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Mr. President,

I second both amendments from my friend from Hawai'i.

I yield

Mr. President,

I offer the following amendment:

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Whereas the Nazis attempted to annihilate the entire Jewish population of Europe during the Holocaust, murdering 6,000,000 Jews, and many more homosexuals, Roma, Catholics, and other minorities, during this time;

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I offer the following amendment:

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SECTION 3. ENFORCEMENT.

(a) The President of the United States Secretary of the Department of Education shall have the authority to make a determination as to whether any university is violating Section 2 of this act. If the President of the United States Secretary publishes such a determination, all federal funding to the university shall be immediately suspended until such time as the President of the United States Secretary determines that the university is no longer in violation. 

 

(b) CLAWBACK - Should the President of the United States Secretary publish a determination that a university is in violation of this act, the university shall pay the federal government back all federal funding received within the current fiscal year and the fiscal year immediately prior to the current fiscal year, with statutory interest equal to the inflation rate during those years. 

 

I yield

Statement by Senator Krol on Ross Inauguration

"It is incredibly disappointing to see, yet again, a Republican President take the oath of office despite losing the popular vote. Only once since 2000 has the Republican candidate received the most votes from the American people, and yet there have been four Republican inaugurations - 2001, 2005, 2017, and, now, 2025. The time has come where we must have a national conversation about the Electoral College and the inherent unfairness of that system. This is not to say that President Ross is an illegitimate President - she was rightly elected under the system we have in place in this country - but we need to have an honest dialogue on if this present system is the best system for choosing the most powerful person in the world. The Electoral College was designed to dilute the voices of the people and strengthen the power of the established governing class; that is not what we strive for in this country. I wish President Ross well in office but caution her to remember the millions of Americans who did not vote for her. I will work with Speaker Jeffries and my Senate colleagues to represent the majority of Americans and their desire for a competent, compassionate government that works for them, not corporate interests."

  IN THE SENATE

  Mr. Krol (for himself, Ms. Kamaka, and others, with thanks to Ms. Murray, and Mr. Lieu in the House) introduces the following bill.

A BILL

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Senator Jon Krol (D-NY), DNC Chair

"Thank you! I am so glad to see so many people here today to stand up for women! Yesterday, America made history by inaugurating our first female President. But don't let anyone fool you - Leah Ross is no ally to women. She has shown with her campaign rhetoric and her cabinet nominations that she is simply a continuation of the horrible women's rights record of Donald J. Trump. How will Ben Carson's HHS address mifepristone access? How will Ellen Lord's DoD protect service members' reproductive health needs? How will Allen West's FBI ensure women aren't hunted across state lines for seeking an abortion they need? Do not let Leah Ross' historic moment trick you into complacency: women's rights are in danger - nationwide. Thankfully, we have a robust Democratic majority in the House and many dedicated Democratic Senators who will stand as a check on the Ultra MAGA radical agenda. Women fought for their rights for generations, we will fight to restore the rights women enjoyed for 50 years until the Republican Supreme Court took them away, and we will not let this new Administration roll them back any further. Thank you! Thank you!"

Hey, there's only room for one gay, Episcopal, New Democrat from New York around here!

Ross Cabinet Fundamental Return to Trump Era

DNC Chairman Jon Krol (D-NY) expressed his extreme disappointment in President-elect Leah Ross' cabinet choices. Senator Krol called the announced choices "a slap in the face to the majority of Americans who voted for Senator Casanova-Davis and against the Ultra MAGA cult." He said that these cabinet choices "look like a ChatGPT answer to the prompt: 'Generate Donald Trump's second term cabinet'."

