The first step should be the immediate passage of the bipartisan Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act.

So when we embarked on health and wellness programs for older workers, that just opened up a new opportunity and a new demographic.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the postcloture time on Executive Calendar No. 495 expire at 4 p.m. today, December 5; and that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and…

In March, every Member of the Senate--the entire Senate, we hardly agree on anything--but the entire Senate came together and signed a letter to the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI urging action in…

I hope that once you are confirmed, and I assume that you will be confirmed, that you will make it a priority to get that process going.

Invariably they tell me it would be for the Federal Government to pay its promised share of IDEA for special education for children with special needs.

Ensuring that children and youth with disabilities have access to innovative technologies is a significant goal.

The Federal Government has never lived up to the promise it made in the mid-1970's when this landmark law was passed.

Thank you, Chairman.

a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine

I thank the majority leader The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Cardin motion to commit.

I thank the majority leader for his response. Second, it is critical that we provide States with the support they need to create State-based high-risk pools for their individual health insurance markets. In September, I introduced the…

I thank the chairman. He forgot pine trees, but that is okay. Mr. Speaker, I am thrilled to stand up and support H.R. 1699, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, and I salute Congressman Andy Barr from Kentucky to bring this…

today I wish to join in a colloquy with the majority leader to address concerns that I have with the tax reform legislation that we are considering and to thank him for the many discussions that we have had over the past months about this…

I rise to discuss four amendments that I have submitted to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would strengthen this legislation in ways that are important to our middle-income families. I express my thanks to the majority leader, my…

I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this very important bill. Mr. Speaker, Maine is vacationland. We have a population in Maine of only 1.3 million people, but every year we have about 40 million visitors to our great State. We have…

I called my motion up that is now on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It is a very simple one. It may be one of the most straightforward, short motions to be offered in the course of this debate. The motion is very simple. It refers this bill…

I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maine [Mr. KING] moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance…