Madam President, I believe at this point--please correct me if I am wrong--that I control the floor; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

While my friend from Louisiana is still here, let me answer yes in response to his question. Senator Landrieu has asked me, very forcefully, to move forward on this provision on more than one occasion, and my response to Senator Landrieu…

Reserving the right to object, I thank my colleague from Louisiana for coming to the floor today to talk about, in fact, an important issue. Before I respond to him directly, I did want to comment he is right, there were 43 Members of the…

The Lander plan is ready to go. So why wait for other plans and doing them all at one fell swoop?

I will tell my colleague from Louisiana that I don't intend to be addressing this issue. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

Madam President, how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont has 53 minutes remaining in his postcloture time.

Madam President, it is not my intention to get involved in Louisiana politics, but just let me say that Senator Landrieu has voted for this legislation, she has been a champion of veterans rights, and I look forward to continuing to work…

I remain conflicted and disappointed that you have decided to move straight to a legislative hearing.

Equity in coverage is not something that is easily determinable.

I hope my Republican colleagues understand that they are voting to repeal these advancements for mental health when they support the Ryan budget or vote to repeal the ACA.

These laws were clearly major steps forward but effective implementation and enforcement are essential.

The Mental Health Parity can enshrine in law the principle that mental health care is just as important as physical health care.

New Jersey has what is a gem in terms of psychiatric hospital treatment.

Can we count on you to oppose any effort to restrict access to adequate supplies of sugar from Mexico?

Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. Young on his outstanding leadership in managing this bill, which is going to remove one of the most misguided and confusing provisions of the President's Affordable Care Act. Everyone outside Washington…

Thousands of jobs in Chicago are directly related to the availability of sugar at a competitive price.

I trust that when you leave Congress you will always relish the memory of that.

As you have indicated, there is a long history of trade disputes involving sugar and sweetener trade between the U.S. and Mexico.