Among the many dangerous disqualifications for her choices, Senator Krol highlighted:

• Former Senator David Perdue was one of the worst offenders for insider stock trading during his term in the Senate, and has been appointed to oversee the Treasury Department - another opportunity to enrich himself at the expense of the American people;
• Ellen Lord has served for decades in the military industrial complex, and has been named to lead the Department of Defense - giving herself the ability to send lucrative defense contracts to her deep network of friends and allies;
• Shane Ewing is fundamentally unqualified to serve as Attorney General, having only served as a prosecutor in Texas nearly a decade ago - making him the least qualified Attorney General in 40 years;
• As Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representative, T.W. Shannon pushed some of the most strict work requirements for SNAP benefits in the nation and in the history of the program and will now be given the keys to the Department responsible for assistance to Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives;
• James White continues to oppose same-sex marriages, even as recently as 2021, and is a known anti-vaxxer who has no experience in farming, livestock, resource management, or agriculture but will oversee a $141 billion agency entrusted to keep people fed and food supply chains moving;
• Carly Fiorina made her career laying off 30,000 workers - the largest layoffs in HP history - and her poor business decisions led to her being forced out by the board, but she has been chosen to protect labor interests in the federal government;
• His management of HUD in the Trump Administration resulted in massive government expenditures for personal dining sets and office decorations, combined with harmful policies about transgender Americans and their ability to access transitional housing, but Ben Carson has been entrusted with one of the largest budgeted government agencies responsible for ensuring the next pandemic doesn't leave 1,000,000 Americans dead;
• Clark Ervin was too extreme for re-appointed by the Bush Administration to a minor government oversight office but is in lockstep with the Ross Administration and has been chosen to lead efforts to keep our nation safe; and
• Allen West has no law enforcement experience, was forced into an early retirement from the U.S. Army for abusing and torturing an Iraqi civilian, and regularly advocates for Texas to secede from the Union, but President-elect Ross believes he is the best person to lead the FBI and enforce our laws.

Senator Krol expressed concern about the vast majority of President-elect Ross' nominees, telling reporters "There is not one person on her nomination list I would vote to confirm - other than Vivek Murthy. The Surgeon General has done tremendous work on distributing Covid-19 vaccines, cannabis reform, breaking the stigma of mental health, ending gun violence, and addressing social media's negative affects on minors." Senator Krol pledged that Congressional Democrats would do "all within our power to hold these radical nominees accountable" through nomination hearings and regular government oversight panels, as well as "frequently informing the American people about what is happening behind the gears of bureaucracy."

  IN THE SENATE

  Mr. Krol (for himself, Mr. Sharpe, and others) introduces the following bill

                                                                                                                                                       A BILL

Section 1. Short Title

I. This Act may be cited as the "Equal Education Act"

Section 2. Amendment

I. 20 USC Ch. 38 §1681. "Sex" is amended to read as follows:

"(a) Prohibition against discrimination; exceptions

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, except that:

(1) Classes of educational institutions subject to prohibition

in regard to admissions to educational institutions, this section shall apply only to institutions of vocational education, professional education, and graduate higher education, and to public institutions of undergraduate higher education;

(2) Educational institutions commencing planned change in admissions

in regard to admissions to educational institutions, this section shall not apply (A) for one year from June 23, 1972, nor for six years after June 23, 1972, in the case of an educational institution which has begun the process of changing from being an institution which admits only students of one sex to being an institution which admits students of both sexes, but only if it is carrying out a plan for such a change which is approved by the Secretary of Education or (B) for seven years from the date an educational institution begins the process of changing from being an institution which admits only students of only one sex to being an institution which admits students of both sexes, but only if it is carrying out a plan for such a change which is approved by the Secretary of Education, whichever is the later;

(3) Educational institutions of religious organizations with contrary religious tenets

this section shall not apply to an educational institution which is controlled by a religious organization if the application of this subsection would not be consistent with the religious tenets of such organization;

(4) Educational institutions training individuals for military services or merchant marine

this section shall not apply to an educational institution whose primary purpose is the training of individuals for the military services of the United States, or the merchant marine;

(5) Public educational institutions with traditional and continuing admissions policy

in regard to admissions this section shall not apply to any public institution of undergraduate higher education which is an institution that traditionally and continually from its establishment has had a policy of admitting only students of one sex;

(6) Social fraternities or sororities; voluntary youth service organizations

this section shall not apply to membership practices—

(A) of a social fraternity or social sorority which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of title 26, the active membership of which consists primarily of students in attendance at an institution of higher education, or

(B) of the Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Association, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and voluntary youth service organizations which are so exempt, the membership of which has traditionally been limited to persons of one sex and principally to persons of less than nineteen years of age;

