The standards have made a difference. You know, there are about 2.7 billion lightbulb sockets where, if we use those, it is going to save homeowners about 100 bucks a year.

Thank you, doctor. That is fantastic about the AMA. I mean, that is the kind of support that your patients need, and I think we need here, to make some steps to bring those prices down.

One of the things that he talked about was drug importation, and, obviously, this would have to be safe.

I don't see that as R&D.

Solving this drug-pricing crisis will require a multifaceted approach that addresses the misaligned incentives throughout the supply chain that often encourage gaming and lead to higher costs.

Now, I am proud of the bipartisan work but it is critical that we recognize that the work cannot and will not stop there.

My view is the safety issue is a red herring because I haven't heard anybody anywhere who is in favor of unsafe products.

In Vermont, and during Iraq and Afghanistan, our loss of combat causalities was, on a per-capita basis, the highest in the country for quite a period of time, and now we have the highest suicide rate.

I really thought what you just said about the community that you grew up in versus the community that veterans are returning to really is compelling.

When they're over in Iraq or Afghanistan, they have this unit cohesion. There is a sense of incredible solidarity where it's all about helping their battlefield comrades.

I think that is one of the most fundamental basic rights we have as an American citizen, is a secret ballot.

I think the problem in my state is too few skilled workers.

I do believe that the PRO Act is a solution looking for a problem, not the other way around.

let me thank Senator Lee and Senator Chris Murphy for their outstanding and consistent leadership on this issue. At a time when the country bemoans the fact that there is not a lot of bipartisanship, this effort indicates that people with…

There is no excuse for that: 299 bridges in Vermont are structurally deficient; 29 percent of our roads are in poor or very poor condition.

Safe infrastructure requires a stable and reliable funding source.

We have got to bite the bullet on funding.

We can't do it without a Federal transportation and infrastructure policy.