Remarks on the Senate floor. — I wanted to share a few words about Nina Wang, President Biden’s nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Judge Wang comes to this floor with a commitment to the law rooted in her earliest memories as a child. Nina’s family immigrated from Taiwan to…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — I thank the senior Senator from Minnesota for her remarks and for what brings us to the floor today. This is the first time in American history, Madam President, that a fundamental Constitutional right has been stripped away from the American people, and especially American women, by the Supreme…

Remarks on the Senate Floor. — You know, a few years ago, a police officer in Pueblo, Colorado was kind enough to let me join him in a squad car for a few hours to get a sense of what his daily beat was like. It was in the middle of the night. And it…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — This morning, the Supreme Court weakened gun safety laws in America for the first time in over a decade. It gutted a century-old law to make sure that people carrying concealed weapons actually needed them. And, the Court is taking us backward at a time when the American people…

Opening statement during subcommittee hearing. — Good morning everybody. I am pleased to call this Subcommittee Meeting on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources to order. And I’m also grateful to Ranking Member Marshall for his partnership in organizing today’s hearing on Western water resilience. I know he shares my concern about the unprecedented drought…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — I saw a report over the weekend, Mr. President, that President Biden plans to cancel a significant amount of college debt. And I think it’s very important that before he does that, he considers several factors. One is to consider how we got in this sorry state that we’re…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about Charlotte Sweeney, who is President Biden’s nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. For Charlotte, equality under the law isn’t an abstraction — it’s her life’s work. A native of Littleton, Colorado, Charlotte grew up…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — I am here today to spend a few minutes on an issue that is profoundly important to Colorado, and I would say, to the presiding officer’s state as well, without being presumptuous — New Mexico, our neighbor to the south In March, the Biden Administration launched an investigation into…

Remarks on the Senate floor. — Madam President, when I was in the second grade, we were asked to line up in our classroom by the people whose family had been here the shortest period of time and whose family had been here the longest period of time. And I turned out to be the…