(7 3) Boy or Girl conferences

this section shall not apply to—

(A) any program or activity of the American Legion undertaken in connection with the organization or operation of any Boys State conference, Boys Nation conference, Girls State conference, or Girls Nation conference; or

(B) any program or activity of any secondary school or educational institution specifically for—

(i) the promotion of any Boys State conference, Boys Nation conference, Girls State conference, or Girls Nation conference; or

(ii) the selection of students to attend any such conference;

(8) Father-son or mother-daughter activities at educational institutions

this section shall not preclude father-son or mother-daughter activities at an educational institution, but if such activities are provided for students of one sex, opportunities for reasonably comparable activities shall be provided for students of the other sex; and

(9) Institution of higher education scholarship awards in "beauty" pageants

this section shall not apply with respect to any scholarship or other financial assistance awarded by an institution of higher education to any individual because such individual has received such award in any pageant in which the attainment of such award is based upon a combination of factors related to the personal appearance, poise, and talent of such individual and in which participation is limited to individuals of one sex only, so long as such pageant is in compliance with other nondiscrimination provisions of Federal law.

(b) Preferential or disparate treatment because of imbalance in participation or receipt of Federal benefits; statistical evidence of imbalance

Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be interpreted to require any educational institution to grant preferential or disparate treatment to the members of one sex on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of that sex participating in or receiving the benefits of any federally supported program or activity, in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of that sex in any community, State, section, or other area: Provided, That this subsection shall not be construed to prevent the consideration in any hearing or proceeding under this chapter of statistical evidence tending to show that such an imbalance exists with respect to the participation in, or receipt of the benefits of, any such program or activity by the members of one sex.

(c) "Educational institution" defined

For purposes of this chapter an educational institution means any public or private preschool, elementary, or secondary school, or any institution of vocational, professional, or higher education, except that in the case of an educational institution composed of more than one school, college, or department which are administratively separate units, such term means each such school, college, or department."

                                                                                                                                                                  Plain English Summary 

Removes several existing exemptions to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

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I think Purdue and Ewing should be two of our three challenges. 

DNC Chair: Don Vinachelli (D-NJ)

DNC Vice Chair: Erik Kaberle (D-PA)

Senate Leader: John Starnes (D-VA)

Senate Whip: Janice Kamaka (D-HI)

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Kaberle Appoint DNC Vice Chair

DNC Chair Jon Krol (D-NY) has appointed Senator Erik Kaberle (D-PA) as DNC Vice Chair. Senator Kaberle was recently re-elected by the people of Pennsylvania to a second term in the United States Senate, serving as a critical firewall in the Blue Wall Rustbelt. Senator Krol applauded Senator Kaberle as "one of the sharpest, most focused people in Washington" who will provide "thorough, detail-focused leadership" as Democrats prepare to take back control of Washington in 2026. Prior to his 2018 election to the Senate, Kaberle founded a successful sports analytics company with his brother and was a staple of local television. Senators Krol and Kaberle are committed to standing up to the incoming Administration on behalf of the American people and supporting Democrats up and down the ballot nationwide.

Pursuant to Section 2.2 of the DNC Charter, I am appointing Senator Erik Kaberle (D-PA) as statutory Vice Chair of the DNC.

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I will propose the following charter amendment:

SEC. 3. Leadership Elections

1. The following leadership officers will be elected by the DNC:

a. the DNC Chairperson;

b. the Democratic Leader of the United States Senate;

c. the President pro tempore or Senior Acting President pro tempore of the United States Senate, if a Democrat.

2. Leadership elections will take place in the DNC War Room, via a thread, with no poll.

3. The DNC Chairperson will preside over elections, unless the office of DNC Chairperson is vacant or the DNC Chairperson is a candidate in the election, in which case the next statutory member of DNC leadership in the order of precedence who is not a candidate in the election will preside.

4. Election nominations will be open for 36 hours. In order to qualify as a candidate, a member must be nominated and seconded, and if not self-nominating must accept nomination before nominations end. A member may self-nominate, but may not second their own nomination.

