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And it is my understanding that a number of states have really strained that categorical eligibility in all likelihood beyond what Congress intended into what we are now calling broad based categorical eligibility.
So the law in search of administrative efficiency, did provide for some categorical eligibility that meant that people who qualified for some programs like TANF which is quite difficult to qualify for, that they would be considered…
I find myself more and more affiliating myself with the comments of the President that in that environment it looks like Europeans are really taking advantage of us.
It seems like from the data we have looked at and from the testimony we've heard today, the pharmaceutical companies are not earning anywhere close to that necessary return on investment.
Civil suits often Act as a regulator to prevent negligent acts by companies that otherwise have no regulatory incentive to Act in the best interest of consumers.
This is a town where investigations can last for years, and sometimes, they cost millions. There are other investigations that are insignificant, little things. They are just meant to check a box so we can move onto the next task. Yes, I…
It is time. It is time for Congress to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the USMCA. This is not, as many of you know, a new issue. The administration finished its work months ago--292 days ago, to be exact. That is 292 days…
I think the First Amendment is a beautiful part of the American experience and I think protecting religious liberty has long been a fantastic powerful part of our country's history.
Chief Justice John Roberts was dead wrong when he said in Shelby County that our country has changed.
Our democracy is in crisis. There is a frontal assault on the right of people of color to fully participate.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mr…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:39 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10 a.m…
It is wet in farm country. In fact, our corn planting is so far behind that many South Dakota producers aren't quite sure how they are going to feed the 5 million cattle that are in our State. Now, these producers don't want a new…
Let's have an honest reform of that system rather than through distortions of the existing system.
Many kids who might lose free meals through categorical eligibility being eliminated could still get reduced-price meals.
There are some changes that need to happen in this system if we are concerned about the benefits cliff.
Somebody used the word, whistleblower, to describe Mr. Undersander, and that is the right approach.