I think the Senator is spot-on. Right now, Putin is looking at whether or not he proceeds in Eastern Ukraine. He is looking at Transnistria and Moldova. He is calculating and he is calculating: What are the costs? What will the United…

Madam President, first let me thank my two colleagues, both distinguished members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator McCain and Senator Durbin. Their work and their leadership on this issue has created the type of…

I want to thank my good friend and colleague from Missouri for her outstanding leadership on behalf of the life issues, for her courage, and for her consistent approach to these vital issues that really are also passing. She has been a…

Delaying the individual mandate will result in 13 million fewer Americans getting health insurance through the ACA and higher premiums for those with health insurance. You want it to fail. You don't want it to succeed. You forgot what you…

To quote a very famous President: There they go again. This is an alternative universe, through the Speaker, that you are trying to create. For years, we have been talking about how to reform SGR and how to pay for our Medicare providers…

I thank Mr. Waxman. Mr. Speaker, today the Republican leadership once again chooses politics over substance and what is good for the American people. The current SGR patch will expire on March 31, at which point Medicare's payment to…

Mr. President, I rise to urge a ``yes'' vote for final passage of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, the legislation we are here to consider. I will say the Senate went through a considerate, deliberate process where…

Madam President, I return to the floor because I can't let some of what has been said go unchallenged. First of all, as it relates to the majority leader, the issue of the connection that has been made between IMF reform and the C-4…

Madam President, reserving the right to object--and it is not my ultimate intention to object but hopefully to persuade my colleagues not to object. I have been watching my colleagues on television, in committee, and on the Senate floor…

Mr. President, in the interest of getting this bill to the President's desk and giving relief to flood victims across the country, and many other homeowners, we yield back the remainder of our time and ask for the yeas and nays. The…

Mr. President, I understand we are going to be able to act on the Lee bill with a voice vote. As a result, I ask consent that the order with respect to a 60-affirmative-vote threshold with respect to S. 2137 be vitiated with all of the…

Madam President, I wish to pay tribute to the Girl Scouts as the organization celebrates Girl Scout Day. One hundred and two years ago, on March 12, 1912, Juliette ``Daisy'' Gordon Low founded the first chapter of the Girl Scouts of the…

I want to state for the record that today, March 11th, I was unavoidably detained in my district and missed several rollcall votes. Had I been present I would have voted: ``aye''--rollcall vote 115--On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass…

I love that. Never bet against America's ability to innovate, to be resilient, to be industrious. So I continue on this editorial written by four past Republican EPA Administrators: The president also plans to use his regulatory power to…

Because he brings up a tremendous point. For all of us who are competitive and have this belief that this Nation of ours should remain a leader in the globe, the Senator from Rhode Island makes a very good point. We are a nation that has…

I would like to continue to have the Senator from Rhode Island as well involved in this colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Allow me to continue because the Senator is absolutely right. I heard some incredible examples from other Senators talking about things we did. I love the story by the Senator from Maine about the pull-top cans.

I don't mean to question the Senator's integrity, but I just don't know if he was alive at the time.