Mr. President, I can't express my appreciation well enough to thank the Senator from Tennessee for this wonderful set of remarks he has just given. He has outlined it as well as it could be done. Tennessee has always been very well…

Mr. President, I rise with my good friend from Tennessee to discuss some truly landmark legislation we are introducing today that is long overdue. It is called the Music Modernization Act, and it will reshape the music licensing landscape…

Mr. President, earlier this week, the Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution to reopen the government. This came after weeks of acrimony and no shortage of hostility here on the Senate floor and elsewhere. While most of the recent…

Mr. President, I thank my good friend, Senator Coons, for co-sponsoring the Music Modernization Act and for his engagement on this critically important subject. Like Senator Coons, I want this bill to achieve broad support so that it can…

Innovation in higher education can take many shapes and sizes, and often times innovation and access can be one in the same topic.

I support competency-based education largely because it benefits both students and communities by preparing students to respond to rapidly changing workforce needs.

One of the things that I worry about in this circumstance is that the only thing that can stop this technological revolution from taking place and from improving the lives of 330 Americans is the government itself.

I would commend Senator Thune and Senator Nelson on their opening remarks. I think you guys get it.

Just about two weeks ago, Secretary Elaine Chao, the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, made an announcement that the Department of Transportation would be seeking public input across the transportation industry to 'identify…

I shudder at the thought of what the government might have done had premarket approval been a prerequisite for starting some of the technologies that brought the Internet to life for the American people.

AAP thanks Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Casey for their strong leadership on the Federal Emergency Medical Services for Children, or EMSC, Program.

Mr. President, ensuring that America's kids have access to quality medical care is among my top priorities in the Senate. That is why, long ago, I reached across the aisle to create the revolutionary Children's Health Insurance Program, or…

Madam President, I listened to the distinguished Senator from Illinois. The Democrats never do anything wrong, do they? They are always right. I have to tell you, they do a lot of things that are wrong, and they are not always right. And…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Funding the Government

Mr. President, as we move closer to the expiration date for Federal Government funding at the end of the week, there is no shortage of rancor in the air. Pundits and partisans have, for weeks now, been arguing incessantly about a wide…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Order for Recess

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the burdensome medical device tax. Originally passed as part of the Affordable Care Act, this ill-conceived tax places a 2.3 percent sales tax on manufacturers of medical devices. Although Congress…