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When my Ranking Member and I and two other Senators introduced the DIGIT Act, one thing we wanted to be sure to do was have a working group created.

I am happy to stand before you today as we consider H.R. 5452, the Native American Health Savings Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill that makes a commonsense improvement to current rules surrounding health savings accounts and those who…

I would say, Senator Carper, Rhode Island and Nebraska have common sense as well.

How can we be assured that these deployable networks are really going to be a viable tool for our first responders?

I have a couple more questions about rural areas.

I would just add that the U.S. Coast Guard, although not contained in this bill, has already engaged in an agenda to remove meat from some of the menus on certain days of the week within that branch. I want to ensure that our men and women…

I would add that my amendment actually reduces the regulation and ensures that our men and women in uniform have adequate choices at the table, at the cafeteria, wherever they might choose to eat. This does not prohibit anything. This just…

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 the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds…

Humbly, I raise a point of order about whether there is a question. I would like to ask a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Shelby). The Senator from Connecticut may yield for a question only without losing his rights.

Trump's comments about the judge was a literal definition of criticism.

I am personally grateful to Carl Anderson, the Supreme Knight who is here to testify again.

To those who knew Petty Officer Nelson best--his parents, wife, and two sons--he will be remembered as a loving son, husband, and father. To his fellow Navy SEALs, he will be remembered as a cherished teammate and a gifted SEAL operator…

I thank the chairman of the committee and the ranking member for helping us get this legislation through today. I also thank my fellow Nebraskans, Congressman Fortenberry and Congressman Smith, for their cosponsorship of this important…

Senator Mark Kirk, who used to be a Member of this body, told me a story a while back. He was a bomber pilot during the Bosnian war, and during that war he literally carried a map in his hands, and there was a red circle drawn around a…

More than 650 counties, largely in rural areas, are projected to be covered by only one health insurance provider in 2017.

My bill would exempt taxpayers from the individual mandate if they would lose health coverage because of the failure of the co-ops in their local area.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:05 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 16, 2016, at 2 p.m.

I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany S. 1523. The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1523) entitled…