Madam President, first of all, on the bill before us, we should be sure to continue to remember, if you are an employee and do lose your job today or tomorrow or in coming weeks, in every State you immediately qualify for 6 months of…

Madam President, I wanted to talk about some solutions to our health care problems that have been out there for a while. Every time I hear someone say: There were no alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, there were no alternatives to…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Health Care

Mr. President, I want to conclude our comments--at least my comments here--by saying we all believe that greater awareness of the size of this problem and the effort that is being made every day to deal with it will create an important set…

Mr. President, I will follow up on what Senator Whitehouse has been talking about. Last year he and I tried to find the middle ground on this issue where Members of the Senate and the House would be willing to move forward together to try…

Tonight southeast Missouri will welcome back Staff Sergeant Eric Summers for the last time. Sergeant Summers was tragically killed on November 13 while serving his country at Camp Pendleton in California. Summers served 13 years with the…

Mr. President, I wish to share a couple letters I received just today. I was talking earlier in the day on some of these situations and again what happens when one side thinks they can do whatever they want to do and the consequences of…

Mr. President, I wish to speak about where we are right now. We are moving toward confirming a number of individuals with the majority deciding that the majority could do that by themselves. Apparently, they had the right to change the…

Next week, the National Park Service will begin holding public meetings on its ridiculous plan to limit recreational activity on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri's Eighth District. I urge families and individuals across…

I want to thank Chairman Hensarling of our Financial Services Committee and also the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Hurt), my friend, for their very hard work in bringing this important legislation to the floor today. Mr. Speaker, today I…

Recently someone said to new EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that she was not living in the read world with regard to climate change. My question today is if those who are questioning whether she lives in the real world would say the same…

The fact that this is in the bill and further improved, I believe, by the amendment, clearly says we are going to change the culture of the military. Had it not been for the hard work of my colleagues, particularly Senator McCaskill and…

I thank Senator McCaskill, my colleague from Missouri, and Senator Gillibrand both for the effort, the time, the commitment, the focus they have made on this issue. They have clearly both been at the frontlines of changing the underlying…

I rise to acknowledge Maj. Mark Shirley, serving as a Defense legislative fellow, and Robert Temple, an intern in my office. We have certainly benefited from both of them, particularly Major Shirley. He has been with our office for 1 year…

I want to talk a few minutes about what is happening with health care. I came to the floor last week to talk about individuals who were having problems. People are contacting our office. In fact, I suspect they are contacting 100 Senate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Maj. Mike Shirley, a U.S. Air Force officer, who is currently serving as our Defense Legislative Fellow in my office, and to Robert Temple, an intern on my staff…

My son played basketball at Dillard University. I went down to see his games as often as I could. On one occasion, we were driving around in his car, we were at a busy intersection, and the car stops. I didn't know what was wrong, but…

Today President Obama announced yet another delay to his health care mandate. The President is picking and choosing which parts of ObamaCare he wants to enforce. The President needs to stop picking winners and losers. ObamaCare is broken…