a ``yes'' vote. This is worse than what we had thought. He made it worse when he announced what he was doing a few hours ago.”

“Mr. President, there are a lot of topics I wish to discuss today on the Senate floor, including the news from Wisconsin, Donald Trump's tariffs, Republicans' awful attack on the Senate rules, and, of course, the ghastly undercutting by RFK on 9/11 families.”

“Before I ask my question, what a tour de force--you are amazing. It is not only the amount of time that you have spent here on the floor--what strength--but the brilliance of our indictment of this awful administration that is so destroying our democracy; that is taking so much away from working people and the middle class, and at the same time all for tax cuts for the billionaires.”

“Here is my question that is related to what our Republican friends are trying to do to all the things that you have so opposed. So are you aware that while we were here on the floor today, Senate Republicans are declaring that using the current policy baseline is up to Lindsey Graham, not the Parliamentarian?”

“Does he agree that this isn't just a blow to the people of America, and it shows that the folks--the people--on the other side are only interested not in playing decent, not in playing fair, not in being honest with the American people, but in taking money from the pockets of working people and the middle class and putting it in the hands of billionaires?”

“Does the Senator remember that, when this was done in the past, McConnell said they would regret it, and they will regret it sooner than they think? Does the Senator agree that that applies to the Republicans in that they will regret it, and they will regret it sooner than they think?”

“I hate to bring the Senator bad news, but I am asking him a question, and I needed his answer given how eloquent he has been about what America should be and what America should not be.”

“I have two questions, frankly, one on Medicaid cuts, which we talked about last night, and one on tariffs. First, let me say before I get to this question that your strength, your fortitude, your clarity has just been nothing short of amazing.”

“First, let me say before I ask my question, Go Bills. Second, given the 15 hours which you have shown such amazing strength of an all-American athlete who could probably, given what you have shown tonight, be a star on our Giants--so I will not even try to rebut where the Giants are.”

“I will ask this question. Going back--before I get to tariffs--one of the leading hospitals in New York told me if there were only a 20-percent cut of Medicaid, less steep than they show, that they would close.”

“I thank the Senator for his fortitude, his strength, and the crystalline brilliance by which he has shown the American people the huge dangers that face them with this Trump-DOGE-Musk administration.”

“Thank you. I first want to thank my colleague for taking the floor and showing the American people how horrible this administration is treating average families--working families--in so many ways, and I know he intends to hold the floor for a long time to make sure that that is the case in letting America know how bad this is.”

“Despite this fiscal hocus-pocus, this fakery, this trickery which my colleague has alluded to, when they cut Medicaid, when they cut Social Security, when they cut Medicare, those cuts remain just as devastating--is that accurate?--no matter what kind of bunk they put on their balance sheets to say it doesn't matter.”

“So, just today, I visited a nursing home on Staten Island and a nursing home on Long Island--both in Republican congressional districts--and I spoke to people there. At the nursing home I visited, if Medicaid were cut significantly, the nursing home would close, according to the head of this nursing home.”

“So I thank my colleague for his strength, his courage, and his effectiveness in letting the American people know how badly this upcoming bill will affect them if our Republican colleagues insist on passing it.”

“First, your impassioned remarks are so meaningful. I hope all of America is watching. If some people are not up at this hour, watch it tomorrow. It is inspiring.”

“Isn't it true, when McCain talked about waste in the military, he studied it; he documented it; he said this is a good thing; this is a bad thing?”

“I thank the Senator. There is a hope--it may be forlorn--that maybe one of John McCain's words will influence a few folks over there before we proceed disastrously.”

“Mr. President, so first on tariffs, yesterday, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs of 25 percent on all auto imports into the United States, but we have no details, no timeline, no plan, only more chaos.”

“Secretary Kennedy should reverse this attack on Medicare and Medicaid immediately. And where are Republican colleagues? They say they want to protect Medicare. Some of them are worried about cutting Medicaid.”

“Mr. President, the more we learn about the unsecured text exchange of sensitive military operations, the more questions we have about how such an egregious breach of military intelligence occurred in the first place.”

“Mr. President, earlier today, The Atlantic magazine released a stunning and alarming report about the accidental leaking of the Trump administration's coordination on classified military operations targeting the Houthis in Yemen.”

“Mr. President, before we finish today, I would like to say that soon, the Senate will vote on a bipartisan piece of legislation that will make an important DC funding fix.”

“Mr. President, well, as everyone knows, government funding expires at midnight tonight. As I announced yesterday, I will vote to keep the government open. I believe it is the best way to minimize the harm that the Trump administration will do to the American people.”

