I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

would the Senator yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.

I make a point of order that the pending amendment violates section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

you know, late this afternoon, around 5 o'clock, a number of Republican Senators indicated their unwillingness to support the so-called skinny bill, which would rip healthcare from 16 million people, according to CBO, and increase health…

we just took one of the most reckless legislative actions in this body's history. We are blowing up the American healthcare system, and we don't even know what comes next. I want to be clear. The Senate has never before voted on major…

how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 5\1/2\ minutes.

These important sources of economic data would also face steep budget cuts. This proposal has many of us very worried about the integrity of our data.

The Jones Act has been the law of the land for 97 years, and I am on record as being a firm supporter of that law.

nobody in any administration, Democrat or Republican, should be prohibited on the basis of politics from using whatever words they want to describe the world as it is.

the Department affects almost all sectors of our Nation's economy and literally touches all of our lives.

the world as it is, is one in which climate change is a fact.

Do you commit to resisting any pressure from the administration or elsewhere to compromise the integrity of the Department's data and economic analysis?

I and others have asked this administration for very specific examples, data, benchmarks, changes, and to date, we have not gotten any kind of specifics.

it is unconscionable that the U.S. Senate will soon be voting on a measure that would force between 22 and 32 million people to lose their health insurance. This vote is particularly unconscionable when you consider that each Member of…

I ask unanimous consent that Dee Williams, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

It's just covered in trash.

Sure. But from the land-based trash, is this--are these landfills that are along the coastline and trash that ends up in the ocean, or is this the dumping of land-based trash into the ocean?

the Senate Republicans are about to take one of the most reckless actions in Senate history. They are going to vote to blow up the American healthcare system and do I don't know what next. I want to be really clear about this. Never before…