I also want to address a second issue while I have the floor, and that is a conversation I had yesterday with Judge Merrick Garland. We had an opportunity to talk in my office for about 45 minutes to an hour. We talked about a wide range…

I rise today to speak about a bill that I am introducing today, along with Senator Coons and Senator Portman, called the Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act. It is a bill that responds to a tragic and unintended and frankly unsupportable…

today I join my esteemed colleague, Senator Susan Collins, in recognizing the 100th Convention of the National Association of Superintendents of the U.S. Naval Shore Establishments, NAS NSE. This association works diligently to implement a…

I wish to recognize the contributions of the National Association of Superintendents of U.S. Naval Shore Establishments, NAS NSE, on the occasion of its 100th national convention. Since its founding near the time of World War I, NAS NSE…

I am not going to sit back and just hope that we do not have any more emergencies during bad weather because hope is not a policy.

I am going to make sure that the people of King Cove are heard.

I rise to honor and congratulate the Vital Voices Global Partnership and the 2016 Vital Voices Award recipients: Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sanchez, and Akanksha Hazari. The Vital Voices Global Partnership identifies, invests in…

today I wish to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the town of Kingfield, ME. Known today as a gateway to the rugged and beautiful Longfellow Mountains, Kingfield was built with a spirit of determination and resiliency that still guides…

at its 214th commencement on May 14, 2016, the University of Maine at Orono will award an honorary doctorate degree to Leonard Minsky of Bangor. Today I wish to congratulate my dear friend for this recognition and to join people throughout…

At the end of the day we have to be a great manufacturer or we're going to have tremendous vulnerabilities in national security.

I think it would be very deleterious to the long-term future of our country because so much of the innovations that we're talking about have depended on these, the long-term stable investments in research and development.

today I wish to recognize the many years of productive community partnership fostered by the cooperation of four organizations--the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the American City Planning Directors' Council…

I just want to go on record in support of those three projects, and thank you for including them and recognizing their importance.

If nothing is done to change the trajectory of this disease, costs are projected to increase over a trillion by 2050.

I want to thank Chairman Collins for her leadership on this Committee and specifically her leadership on behalf of individuals and families that are suffering with Alzheimer's.

These numbers are not sustainable for our government, and they are certainly not sustainable for the families.

I am convening this hearing today to assess our progress in combating Alzheimer's disease since the enactment of the National Alzheimer's Project Act which I co-authored with my friend and former colleague, Senator Evan Bayh.

It seems to me that we and the Congress have to really be talking about this.