I am reclaiming my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic time has expired.

I ask unanimous consent for 3 additional minutes to complete this one question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Well, I would like to reserve my right to object at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I thank the Chair. I was concerned at the beginning because there are so many deserving schools in Oregon and Pennsylvania and elsewhere that don't get this special treatment, and obviously you have heard my colleagues express their…

Reserving my right to object, and I will not object. I would just like to make sure that our colleague from Oklahoma and our colleague from Washington are both accommodated in this matter. Senator Sanders and I have finished. I believe…

Mr. President and colleagues, the Senate is looking at making $10 trillion of changes in tax policy on the fly. This is the biggest change in Federal income tax policy in more than three decades. This is legislation that will determine our…

Mr. President, I will take our 1\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

Mr. President, here we are now at 4:15. We still have not seen this bill--a $10 trillion bill, the biggest tax bill in more than three decades, with changes involving billions and billions of dollars made, apparently, overnight. I have…

What analysis would it be, for example, with respect to what the new bill--the bill we are actually going to vote on--means for middle-class families? We have millions of middle-class folks who are trying to sort out what this means for…

Mr. President, I want to pick up where Senator Murray left off and emphasize to colleagues that not only would this bill raise taxes on millions of middle-class families, but it would also be a dagger in the heart of the Affordable Care…

I want to ask the Senator a question because I am not sure that we have really laid out the timetable of what is ahead. My colleague, of course, who is our ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, is very up on this. We have all been…

I am very pleased that my colleague from Vermont is discussing this issue on the floor. The Finance Democratic staff has been looking into this and has been working also with the Senator's staff, and I think that it would be fair to say…

If my colleague will yield, there is no question he is correct that in terms of stacking the deck, this is not just stacked to the top but to the top 1 percent or a fraction of the 1 percent.

There is absolutely no question about that. We are looking at something like half of the middle class to be paying more in taxes come 2027.

Not for a minute. The reason my colleague's questions are so important is that this is, certainly, an example of what seems to turn up every few hours, practically in the middle of the night. My colleague raised a very good point with…

Further reserving my right to object, I know that on the other side there has been discussion of scores and scores of hearings. I would say to the distinguished majority leader, there was not one single hearing--not one--on the specifics…

Will my colleague yield for a question? Could my colleague tell me when the hearing was held on the health changes envisioned in this legislation?

In just one moment. Will my colleague yield for a question? I believe I have the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to----