Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, 22 million Americans live in manufactured homes. The majority of these homes are in rural America. In fact, more than 6 out of 10 manufactured homes are located in rural areas. In my home…

Mr. President, I rise this evening in opposition to the tax bill before us. I think the problem in our country isn't that wealthy people in this country aren't wealthy enough; the problem is, the wealth gap has grown to the highest levels…

Madam President, I thank Senator Nelson for his leadership on this motion. It is a very simple motion for a very simple proposition; that is, that the Tax Code should be simpler. That is true. We should make it more streamlined. That is…

Mr. President, the Senate bill also allows companies to blend the tax rate for income that is earned overseas, which may give companies incentives to move jobs to foreign countries, which creates a whole new tax avoidance scheme. I wanted…

Mr. President, another troubling aspect of this bill is the inclusion of a provision to repeal a key part of the Affordable Care Act that would kick 13 million--13 million--people off of their insurance by 2027 and increase the individual…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Merkley for his leadership. Mr. President, this current Tax Code--I would love to see tax reform. I have long advocated for it. I actually would like to see the business rates go down. I would like to see the…

Again, I conclude by asking our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to work with us. Eighteen Democratic Senators stood together with a track record of working across the aisle, asked them to join us to work on a bill that would…

Mr. President, this bill, as Senator Merkley has pointed out, is really a bait and switch. How? Under this bill, millions of middle-class Americans would end up paying more in taxes in the long run. It is a bait and switch: Get a little…

This whole area of criminal justice in the 21st Century Cures Act was proud to pass the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act.

Mr. Speaker, today's debate on H.R. 3905, Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act, also known as the MINER Act, is not just important to the great State of Minnesota: this legislation is critically important to the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, today's debate on H.R. 3905, Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act, also known as the MINER Act, is not just important to the great State…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the additional time, and I recognize my esteemed colleague, the Representative from Minnesota, for his love of the Boundary Waters that we both share. Mr. Speaker, I want to address the Representative…

If you repeal this, 13 million more people will be uninsured and premiums will rise.

It feels to me that everything that this Administration has been doing is basically aimed at undermining the markets, and undermining the ACA, and undermining it so that we can throw away these gains.

I share their concerns especially in regard to Eli Lilly's actions to spike insulin prices.

If the individual mandate is repealed, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that 13 million more people will be uninsured and that premiums will go up by 10 percent.

I think that in Medicare Part D, we should be able to do the same thing they do in the V.A.

It is clear that citizens of this country expect to be treated fairly and with equity.