The Oversight and Government Reform Committee exists to secure two fundamental principles.

The study assumes that you are going to provide information and research, but not new regulations based on that.

U.S. and Iraqi negotiations on a possible residual U.S. force presence in Iraq after December of this year stalled over Iraq's unwillingness to grant U.S. troops immunity from Iraqi courts.

The parties that are now inside the political process--including the three largest blocs: Iraqiyya, the National Alliance, and the Kurdish Alliance--seem willing to resolve even the most contentious disputes through a constitutional and…

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks from the Senator from West Virginia, Mr. Manchin, and the Senator from Indiana, Mr. Coats, that I be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

It is my understanding that I have as much as 5 minutes. Mr. President, I appreciate very much what has been described. Perhaps people can look at this in terms of the overregulation we are doing in this country, the fact that there is a…

The other thing Medicare recipients should recognize is that under the laws as previously set, the reimbursement for your physician in January is scheduled to decline 27 percent. When I talk to seniors in the State of Oklahoma, one of the…

If the Senator will yield for a moment, one of the reasons our cancer cure rates are a third better than England is because we don't have an IPAB and they do. The No. 1 reason survival rates from cancer in England are lower is because…

Mr. President, myself and Senator Barrasso are two of the three doctors in the Senate. Both of us have practiced for over 25 years. We have put out several reports. Every year, Medicare recipients receive a message from Medicare, called…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following Senator Harkin, the Senator from Georgia, Mr. Isakson, be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Medicare and You

This booklet, which will be available on coburn.senate.gov and barrasso.senate.gov to every Medicare patient out there, explains what has actually happened to Medicare in the last year and a half. It explains that $530 billion has been cut…

Mr. President, I believe Congress should reexamine the federally mandated medical loss ratios in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Today I will outline four reasons I believe consumers will face increased costs, decreased…

Earlier this week, our Oklahoma 45th helped in capturing Bari Ali, a mid-level insurgent leader in Afghanistan.

I think the greatest trust that is placed upon Congress by the American people is to provide for their security and maintain a strong national defense.

I worry that we will lose the one, single voice that has driven us here if we move forward.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Texas for the time. This is a critical subject she is dealing with right now, but the thing in common is the problem we are having right now with regulation. I think we are going to be talking about…

We must fully integrate our Active and Reserve components so they can seamlessly execute any mission this country asks them to do.

I have very close friends in Oklahoma 45th, they weren't deployed until July, and yet we have lost 14 of our people over there.