“Mr. President, over the last 2 months, the United States has confronted a bitter--a very bitter truth: The Federal Government has been taken over by a nihilist. Donald Trump, in 2 months, has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon.”

“Communities that depend on government services to function will suffer and suffer greatly. This week, Democrats offered a sensible way out: Fund the government for another month to give appropriators more time to do their jobs.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, it was reported that Elon Musk and DOGE have been pressuring the Social Security Administration to cut phone services--phone services--that millions of Americans rely on to help get their benefits from Social Security.”

“Mr. President, funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path drafting their continuing resolution without any input--any input--from congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR.”

“Mr. President, Donald Trump and Republicans have wanted to take away Americans' hard-earned entitlement benefits for a very long time. This week, Elon Musk said the quiet part out loud, and every single American should be alarmed.”

“Mr. President, yesterday afternoon, Elon Musk confirmed what many of us have been warning about for a long time: Republicans are getting ready to gut Social Security and Medicare.”

“Mr. President, I want to note that we just learned that the Trump administration is getting ready to cut nearly 80,000 employees from the VA. Slashing nearly 80,000 VA staff is a benefit cut by another name.”

“Mr. President, last night, Donald Trump subjected the American people to a deluge of falsehoods, misrepresentations, and outright lies. What Americans heard last night was easily the nastiest, most divisive, most partisan, and most dishonest Presidential address in American history.”

“Let's be clear. The administration has obviously not thought through these tariffs. They seem to be changing their plans by the hour. Even this uncertainty is extremely harmful to the economy.”

“So, Mr. President, tonight, Donald Trump will address the Nation before a joint session of Congress. This will be the fifth time Donald Trump speaks from the House Chamber, and by now, the American people know just what to expect.”

“Mr. President, before my colleagues vote on the next vote, Linda McMahon's nomination for Secretary of Education, they should remember that a vote for Mrs. McMahon is a vote for draconian cuts to education and rising property taxes for middle-class and suburban American families.”

“Mr. President, tomorrow, President Trump will address a joint meeting of Congress for the first time since taking the oath of office. It is my honor--my true honor--to welcome seven incredible New Yorkers tomorrow who will tell the story of what is under threat by Donald Trump's agenda, from Medicaid beneficiaries to disabled veterans fired from their jobs at the VA, to fired USDA workers, to home healthcare workers.”

“Mr. President, when Donald Trump and DOGE began their work, they kept saying the same thing. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE said: This is about cutting waste; it is about efficiency; it is about meritocracy.”

“Mr. President, every American should be paying close attention to what is about to happen on the floor. In just a few moments, the Senate will vote on a Republican resolution that is straight from the wish list of Big Oil and Big Gas.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senators Kaine and Heinrich for introducing this resolution and for taking the floor to highlight Donald Trump's energy emergency gimmick. We Democrats are using every tool available to expose Republican hypocrisy, revealing the so-called energy emergency for what it is.”

“Mr. President, on the methane CRA, today, Senate Republicans will advance a measure undoing one of the most important tools we have to lower energy prices and hold Big Oil and Gas accountable.”

“Mr. President, DOGE--day by day, Americans are getting more alarmed by the slash-and-burn approach DOGE is taking to basic government programs. Americans certainly want a more efficient government, but what DOGE and Donald Trump are doing is not efficiency.”

“Mr. President, last night, almost every single House Republican signed their names to what would be the largest Medicaid cuts in American history. The havoc, the damage that that would do to tens of millions of American families would be almost unprecedented when it comes to Medicaid.”

“When I hear the Republican leadership talk about the bills they propose, they never mention the tax cuts to billionaires, which is the crown jewel, in their minds, of what they are doing.”

“Mr. President, over the last month, it has become clear how Donald Trump and Republicans govern. Donald Trump and Republicans have focused on things most Americans don't care about or don't like while refusing to focus on things Americans actually do care about.”

“Mr. President, 3 years ago, Vladimir Putin brought war and destruction to the free people of Ukraine. Three years ago, a powerful, hungry autocrat broke the peace in Europe, violated the sovereignty of an independent democracy, and rolled tanks and weapons and troops across the Ukrainian borders without provocation or justification.”

“Mr. President, now, in a few moments, Senators will begin voting on amendments to the Republican plan that cuts taxes for the ultrarich. Everything--everything that Donald Trump and the Republicans have done over the last month--all the chaos, all the lawlessness that we have seen--serves one crooked goal.”

