So I am encouraged by that trend. It has gone dramatically the other way in the previous several years.

I will settle on that. I wasn't sure.

I think that is one of the barriers we have to employment in this country is a resistance to relocation.

if we raise the minimum wage to $10.10, we would have 3.6 million fewer people receiving SNAP.

The extent of this epidemic is tragic and it grows more serious with each passing day.

That's why I've worked hard to strengthen investments in public health preparedness and response capabilities at home.

Ebola is just one example of a threat from infectious disease.

our current tax savings system is more progressive than our progressive income tax.

Employer-sponsored retirement plans are an important component of any retirement plan.

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on September 16, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Ebola in…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on September 18, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Fulfilling…

Mr. President, throughout my career in public service I have focused on ensuring that each and every child with a disability is ensured the right to a good education. To this end, I have fought tirelessly to safeguard the rights of…

Mr. President: Ensuring that all students, regardless of background or ability, have access to an education that gives them the opportunity to live a successful and fulfilling life has always been a major focus of my career in public…

Mr. President, as we all know, we are discussing a constitutional amendment sponsored by 45 members of the Democratic Party to restrict free speech. This constitutional amendment pending before the Senate is a real threat to one of the two…

Mr. President, on Thursday this country will commemorate the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. We learned many lessons from that day. One key lesson was that terrorists can and will exploit our immigration system and…

Madam President, the proceedings on the amendment before us show just how broken the Senate is under the current leadership. Yesterday the majority leader stated: We're going to have a cloture vote to stop debate on this. [Republicans]…

Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 484, I was not present to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________