Speeches
It's Time for the Senate to Get Back to Work
Apr 21, 2020
Mr. President, it's with a heavy heart that I come to the floor of the Senate today.
Over the last few weeks I’ve talked to countless people throughout Utah and across the nation, but especially in Utah, about the troubles that they have encountered; about the profound sadness that the American people are experiencing right now; the frustrations that they have.
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act
Mar 4, 2020
Mr./Madam President,
Last week, the Senate had a chance to adopt measures that would protect the dignity of human life – not just unborn human life, but born human life.
And unfortunately, due to a minority of this body, we lost the opportunity to do so.
To afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.
Feb 27, 2020
Abraham Lincoln, in a message to Congress on July 4, 1861, wrote that the leading object of government was “to elevate the condition of men -- to lift artificial weights from all shoulders -- to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all -- to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.”
It is no coincidence that he gave this message on the anniversary of our nation’s birth.
