Again, this seemingly small provision in the tax extenders bill would have a $9 billion impact, and that is just on a subset of S corporations, these small businesses. This payroll tax provision ought to be stripped and sent back to the…

It works when a Senate and a House of Representatives and a President think they know more than the American people. They say: We know what is best for you. We don't care what you think. That is what has happened. Mr. McCAIN. They have…

Let's say you change your job. Let's say you move from one employment situation to another. You may change your insurance. Most people do because most people get their insurance through their work. We will have a situation where over the…

I agree with my colleague completely. What is happening is any sort of a change to a policy, whether they change the deductible, change the copay or any of those things, then that policy is disallowed as something you can keep. Mr. McCAIN…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, the Republicans have offered a bill, and it is fully paid for. We have the same concerns. We think, though, we should not be adding to the debt and the deficit. We know the President's budget…

Mr. President, I just returned from spending a weekend in Wyoming talking to many people around the Cowboy State who are concerned about our Nation, concerned about the growing debt, concerned about jobs and the economy, and the concern…

To my colleague from Arizona, I did. I had a chance to look at that mailer sent out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. I found it very misleading. Some have described it even as being a piece of propaganda. The sad part is, it…

The mailer. Mr. McCAIN. The mailer. I was trying to find a polite word--the mailer that was sent out to all Medicare enrollees and what conclusions he drew from that infomercial?

Cut the funding so people on Medicare Advantage--who like it, who like the preventive medicine activities of it--are going to lose those opportunities. Just since 2003, the number of seniors on Medicare Advantage grew from a little over 4…

Mr. President, I am trying to get my amendment No. 4313 pending so we can have an up-or-down vote. It is unfortunate that this has been blocked. This amendment fixes flaws in the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, which is important to Indian…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending business be set aside and I be allowed to call up my amendment No. 4313, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. President, could you please inform me how much time is remaining in morning business? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 17 minutes on the Republican side. ____________________

Mr. President, I come to the floor today as someone who has practiced medicine in the State of Wyoming since 1983, taking care of families across the great State of Wyoming as an orthopedic surgeon and also as a medical director of the…

Mr. Latta has announced a call to action for all Americans, and we are attempting as a Republican Conference to solicit ideas and priorities from all Americans, regardless of party affiliation. Please visit americaspeaking out.com. This…

You know, among the other pieces of legislation that Republicans have sponsored includes reducing our salaries or freezing our salaries, freezing government salaries, reducing spending across the board. There have been Republican…

The gentleman has mentioned a couple of things that are important to recreating a vibrant economy and to taking the shackles off of American business, and tax policy is high on the list. The fact that we could have an estate tax that is…

My daughter did a study for an economics professor about externalities, meaning decisions you don't necessarily see in black and white on a business plan, that might affect a Wyoming rancher's decision to stay in agriculture or leave…