U.S. State Attorneys General

I rise today in opposition to the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Representative Pompeo has been wrong on many critical intelligence issues during his 6 years in Congress. He will not…

There has been a lack of parity as to the treatment and the access to care for the mental health side

I think that if he is chosen, he will decimate Medicare and Medicaid as we know it.

How do you all think that is supposed to happen? How is that supposed to be implemented with Secretary Price at the helm?

These seniors are going to find out that with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, they will end up paying more for drugs.

I think that finally, with the potential demise or repeal of the Affordable Care Act and voucherizing of Medicare and the huge cuts to Medicaid, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, it is finally, I think, sinking into our country what…

I will join my colleagues in fighting tooth and nail against the voucherizing of Medicare and the privatizing of these kinds of programs that really are the lifelines for millions of people in our community.

Don't touch Medicare but don't pass the Affordable Care Act.

I was surprised, pleasantly surprised by your response to that question.

When I talk with my small businesses and they say that, it is easy enough to say we are in an overregulated environment, but I always ask them, 'What specific regulation is it that is causing you trouble?'

I think that you have an understanding of the special challenges that are faced by women entrepreneurs, having been one yourself, and minority-owned businesses and veterans.

I think we're going to see more of this. I think we've just got to be very clear that we're on a call. We're going to correct the record and tell the truth to the American people. There's no record of millions of people who are not…

I think this is one of the interesting unintended consequences of the ACA, is the ingenuity that it sparked in trying to get around the obstacles.

It was built on lies. If you wanted your plan, you could keep it. If you wanted your doctor, you could keep it; all that nonsense.

I think this is one of the impacts of the Affordable Care Act that we have to find better solutions to allow employers to continue to provide that kind of service to their employees that they think is very, very important.

So, clearly, what we have is not working. I think there are better solutions and I am looking forward to working with the college to achieve that.

People have seen extraordinary increases. People who had health insurance before have seen extraordinary increases in the cost of their premiums, 25 percent average increase in premiums across the country.

I thank the chairwoman for yielding the time. It is a pleasure to continue our work together on this very important issue. It has taken us 6 years to get to today, the first real step in repealing what is one of the most insidious laws…

The consent decrees provide a kind of bridge of accountability between police departments and the community that are enforceable.

I certainly share your concerns about what would happen to the 800,000 DREAMers who have come out of the shadows if DACA is rescinded.

Senator Sessions was one of those, so he broke with the majority of the Republican Party to vote against that 2013 version.

Senator Leahy was the sponsor of the 2013 version.

The Violence Against Women Act is one of the pieces of legislation in this country that has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

Absolutely, Senator Hirono.