I think this is a very good-faith effort to try to solve a problem we all know has to be solved.

In my State of South Dakota, we have seen premiums increase by 124 percent since 2013 in the individual marketplace.

Last month, Senators Portman and Blumenthal introduced the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 with a bipartisan group of more than 20 cosponsors.

We'll also hear from Senators Portman, Blumenthal, and Wyden, who will offer their perspectives about the current state of the law and the proposed changes.

This Congress has done more in the last few years on sex trafficking than we have in our history.

I'm particularly thankful that we will have the benefit of hearing from Yvonne Ambrose, who very courageously will share her heartbreaking family story with us.

If we can streamline and modernize our outdated tax code on the business side, it will enable corporations and pass-through businesses, both small and large, to reinvest, expand, create new jobs, and increase wages.

I think we have a historic opportunity with tax reform to reform our antiquated tax code and to address the concerns that I continually hear from South Dakotans on jobs and our economy.

There is a Dickensian quality to the Internet. It can simultaneously enable and ennoble or degrade and debase.

as the Senate considers the National Defense Authorization Act, or the NDAA, I rise today to discuss a simple amendment in support of my constituents in South Dakota who are military retirees, as well as those in many other States who find…

One of my concerns about the increased foreign investment in the United States is what kind of electronic and cyber-vulnerabilities that increased foreign investment poses for our country.

Requiring businesses that have operated using the cash method since their inception to suddenly pay tax on money they have not yet collected, and may never collect, is an effective tax increase.

last week I came down to the Senate floor to talk about the need for tax reform. One of the most important things we can do to help our economy and American families recover from years of economic stagnation under the previous…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tax Reform

I certainly want to express our support for and thoughts and prayers for all the victims of the recent hurricanes.

Uber thanks Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson, Senator Peters and all members of the Committee for their continued leadership and foresight on these issues.

As you know, in recent health reform efforts, I was interested in working to avoid the benefit cliffs that trap people in a situation where they cannot move up the economic ladder for fear of losing benefits.

I have long believed we need to repeal the law, and one of the reasons for that is because we continue to see these monthly premiums escalate and go up.