“Mr. President, I am proud to offer tonight's very first amendment. It makes a simple proposal: No billionaire should get another tax break. I ask my Republican colleagues, yes or no, do you believe billionaires should get another tax break or not?”

“Mr. President, tonight, one amendment at a time, Democrats exposed Republicans' true colors here on the Senate floor. For the first time this year, Senate Republicans were forced to go on record and defend their plans to cut taxes for Donald Trump's billionaire friends.”

“Well, Mr. President, the Senate is in for a very long day and a very long night. Over the next day or so, Senate Republicans will try to advance a budget resolution that clears the way to cut taxes for Donald Trump's billionaire friends.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, every single Senate Republican signed their name onto Donald Trump's plan to cut taxes for their billionaire buddies. Republicans and pundits all seem to be focused on this dispute between one bill or two bills.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a momentous occasion for the U.S. Army and for the North Country. Today, February 18, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Riva Ridge during World War II.”

“Mr. President, the fact that we are here right now--that we are even here right now--voting on this wildly unqualified conspiracy theorist to trust with one of the most life-or-death jobs, HHS Secretary, charged with protecting the health of every single American should be an affront to every Senator and the millions of Americans that will be impacted by this horrific nomination.”

“Mr. President, unfortunately and sadly, we are witnessing an alarming abdication of duty from Republicans here in the Senate. The job of the Senate when it comes to nominees is very simple: When a nominee is obviously qualified and experienced, we should consider them seriously even if we don't agree with their political views or ultimately vote for them.”

“Mr. President, I know I spoke a little while ago on Tulsi Gabbard, but I feel so strongly, I just wanted to make one last plea to my Republican colleagues.”

“Mr. President, let me begin with a quote from President Trump during his campaign for the Presidency. He said: When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.”

“DNI would be the top intelligence adviser to the President of the United States. It would be their job to decide what intelligence reaches the President's desk and what does not.”

“Mr. President, in his first 3 weeks in office, Donald Trump has waged a scorched-earth campaign against the rule of law. We all know that Donald Trump, of course, won the election last November, and as we all know, he campaigned on a platform to cut back large parts of the government.”

“Madam President, I just got back from Albany and Syracuse, where I visited two of our community health centers--the Syracuse Community Health Center and the Hometown Health Center in Schenectady.”

“Mr. President, Democrats have spent virtually every minute of the last 30 hours sounding the alarm about the dangers of Russell Vought. We feel it a mission to let America know that Russell Vought is a threat to Social Security, to Medicare, to childcare, to veterans' benefits, and so much more.”

“Mr. President, starting yesterday afternoon, through the night, and now on into the afternoon here, my colleagues continue to make an extremely strong and powerful case against Mr.”

“To put him in such a powerful position as OMB, to put the man who was the architect of Project 2025 as head of OMB, to put the man who has one of the worst ideologies in the worst position is just a real dereliction to what America needs and America believes in.”

“Mr. President, I thank my friend from New Hampshire who cares so much about this issue and has done a great job. And I will just be brief on that because I want to talk about Russell Vought.”

“I want to thank my colleague from Minnesota for her passion for representing the people of Minnesota and showing how terrible this nominee is. We are going to be speaking all night.”

“So I say to my colleagues on the Republican side: Maybe, it is not too late. Maybe, somehow, you will realize how damaging Russell Vought is. Maybe, you will say to yourselves: Despite the fact that I might have Trump angry with me, I am doing the best thing for him by voting down Russell Vought, ultimately--ultimately politically.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Leader Jeffries and I announced legislation to stop unlawful meddling by DOGE or other entities in the Treasury Department's payments system. Our bill will deny access to the payment system by anyone designated as a ``special government employee''--in other words, people who aren't required to disclose conflicts of interest.”

“Mr. President, yesterday, Elon Musk took issues to my warning that DOGE is operating in many ways like a shadow government. Here is what I said. I said: DOGE is not a real government agency.”

“I am just going to ask the gentleman to yield for a question. Well, we have seen just this shadow government sort of trying to change America inside out, run the show, and, as you said, put power in one man, not with the usual checks and balances that we have known for America and that have existed through Democratic and Republican administrations.”

“And it is similar. We see it repeated in place after place after place--when DOGE came into the Treasury Department and said they are going to control all of the funding and who is getting paid, what Social Security payments and Medicare payments and so much else that goes out--again, isn't this unparalleled, what we have seen?”

“If the gentleman will continue to yield, if you remember, for instance, say a group that gets veterans' healthcare, and all of a sudden, they said: The money is not being spent right.”

