The vote today on the anti-Asian hate crimes bill is proof that when the Senate is given the opportunity to work, the Senate can work to solve important issues.

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I think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to American workers when Rand Paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice.

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I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.

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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

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It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

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Our intention is to add it to the CR, absolutely.

The permitting agreement is part of the The Inflation Reduction Act agreement, i ’m going to add it to the CR and it will pass.

Senate Republicans have made very clear they will block legislation to fund the government if it includes bipartisan permitting reform, they've chosen to obstruct instead of work in a bipartisan way to achieve something they've long claimed they wanted to do.

I'm working hard to have it pass.

I want to thank President Joe Biden. We would never, never have gotten the inflation Reduction Act done without his steady hand for over a year and a half, he dared us to dream big, pushed us to aim high, and urged us to never let go of our promise to the American people.

Keeping and growing the Democratic majority in the Senate is my top priority.

President Joe Biden knew precisely when to step in and when to let negotiations play out.

Our intention is to add it to the [continuing resolution], absolutely.

We've got to get these judges done, they're lifetime appointments, they're very important and we will keep working on them.

I’m not focusing on that, if we get a couple more seats in the Senate — right now, if the election were held today, we would pick up a few seats.

We would get childcare, we would get paid family leave, we would help for the elderly home care, we would get the kind of things Joe Manchin was against and we couldn’t do in this bill.

Our NATO alliance is the bedrock that has guaranteed democracy in the western world since the end of World War II. This strengthens NATO even further and is particularly needed in light of recent Russian aggression.

When Leader McConnell and I met with the Finnish President and Swedish Prime Minister in May, we committed to do this as fast as we could and certainly before we go home for the August recess.

I have some good news, the minority leader and I have come to an agreement to vote on the PACT Act this evening, i'm very optimistic that this bill will pass so our veterans across America can breathe a sigh of relief.

I don't know where they came up with this, we offered Pat Toomey -- Pat Toomey's standing in the way -- the ability to do an amendment at 60 votes just like the bill is a 60-vote bill. Pat Toomey insisted, at least in conversations with some others, saying' no, no, no. If you don't put it in the bill,' which will kill the bill,' I'm not going to be for it.' I stand by the offer.

By a wide margin, this legislation will be the greatest pro-climate legislation that has ever been passed by Congress.