I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1868, an act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, which was received from the House and is at the desk. I further ask that the bill be…

Mr. McKinley and I think if you have codes and it sets a reasonable standard, everyone has to compete to that standard to get the benefit of the energy savings that would occur.

It's a question of what the choices are that are realistically available to women who bear the major responsibility of childcare and home care.

I am proud to be here on the Senate floor to offer my strong support for Shalanda Young to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as I have spoken about her earlier before the committee. She has worked on the House…

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to speak for not more than 5 minutes regarding Shalanda Young. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I want to pay tribute to one of Vietnam's highest ranking military officers, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh. General Vinh, who has served as Vietnam's Deputy Minister of National Defense since 2009, has played an indispensable…

We can no longer tolerate a system that allows the former CEO of Gilead to become a billionaire by charging $1,000 for a hepatitis C drug called Sovaldi that costs just one dollar to manufacture.

Last year, one out of five Americans could not afford to buy the medicine prescribed by their doctor.

Let's be clear: the pharmaceutical industry is not particularly sympathetic to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.

Let's be clear: insulin is not a new drug. It was invented nearly 100 years ago by Canadian scientists who sold the patent rights for insulin for just $3.00.

How many people need to die, how many people need to get unnecessarily sicker before Congress is prepared to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry?

This is an industry that has paid $32 billion in fines for a variety of illegal actions over the last 20 years.

The time is long overdue for Medicare to do that as well.

One out of every four Americans with Type 1 diabetes were forced to ration insulin because they could not afford it.

all of us have been sent here by the people of our States to represent them. I have always felt a true measure of the quality of our service is reflected in the kind of people we hire to help us do these awesome jobs. The people in our…

In fact, I think it's fair to say that it is not Congress which regulates the drug companies but the drug companies which regulate Congress, and that has got to change.

It is an industry which is significantly responsible for the fact that in the United States we pay the highest prices in the world for health care.