The health care crisis within the Indian Health Care Service needs to be resolved.

Governments cannot run the hospital. I agree with that. Tribes can't, Federal Government can't, you guys can't. It's a proven fact.

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3182, as modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Rounds] proposes an amendment numbered 3182, as modified…

Mr. President, conservation easements are an important tool when we talk about rural America. They are used on a regular basis, but whenever entering into a conservation easement with the government, farmers, ranchers, and landowners…

What has to be acknowledged is that CMS findings indicate people's lives are in jeopardy. This is unacceptable.

The members are always concerned about the ability of the IRS to administer and taxpayers to comply.

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Dr. Alexis Rudd, a Knauss Sea Grant Fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and other members of the…

As you know, refundable credits, such as the EITC, historically have had a much higher rate of fraud and error than nonrefundable credits.

Mr. President, similar to most Americans listening to President Obama's State of the Union Address last week, I found his take on national security and world affairs rather surprising. According to a poll in December, 60 percent of the…

I believe that CMS should pause stage three and engage with stakeholders over the next year to better align stage three requirements.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak as in morning business for up to 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Paul Kinsman

I hope that one area that we are successful in is actually integrating and getting a system in place so that the veterans, regardless of whether they are in rural areas or urban areas, they can use the health care facilities that are…

Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the life and legacy of Paul Kinsman. Paul was born in Watertown, SD, on September 7, 1958, and died in Pierre, SD, on January 10, 2016, at the young age of 57. Paul was a lifelong South Dakotan…

I think back about the goals that you have got here and the layout that you have put together with regard to the MyVA.

The hope is that we will get more owners, landowners to actually agree to conservation easements in the future if it doesn't have to be one size fits all of a permanent easement only.

What this says is that all of the options available, not just permanent easement options, but intermediate easement options, should also be considered.

I would like to just say thank you to you and to Senator Sullivan for the work that you have done on this bill so far.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from South Carolina…