I held a hearing in the Aging Committee last week on the increase in the price of insulin during the past 10 years when it has tripled.

I think it would be helpful if the President made clear that those kinds of comments are not acceptable rather than criticizing the leaker.

During rollcall Vote No. 179 on H.R. 3053, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

I love history, and we have been here before. We were in exactly this place in 1886. Let me read you a quote from Senator Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan on this floor in 1886. I am going to try to channel my 19th century Senator voice: Among…

I want to begin by associating myself with the comments made by the Chairman and Ranking Member expressing opposition to the elimination of funding for the Economic Development Administration.

But the problem, and this is what I will submit for the record, is Canada does not have comparable safeguards.

The conservation efforts of Maine lobstermen--including self-imposed regulations such as tossing back egg-bearing females--are driven by the desire to ensure the stock and the ocean environment remains healthy and sustainable for…

Mr. Secretary, I very much appreciate those examples.

What I am seeking from you today is a commitment to work with us on a potential legislative solution that avoids the unintended negative consequences for secondary industries, as we are seeing in this case.

we viewed them as contrary to American values and tantamount to torture.

The hearing will come to order.

When a team of three scientists at the University of Toronto discovered insulin in 1921, they revolutionized the treatment for diabetes.

I hope we don't lose sight of the big picture that Puerto Rico could go from a challenged electrical system to a world leader given the natural assets that the island has and solar prices have plunged 80 percent since 2010.

I want to thank you and Senator Cantwell for arranging this hearing on this important topic and acknowledge the role that, I believe, Senator Nelson played in trying to encourage us to work on and look into this problem.

Yesterday, my fellow Mainers woke up to heartbreaking news: Corporal Eugene Cole, a deputy at Somerset County Sheriff's Office in Norridgewock, was shot and killed in the line of duty. This horrific act was the first killing of a police…

this week I cast my vote in support of the nomination of Kyle Duncan to serve as a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Duncan has been a successful trial and appellate attorney, as well as a law professor at the University of…

I would ask that you keep us informed as that engineering study progresses.

These modernization and infrastructure investments are desperately needed.