But generally speaking this idea of trying to reduce the exposure that our seniors have to the prescription drug costs which the ACA addressed through this effort to close the donut hole, is that something you think we ought to hold onto?

We know from the national intelligence community about the fact that they believed with high confidence that there was an organized campaign by Russia to subvert the 2016 election.

Do you believe as experts in the field that there is going to be a technological answer to this so we can actually create a secure cyber environment?

the Democratic National Committee would be a proper object for inquiry and investigation by this committee.

political parties are public instrumentalities capable of State action for certain purposes.

if they are cyber vulnerable, I think it makes the whole country cyber vulnerable.

The problem, of course, is now we've got these outside entities that are trying to invade and undermine and so on.

it is unfortunate that our Republican colleagues seem to want to take parts of the Medicaid program that really do represent innovation and flexibility

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and urge that we bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on children, like a 5-year-old that came to Dulles Airport with another family. Her mother was waiting…

Mr. Speaker, I rise out of deep concern for our country, our people, and those who serve us in uniform. The executive order signed by President Trump on Friday has not only sown chaos and created a backlash being felt across the world, it…

you do not take away one special tax break for anybody, hedge fund managers, for the purpose of reducing that debt.

I yield my hour of postcloture debate time under rule XXII to Senator Cardin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The Senator from Nevada.

this Congress made a very clear decision not to do that but to apply it on a forward-looking basis

I want to drill down a little bit on some of the comments you made about Federal employee compensation.

We want the money to be used effectively, not just thrown away.

If you were to eliminate a lot of those programs, you would have close to 40 million more Americans in poverty.

Large and growing Federal debt over the coming decades would hurt the economy and constrain future budget policy.

There is no question that the debt is on an unsustainable trajectory under current law.