Even what might seem nominally to be a small difference in the rate of growth, I guess my point is over time doesn't that end up having a ve...
Our average historical growth over these same time periods we are talking about is a little over 3 percent, 3.1.
We can argue about the prevalence level, you know, the amount of black lung that is out there, but nobody would disagree that we want to mak...
As we have heard from our senior constituents, they rely on the Part D program and Congress has a responsibility to ensure that the MTM prog...
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations... the world's population will reach 9.1 billion.
I thought Senator McCaskill put it very well when she said that if you had that pattern in robberies, law enforcement would be all over it.
Some of us had mentioned, as Senator Ernst did, national security.
The investigation revealed that in more than 1,500 black lung claims since the year 2000, Wheeler had never once in more than 3,400 x-ray re...
The report found that more than 1,500 black lung claims since the year 2000 were handled--
I filed--I am the author last month of the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2015, and I am proud to say I have original co-sponsors, R...
I can't emphasize enough my concern on the cyber attack of the Nation's power grid.
Ms. Potts, thank you so much for having the courage to share your testimony with us, and for being the inspiration that you are to so many p...
This legislation, which Senator Casey has co-sponsored--which I appreciate--will not only help individuals battling addiction to get treatme...
Thank you, Senator Casey. We will now hear from our first witness.
It is really a major epidemic, and I thank you, Senators, for addressing it.
This has been a remarkable show of bipartisan leadership here in western Pennsylvania.
More Pennsylvanians will die this year from overdoses and misuse of heroin and prescription painkillers than from influenza or homicide.
The Stopping Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act of 2015 is one such proposal that has been introduced in by Senators Toomey (R-PA),...