Mr. President, I would also like to conclude by underscoring my appreciation regarding the collaborative work with my friend from Florida, Senator Bill Nelson, ranking member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and his…

Mr. President, on June 15, 2009, President Obama went to the American Medical Association to sell his health care plan to the doctors and to the American people. President Obama addressed the doctors, and he said: I know that there are…

Mr. President, over the past few years, the public has grown increasingly skeptical of Congress being able to function. When Republicans took the majority in January, we promised the American people we would get the Senate working again…

Mr. President, at a townhall meeting in Green Bay, WI, on June 11, 2009, President Obama was trying to sell his health care law, and this is the claim he made. This is the quote, and this is the promise he made to the American public. He…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable…

Mr. President, you just heard my colleague from Missouri talk about many of the things that could be used to replace ObamaCare. There were a lot of ideas that make sense when it comes to health care in this country, that put patients and…

The Senator mentioned my daughter, who, by the way, just blessed us with a granddaughter just 3 weeks ago. It is a very short story, if the Senator doesn't mind me telling it. It did motivate me to run. I think it illustrates how damaging…

Madam President, I was listening to the good Senator from California use a couple words, obviously, calling the health care law the ``Affordable Care Act.'' To use the full name, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a real…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to call up my amendment No. 2875. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative…

Mr. President, I am pleased to support S. Res. 323, a resolution I submitted today along with Senator Schumer, Senator Stabenow, and Senator Roberts, which expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should recognize the benefits of…

Mr. President, 5 years ago, days after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the senior Democratic Senator from New York went on ``Meet the Press'' to discuss the bill. He told the host: ``Well, I think as people learn…

I think there is no reason for the VA to try to reinvent the wheel if it already exists.

Do you intend that the provider networks also include optometrists?

Fourteen months ago, there was a concern that you were using outside vendors to provide for those networks.

The Senator from Maryland has done a lot of work and put a lot of effort into examining these issues and coming up with solutions.

Mr. President, it is a great honor for me to be able to welcome to the Senate today our pastor from Sioux Falls, SD, Jeff Wheeler, who just offered our invocation this morning, and to express how much Kimberley and I have appreciated the…

Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute and to honor two great Americans, two wonderful people--Bart and Cherry Starr--for their numerous personal, professional, and charitable contributions to the Nation and the great State of…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of…