We need to add more people at the ports of entry, not between the ports of entry.

If you had any idea the threats that our Nation faces from within and without on a daily basis, you would probably want the government to be in some ways more involved in your life.

What we do need to do--and this budget does it to some extent--is provide funding for what I call force multipliers.

The Affordable Care Act is not the answer, the be-all in terms of actually getting there.

I think living wills or health care directives--I have one for myself.

We have to continue to bend the cost curve, make sure that we get better health care results for the same amount of money or less money.

One of the things that Senator Grassley and I are working on is an effort to make sure that that directive, my wishes, actually goes with me to where I am receiving the health care.

We have to find a way to come together in a bipartisan fashion to give all Americans the opportunity to get ahead.

Mr. President, I would like to express my strong support for S. Res. 365, a resolution I cosponsored deploring the violent repression of peaceful demonstrators in Venezuela, calling for full accountability for human rights violations…

Mr. President, shortly we will be voting on some nominees, and I want to thank all the nominees and their families for their willingness to serve the public. This is a real sacrifice. People are giving up other opportunities in order to…

Machinists' skills, the skill to build airplanes is also a skill where we see a shortage going forward.

Mr. President, I offer amendment No. 2837 to S. 2086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014. My amendment seeks to clarify that the statute does not favor or promote the use of grants or contracts over the use of childcare…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To clarify parental rights to use child care…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment so I may call up my amendment numbered 2837, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 2837

There are four million jobs available today in America that go unfilled because the skills necessary to fill those jobs are very hard to find in the workforce.

Mr. President, consideration of judicial nominees is among the most important duties of the Senate. I am pleased that four, well- qualified nominees to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will now be before the…

I ask unanimous consent that the time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Laurie J. Michelson, of…