Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague, the Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Graham. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I come today to the Senate floor as a physician who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for a quarter of a century, taking care of the families of Wyoming, and to do what I have done throughout the past year--provide a…

The people of Wyoming overwhelmingly want the opportunity to remove themselves from the heavy burden of the Obama- passed and supported health care law. There are huge expenses. The Medicaid mandate is huge.

Mr. President, we will soon mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, one of our greatest Presidents. In the days and months to come, in cities and towns all across this great Nation of ours, people will pause for a moment…

The President said the same thing in June of 2009 when he visited and spoke to the American Medical Association. So when that issue didn't really come to the floor, as a number of us would have liked, in this health care law that was…

I would like to see every citizen in this country get a waiver. I would like every State to have an opportunity to get waivers because last week the Secretary of Health and Human Services gave another 500 new waivers. The total now is 729…

Madam President, I rise to urge my colleagues to vote to repeal the new health care law. Repeal is the only way we can prevent the job losses, insurance premiums increases and devastating Medicare cuts that are a direct consequence of the…

What we are trying to do is actually provide people with the care they need, the doctors they want, at a cost they can afford. Yet, when we look at this health care law that--remember, it was written behind closed doors in spite of the…

Madam President, I come to support Senator McConnell's amendment to repeal this health care law. I listen very carefully. I listen to the people in Wyoming. The University of Wyoming conducted a survey. Sixty-eight percent of people in my…

Mr. President, the headline of the article is: ``Repeal of `Obamacare' Would Help Wyoming.'' I want to cite a few excerpts: Repeal of Obamacare would help Wyoming because that law is a disaster for our country. Our American health care…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when I am finished with my remarks, the junior Senator from South Dakota be allowed to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

On rollcall No. 23 I was absent because I was having a root canal. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained on January 26, 2011 and missed rollcall vote No. 23 on the…

On rollcall No. 24, because I was having a root canal, had I been present, I would nave voted ``no.''

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the importance of Minutemen III intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as ICBMs, and an amendment I intend to offer. The ICBM is just one leg of our nuclear triad. The nuclear triad spans sea…

Mr. President, I rise today to explain why I voted against the New START treaty. The U.S. Senate is the deliberative body of Congress. Our forefathers created the Senate so issues of this magnitude are thoroughly considered with all of the…

It was a privilege for me to cosponsor this piece of legislation with the distinguished Senator from Colorado. My colleague Senator Enzi and I have long been advocates of allowing an additional opportunity for jobs and for economic…

Mr. President, I want to share with you a story of Thanksgiving that touched my heart. I am doing it just before Christmas to have you think about the effect of holidays on people away from home and especially troops stationed away from…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the nomination of Joe Moore to serve as the U.S. marshal for the district of Wyoming. I was pleased to see that the Senate has given this nomination full and fair consideration. I support Joe Moore's…