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It has been less than 6 weeks since the President's health care initiative, the Affordable Care Act, was launched. The Web site is still not working, but the Web site will work. Actually, the Web site will be the easiest thing, in my view…
In recent weeks, I have received far too many heartbreaking stories from the people of Missouri's Second District about how government-run health care is impacting their lives. Today, I rise to put a face on the horrors of ObamaCare and…
Madam President, last week our Nation lost a true American hero. In the last 40 years no member of the Congress has been more dedicated to America's defense and those who defend it than my good friend and former colleague Ike Skelton…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Ike Skelton
I would just say that both our States have led in this area. Missouri has clearly been a pioneer in mental health efforts. Our community health centers--many of them--have added behavioral health in the last few years. There are other…
I wish to say it is a very important topic, and it is a moment when there are many reasons, as the Senator said, that we should keep returning to it. It was this day 50 years ago when President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health…
Today, the Secretary of Health and Human Services said to Americans that we deserve better than what we have gotten with ObamaCare. America sure does deserve better. This is the first time in the history of our country that American…
2 days ago, what one newspaper called perhaps one of the gentlemen of Congress, Ike Skelton, died here in Washington. For those of us here in the Missouri delegation, as well as those who were involved with Congressman Skelton on the Armed…
Let me just talk a little bit about the startup act that Senator Coons and I have worked on. The Senator mentioned, I think, all the cosponsors of that: Senator Rubio, Senator Stabenow, Senator Moran, Senator Kaine, Senator Schumer, and…
The Senator's point is well made. These manufacturing jobs are goods jobs. The American workforce is competitive. As Senator Brown said, we have always been on the cutting edge, the outside of competition, making things in a better way…
Mr. President, this is one of those all-too-rare occasions anymore where we all agree, and it is about making things. We will be talking for the next few minutes about what happens in our country and what needs to happen so we can not just…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleagues from Delaware and Ohio for up to 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Manufacturing in America
I first want to thank Chairman Hensarling and Chairman Garrett for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. I also want to thank my Financial Services Committee colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their work and…
I would like to thank Chairman Hensarling for all his fine work on this issue, as well as other financial services issues. I also would like to thank my good friend and neighbor in Missouri, Mrs. Wagner, for introducing this legislation…
Mr. President, I rise today to honor an important historical date in Greene County, MO, my home county. October 26 was the centennial of the historic Greene County Courthouse--the place where I worked for more than a decade as county…
Later today, the WRRDA bill will come before this body. I intend to vote against it. The reason is that there are 23 earmarks in it. I support all of those projects, but I don't have an earmark in it--and I want one. I am not one of those…
Madam President, first of all, I wish to follow up on a comment my friend from Alabama just made on Social Security and Medicare. I think it is very important that we listen carefully to what he had to say, that if we do things that are…
Madam President, today I wish to honor Dr. Tara Palmore and Dr. Julie Segre, 2013 Federal Employees of the Year, for their ground-breaking research to stop the spread of deadly hospital-acquired infections. Each year approximately 100,000…