The great Justice Stevens taught me that government has the duty to treat every person fairly, and I have carried that sentiment with me throughout my Senate career. It’s a privilege to receive the Chicago Bar Association's Justice John Paul Stevens Award in his honor.

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At the risk of polarizing everyone: while praising how a Muslim candidate addressed the Constitution, I’m sitting at home with family listening to an Orthodox Christian liturgy, as I get ready to take kid to Hebrew school. 🤷‍♂️

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The NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences Division funded my doctoral degree. I only applied to 1 program, & only got in off the wait list when SBE funded a climate project. Another grad student & I published one of the 1st life cycle assessments of electric cars: pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...

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Science is doing essential reporting on the decimation of NSF social science funding. We need public accounting. If you’ve benefited from an NSF grant from SBE, add to this 🧵. Tell the world what was funded that will not be funded from NSF anymore. I’ll start… www.science.org/content/arti...

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In @rollingstone.com, I talked with @thorbenson.bsky.social about the new climate assessment priorities work led by Melissa Kenney, @bobkopp.net, and me. I said, “Just because a threat is not articulated by the federal govt doesn’t mean the threat’s going away”. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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