5. Election voting will be open for 48 hours. If there is only one candidate for any office, that candidate will be immediately elected by acclamation. If there are only two candidates for any office, members will vote by declaring the name of their preferred candidate. If there are more than two candidates for any office, members will vote by ranking each candidate in order of preference.

6. After votes are tabulated, if a candidate receives a majority of votes that candidate will be elected. In the event no candidate receives a majority of votes, the candidate who received the fewest votes will be eliminated, and votes redistributed to the next ranked candidate each of that candidate's voters selected. This process will continue until a candidate receives a majority of votes and is elected.

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7. All elected leadership officers terms will end at the next general election after their election. The outgoing Chair of the DNC will remain in office as a caretaker to oversee the election of new leadership until a Chair is properly elected.

 IN THE SENATE

  Mr. Krol (for himself and others) introduces the following bill

                                                                                                                                                       A BILL

Section 1. Short Title

I. This Act may be cited as the "War Powers Resolution of 2025"

Section 1. Sunset Clause and Limitations

I. Any bill, resolution, or other legislative instrument authorizing the President of the United States of America to engage, deploy, introduce, or otherwise activate the Armed Forces of the United States of America shall be repealed five (5) years after the date of its enactment, unless the Congress shall pass a resolution authorizing the extension of the legislative instrument for not more than a further five (5) year period.

II. No bill, resolution, or other legislative instrument shall be construed as authorizing the President of the United States of America to engage, deploy, introduce, or otherwise activate the Armed Forces of the United States of America unless the legislative instrument specifically does so using the following form:

a. "The Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled authorizes the use of military force by the President of the United States for a period not to exceed five (5) years, unless further extended by a later act of Congress, in response to..." where the legislative instrument shall explicitly state the cause of the need for the use of military force.

                                                                                                                                                                  Plain English Summary 

Limits authorizations of the use of military force to five years, with the opportunity for further extensions by Congress, and requires specific language to be construed as Congressional authorization.

Statement by Senator Krol on Introduction of Protecting Local Sports Act

"Many New Yorkers remember the pain and rage they felt when trying to watch Aaron Judge's pursuit of Roger Maris' AL home run record. Despite games being played in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium, New Yorkers could not find those critical late season games because they were walled off on Apple TV - a limited-use app the few people have. There is no reason other than corporate greed that New Yorkers could not watch those historic at bats live on their televisions. I am proud to introduce the Protecting Local Sports Act to ensure that the local fans are at the center of sports - requiring that any streaming broadcast of a professional sports game is at least simulcast on a local over-the-air channel. The NFL already does this with Thursday Night Football on Prime Video; if the other major professional sports leagues do not want to follow suit and honor their fans, we will make them."

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Krol Re-Elected DNC Chair

At a special meeting of the Democratic National Committee, Senator Jon Krol (D-NY) was re-elected unanimously to a second term as Chair of the DNC.
 

Senator Krol thanked his colleagues for their enthusiastic support. Speaking to reporters afterwards, Senator Krol lamented that “the Ultra MAGA cult experienced a resurgence” in 2024 but said he was “so very proud of every Democrat who stood across the country.” He said that although Democrats came up short in the races for the White House and the Senate, “Democratic victories in the House show that we have a winning message when we speak directly to the American people.” Senator Krol said the incoming Senate Minority and House Majority would “hold the incoming administration accountable and keep the American people informed on how the Democratic Party is fighting for them.” He also thanked President Biden for his decades of leadership and service and wished him and Dr. Biden all the best. 

Name: Senator Jon Krol (D-NY)

Media/Outlet: NBC Meet the Press

Reason: Election results

- I am incredibly proud of every Democrat who ran in 2024. We left everything on the field. And, unlike the Republicans, we can accept when we come up short and lose an election. 
- Congratulations of the President-elect. Congratulations to every Senator who was elected or re-elected - especially Senator-elect Gallego. And special congratulations to Speaker-designated Jeffries. The DCCC did yeoman’s work and expanded our map of competitive seats to secure a strong majority for the first African American Speaker. 
- I am committed to electing more Democrats in 2026 and holding the Republicans in Washington accountable for their dangerous Ultra MAGA agenda. The Senate Minority will not roll over and be a lapdog for the President-elect and her allies in Congress.