Obamacare has failed in Iowa. There is only one company planning to offer insurance in 2018 in Iowa.

You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn't be considered. But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. That's pretty much as much of reason…

Mr. President, I am pleased to support Noel Francisco to serve as the next Solicitor General. Mr. Francisco comes to us with impressive credentials. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and clerked for Judge Luttig on the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be up to 20 minutes of debate, equally divided, under the control of Senators McCain and Reed, following the first vote this evening. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for…

Thanks to both of you.

we see expensing as the most powerful policy change that you can make to improve economic growth.

as part of a pro-growth tax reform, there has been considerable debate over what is more important, lower rates or expensing.

I am sure you all know the importance of E15 because we have reached the point where with E10 we do not have enough petroleum.

I thank Senator Klobuchar for bringing up the issue of biofuels, and I would just associate myself with her remarks.

I hope you could be in a strong position to express to them that we need to fight that very, very hard.

Mr. President, throughout my time as a Senator, I have heard our Service Chiefs testify time and again to the hollowing of America's military as a result of insufficient and unpredictable funding. Simultaneously, external dangers have…

Mr. President, the IRS has never been, and likely will never be, an agency anyone is glad to hear from. However, American taxpayers should at least have confidence that they will receive a fair shake from the agency. Without this, our…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to question the plan for auditing the Department of Defense. The new Chief Financial Officer, Mr. David Norquist, presented a plan to the Armed Services Committee on May 9. It appears flawed, like a…

Like many of my colleagues here on the Committee, I believe that an all-of-the-above energy approach is the most effective way to create jobs, promote energy independence, and ensure that our households and businesses have reliable and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ken Hockycko, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would add for clarification, Mr. Chairman, that the provision the gentleman referred to is section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which exempts those employees in foreign countries that surely would not want them uncovered under…

Mr. Chairman, in response, I have heard a piece of history revisionism. Now is the first time I recall, in all these debates that we have had, that the purpose of Davis-Bacon, which does produce a result of union scales imposed by, as I…