Mr. President, there are reports that we may be having a vote next week, under reconciliation, dealing with the healthcare system of this country. We know that colleagues have filed a new bill, but it is basically the same bill we have…

I think the C rate now amounts to about 5 percent of the companies, somewhere in that level.

Madam President, I first thank the Democratic leader for his efforts to work and reach out to the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, as we move forward to try to take some sensible steps to improve our healthcare system, not try to blow…

My objective is that, since America, among industrial nations, is near the bottom on the percentage of our economy and government, we should have a competitive advantage, not disadvantage on our business taxes.

The NMTC should be a permanent part of the tax code.

Mr. President, I rise today with my colleagues Senators Collins, Brown, Blumenthal, Markey, Portman, King, Warren, Menendez, and Klobuchar to recognize the week beginning September 10th, 2017-- this week--as National Direct Support…

Mr. President, today I wish to address one of the most pressing and most challenging national security issues facing our Nation: North Korea's growing nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its continued belligerent behavior. North…

Mr. President, earlier this week, we commemorated the 16th anniversary of the attack on our country on September 11. It was a day that I think none of us will ever forget. We were attacked, and we wanted to take all necessary action to…

Let us respect federalism. There is a reason why there is a State and local tax deduction beyond just the impact it has on who pays taxes.

We want to make sure at the end of the day that, when everything is said and done, we are not asking middle-income taxpayers to shoulder a greater burden of the cost of this country than they already are.

I do think it is important that we continue to push China really hard on that front.

I take it from your testimony, Mr. Lewis, that you think we should expand the jurisdiction, the authorities here to include greenfields. Is that right?

Mr. Speaker, last week on the east front outside the Capitol on the lawn, I met with a group of DREAMers. DREAMers, of course, refers to young Americans who were brought here as children without proper documentation, but who have grown up…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, I also want to thank my colleagues, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Mooney, for cosponsoring and supporting this amendment. It is a bipartisan amendment and, I think, a natural complement to the excellent amendments…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from New York for his remarks. No one is naive enough to think that discrimination doesn't exist. The question is: What tools should the Federal Government use? And this certainly is not the tool that is…

Mr. Chairman, I just say that it is absolutely true if we were looking at similar work, but the bill does not look at similar work. It looks at huge categories like, for instance, professionals in a hospital that include neurosurgeons and…

Mr. Chair, I agree with the gentleman. Pay disparities exist, but we need a precise tool. If we are going to give the Federal Government a tool with which to investigate and punish employers, it should be a surgical tool. This is not a…