Mr. President, let me confirm what the Senator from Tennessee just said about that cold night on Christmas Eve 6 years ago when the administration was promising lower premiums, better benefits, and that ObamaCare was going to be the…

Well, the President basically robbed Peter to pay Paul. He robbed the beneficiaries of Medicare benefits and then took the money and spent it on somebody else. So the person who had the benefits didn't have the benefits any longer. The…

Not only did it cost jobs, but it forced many people who had full-time jobs into part-time jobs because of the mandates. Small business got hurt and their employees got hurt. The mandates of ObamaCare for coverage, the mandates for…

All the time, because what happened with ObamaCare is the following: People who had insurance they could afford and who had bought coverage they needed were forced to buy coverage they didn't need because of the mandates in ObamaCare in…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator withhold that request?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence. Last Tuesday, Sheriff St. Lawrence died after a long fight with cancer. He was 81 years old. He was a dedicated law enforcement professional for Chatham County…

I thank the chairman as well as the ranking member for their hard work on this bill. Thank you for getting us to this important day. Today, I rise in support of the Every Student Succeeds Act. This bicameral legislation improves K-12…

Mr. Speaker, you have heard the facts from the gentleman from Kentucky just now. What we are dealing with here on the other side is an ideology. Today I rise in support of the two resolutions that work to keep electricity affordable and…

Mr. Chair, I rise today to speak about the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act. With new technology and innovations, the energy industry is growing rapidly, and this important legislation works to maximize America's…

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose S.J. Res. 23 and 24, which constitute the latest salvo by my friends on the other side of the aisle attacking our Nation's commitment to cut carbon pollution…

Well, many inmates may want to get that treatment program, but I suspect that all citizens want them to get it.

What are we doing to help in the prison system, to help with those type of programs?

I do not see where signing a contract is going to make that big of a difference.

I think this would without question deter our small businesses from setting up plans like this that are so essential to us.

your support of the 1890s, our African American students, to get more African Americans into farming and into agriculture is very critical.

We have two trains running here. One train is financial, the Farm Credit System. And the other train is our banks.

it is not only an agriculture issue; it is a national security issue because we need to make sure we protect our food supply in our own hands.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, my colleague Congressman McDermott pointed to this picture in today's edition of The Washington Post. This is during the daylight. It is outside. It is in China. I have been over there about four times…