Mr. Chairman, since our founding, and as Ronald Reagan emphasized regularly, America has stood as a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere. Today we have an opportunity to shine a little…

Mr. President. I thank the Senator from Oregon, my friend, for his extraordinarily kind words. He, too, has been a leader introducing the first net neutrality bill back in 2006, before I came to the Senate. I rise to talk about tomorrow's…

My predecessor, Senator Paul Wellstone, made it his life's work to fight for people with mental illness, pushing ceaselessly for mental health parity.

I am proud that the Affordable Care Act expanded parity protections to people who do not have employer sponsored coverage and seek care through the individual market.

I want to talk about Indian country again and Senator Hassan talked about PTSD and talked about trauma.

I think it is very important, but I did a roundtable in Minneapolis and one of the providers there, one of the counselors said to me.

Mr. President, I stand today to call for bipartisan action on several things that are really critical. One of them has become routine, since it started as a bill that Democrats and Republicans did together. That was the Children's Health…

In October, I introduced the Honest Ads Act with Senators Warner and McCain, to help prevent foreign interference in future elections.

For some reason in other countries, they are able to do this. They are able to contain this.

Mr. Azar responded by explaining that Medicare Part D, working with Pharmacy Benefit Managers, already secures the best net pricing available.

I am especially proud that many of the recommendations from the Academies track closely the changes that my colleagues and I proposed in the Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act.

a very large majority of the Members of your Committee disagree with Mr. Azar's assessment.

Patients, especially those in Minnesota, need relief.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the Ranking Member, for holding this series of hearings on prescription drug prices.

Mr. President, a couple of months ago, I felt we had entered an important moment in the history of this country. We were finally beginning to listen to women about the ways in which men's actions affect them. The moment was long overdue. I…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee. I appreciate the time. Mr. Speaker, in my home State of Minnesota, the Children's Health Insurance Program, better known as CHIP, provides coverage for thousands…

Senator Al Franken, now Republican Congressman Trent Franks says he'll resign at the end of January.

I'm leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party.