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Elizabeth Warren
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Filibustering Betsy DeVos Confirmation Vote - Feb.6, 2017
February 6, 2017
Mr. President, I rise today to call on my colleagues to reject the nomination of Betsy DeVos as the next Secretary of Education. It is difficult to imagine a worse choice to head the Department of Education. Betsy DeVos doesn't believe in public schools. Her only knowledge of student loans seems to come from her own financial investments connected to debt collectors who hound people struggling with student loans. And despite being a billionaire, she wants the chance to keep making money off shady investments while she runs the Department […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks before Confirmation Vote on Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions - Feb. 7, 2017
February 7, 2017
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to express my strong opposition to the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as attorney general of the United States. And I ask, where are the senators who will say no to the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general of the United States? I hope there are at least enough senators here who understand that America is careening over a constitutional cliff and that all of us -- all of us -- regardless of political party need an attorney general […]
Susan Collins
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Announcement of Voting Against Betsy DeVos - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Madam President, I come to the floor to announce a very difficult decision that I have made, and that is to vote against the confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be our nation’s next Secretary of Education. Madame President, this is not a decision that I’ve made lightly. I have a great deal of respect for Mrs. DeVos. I believe that she is a good person. I know that she cares deeply about the children of this nation. But for the reasons that I will explain, I simply cannot support her […]
Lisa Murkowski
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Announcement of Voting Against Betsy DeVos - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Mr. President, I’d like to share my thoughts with colleagues today about the President’s nominee to be Secretary of Education. I shared many of these thoughts yesterday with my colleagues on the Senate HELP Committee. Like my colleague from Maine, this nomination has been one of the most difficult for me since I came to the Senate. As I mentioned in committee, I take very personally the education of the children in my state. I take very personally the contributions that our educators, our administrators in our schools, all that […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks on Rex Tillerson - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Thank you Mr. President. I rise today to express my strong opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson to be the next Secretary of State. There are many, many reasons to oppose this nomination and my colleague from Washington has just listed several of them. But the main reason is as simple as it is disturbing – Tillerson’s extensive and longstanding ties with Russia mean that the United States of America simply cannot trust him to be a strong advocate for the interests of our country. Here’s what’s been […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Opening Statement on Andrew Puzder at Workers Forum - Jan. 13, 2017
January 13, 2017
Thank you all for being here. I’d like to welcome the fast food workers here with SEIU and the Fight for $15, and the federal contract workers here with Good Jobs Nation. President-elect Trump has selected nominees to run his government. If confirmed by the Senate, they will have enormous power. Their decisions will touch the lives of every single person in this country. Their decisions will affect the safety of the food we eat, the cleanliness of the air we breathe and the water we drink. They will decide […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks about the Future of the Affordable Care Act in 2017 - Jan. 9, 2017
January 9, 2017
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, for eight years, Republicans have complained about health care in America. They have blamed everything in the world on President Obama. They have hung out on the sideline, name calling, making doomsday predictions and cheering every stumble that they could blame on someone else. They spent a lot of energy rooting against families who needed help paying for health insurance or who wanted coverage but were frozen out because of a preexisting condition. They jeered and carried on, but what they didn't do ever […]
Kelly Ayotte
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Farewell Remarks - Dec. 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
Mr. President, it is with deep gratitude that I rise today to address my senate colleagues and members of my staff with whom I have had the privilege of serving with over the last six years. First and foremost, I want to thank the people of New Hampshire for giving me the extraordinary opportunity to serve them. From Nashua to Newport to the North Country, they have inspired me. The people of our state are hardworking, caring, compassionate people with grit. And they have a fierce sense of independence which […]
Barbara Mikulski
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Farewell Remarks - Dec. 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to take the floor for what I call my summing up speech. It is not my farewell speech because I have the honor and privilege of being the ranking member on the Chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee and will speak later on this week when we move the continuing resolution. But it is the practice and the tradition of the Senate that when a Senator is departing the Senate to give what they call their farewell address. Well, mine is not going to […]
Barbara L Boxer
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Farewell Remarks after 24 Years in the U.S. Senate - Dec. 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
Madam President, thank you so much. This is a moment for me that I think it's fair to say I will never ever forget. And I'm so honored, I'm so honored to have members of my family here, staff from past and present, from both my personal office and committee. Extraordinary colleagues who I adore and love, I worked with, fought with, debated. I'm so honored that Senator McConnell and Senator Reid have said really nice things about me. I think in Senator Reid's case, we go back so long, […]