Madam President, to respond to this, I think what you just heard from my colleague from Rhode Island is what happens with too much government interference into healthcare. That is what he is complaining about, as we have been up all night…

Madam President, this amendment strikes an unfair hospital wage index earmark that would benefit just three States: Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware. It would give preferential treatment to them for the consideration of the area wage…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent for 4 minutes of debate, equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 996 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mrs. Blackburn], for…

I call for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 1331 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes an…

Welfare for the wealthy, that is what we have here. Expanding ObamaCare and its premium tax credit without limit would allow families making up to $500,000 a year to access Federal subsidies for health insurance. My amendment would limit…

My Democrat colleagues say that the 2020 election was the least corrupt and most secure in our Nation's history. But if that is true, Madam Speaker, then why are they pushing an 800- page bill to fix it? ____________________

Madam President, the bill before the Senate this week is not really about COVID relief; it is about politics. Before this, COVID relief has not been a terribly partisan issue. In fact, we have passed 5 relief bills, each with at least 90…

This is an important and good bill. It is a comprehensive bill that takes in a lot of issues that are important to giving people the opportunity to vote and the opportunity to elect their leaders in fair manners. The most important, I…

Madam President, I appreciate the thoughtful words of my friend and distinguished colleague, the Senator from Delaware. I am grateful anytime someone is willing to recognize that I have been a consistent champion of federalism and…

Madam President, the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020 is a measure adopted by the District of Columbia that would allow for children 11 years old and older to consent on their own, without their parents' knowledge or…

I thank the chairman, the number one second baseman on the team. The bill you are about to vote on is the gravy train, and the final stop before it goes off the cliff is this Chamber, Mr. Speaker. It costs $1.9 trillion, and only 9 percent…

I stand in support of this legislation. I have stood in support of this right for over 25 years. When I was a Tennessee State Senator, I was the only member of the State Senate to vote against a constitutional ban on gay marriage. It was a…

Yesterday, we had a Judiciary Committee meeting on the rise of white nationalism and the concerns it should pose to our country. It was a pertinent meeting, and I was shocked to hear some of the remarks of my colleagues on the Republican…

Madam President, I know that some of my colleagues have been talking about schools, getting children back to school, getting schools reopened. Indeed, in Tennessee, that is a topic that has received a good bit of conversation. All but two…

February is Black History Month, as we all know. Today, I rise to recognize WJBE, Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station and a media cornerstone in our community. WJBE was originally founded by the godfather of soul, James Brown, and…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Missouri for her leadership on this very important issue. Madam Speaker, as a physician, I know firsthand that this bill, H.R. 5, will force medical providers to surrender sound medical judgment…