“And we don't even know if these billionaires have any understanding of how a feeding program works, how Medicaid works, how a veterans program works, how we fund the police, how we help our firefighters--almost no understanding; just with the idea ``Oh, we want to slash''--which was in DOGE and, I think, in Project 2025--``$2 trillion.”

“In New York, the Medicaid portal was shut down. People who desperately needed Medicaid, needed to get some information and get some help, were told to go home.”

“I would say he would use it as a bludgeon, as a consolidated bludgeon, when he can just cut, cut, cut, and hurt people in so many different ways, you can't even count them.”

“Finally, Mr. President, on tariffs, this weekend, President Trump kick-started a golden age of higher costs for American families with his 25-percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico--two of our four biggest trading partners.”

“Mr. President, before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the Federal Government. Friday night, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, gained access to the Treasury Department's entire system of payments, including Social Security and Medicare benefits and Americans' tax refunds.”

“Second, we know shutting down USAID puts American security in danger. USAID programs preserve America's influence in Africa, Asia, and regions across the world. Our humanitarian efforts are critical for fighting Ebola, which is spreading in Uganda right now.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank my Democratic colleagues: Senators Shaheen and Blumenthal, Senators Kim and Padilla, and so many others; Senator Schatz, Senator Durbin, so many others who came on the floor tonight.”

“Now that Donald Trump has rescinded the OMB order, he should rescind the nomination of Russell Vought as well. If not, Mr. Vought will be the architect of more losses for President Trump because the next time this happens, Russell Vought will be the one calling the shots at OMB, a nightmarish scenario for working people.”

“The American people did not deserve to endure this 24 hours of panic and confusion, and they won't deserve to have to sit through that again when Donald Trump seeks another way to do the same thing even though we gave a speed bump, even though we thwarted him--not ``we.'' The Democratic Senators didn't thwart Donald Trump.”

“Mr. President, 2 nights ago, the Trump administration committed a breathtaking act of economic sabotage. In the blink of an eye, OMB announced a near-universal freeze on all Federal grant funding.”

“Mr. President, first, I thank my friend from Rhode Island. He has been laser-like focused on corruption. Whether it is the Supreme Court, the executive branch, or anywhere else in the government, he has done a great job.”

“Let me thank Patty Murray for her leadership on this issue. It is becoming clear--it has become clear already, but it is even clearer today--a pattern is emerging from Donald Trump's Presidency, a pattern of lawlessness.”

“Madam President, I have spent decades watching the International Criminal Court with a critical eye. From the beginning, even when I was in Congress, I was certain that the ICC would display the same anti-Israel bias that permeated the U.N. and other international organizations.”

“The bill, as drafted, would also allow President Trump to arbitrarily sanction the heads of state of our allies. They all called and complained about that part because their countries are members of the ICC.”

“Madam President, I want to open with a few words on the announcement from China by DeepSeek. Today's announcement from China has been called AI's ``Sputnik moment'' for America.”

“Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Kristi Noem. I am voting no today. There are obvious and bipartisan solutions to fix the mess at our border and to greatly improve our immigration system.”

“Well, Mr. President, yesterday, 51 Republican Senators voted to advance one of the most erratic, unqualified, and unfit Cabinet nominees we have ever seen in modern times. Pete Hegseth is possibly just a few hours away from becoming the next Secretary of Defense, overseeing the greatest military in the world.”

“Forces, erratic behavior isn't just a character flaw. It could mean the difference between entering or avoiding a military conflict, between life and death for our troops. We all want what is best for our troops.”

“Mr. President, if there was one word--one word--that should never, ever describe a Secretary of Defense, it is ``erratic,'' but that is the one word that describes Mr.”

“Mr. President, today, the Senate will hold votes on two pivotal Cabinet nominees. First, we will vote to advance the nomination of John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA Director.”

“Mr. President, on January 8, Dr. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, and the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after its desegregation, passed away at the age of 104 in Amityville, NY.”

“Mr. President, well, Donald Trump made a lot of promises on what he would get done on day one. Well, today is day three of Donald Trump's Presidency.”

“Mr. President, first, I want to thank Senator Murray, a great champion of women's health, for adding her eloquence and expertise to the debate. When it comes to the issue of choice, women's rights, women's health, there is no greater spokesperson than she.”

“Mr. President, first, I really want to thank my friend, our great leader on women's issues and on choice issues, Senator Murray, for leading this floor block. She has been indomitable on this issue.”

“I can't wait to see him and welcome him back very, very soon. Trump Administration Mr. President, now on the first day of President Trump's presidency, moments after taking the oath of office, President Trump declared that it was the dawning of a golden age here in America.”