Vaccines save lives. They are the most important health innovation of modern times.

Mr. President, our public schools are critical National infrastructure. They play a central role in our Democracy--educating the next generation, serving as polling places for our elections, hosting community meetings and events, and so…

Mr. President, today I am joined by Senators Casey, Gillibrand, Hassan, and Whitehouse to introduce the Layoff Prevention Act of 2017. This bill renews and extends Federal support for State short-time compensation--or work…

Mr. President, this bill is the product of the most secretive and partisan process I have seen in my 10 years in the Senate. Who did the magicians who came up with this listen to? They obviously didn't listen to the doctors. The American…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time, and I thank him for his continued leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment, which would remove a provision that prevents the Department of…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 34, line…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I offer this amendment today to support the DOD Cyber Scholarship Program with strong bipartisan support from my good friends, Mr. Ratcliffe, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Correa…

Mr. Chairman, just briefly, I thank my colleagues that were speaking in favor of my amendment. I thank the majority for accepting the amendment and supporting the effort to build up our Nation's cyber workforce. Cybersecurity is the…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the establishment of a National Ocean Policy was a landmark step for our country. I particularly want to commend Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island for his leadership…

Madam President, something else happened this afternoon in Washington that I wish to relate today on the floor, which is that the American Enterprise Institute hosted the launch of Senator Schatz's and my American Opportunity Carbon Fee…

Madam President, I appreciate the remarks of my friend. I would simply note that nothing he has said explains why you would want to strip hundreds of millions of dollars out of Medicaid or why you want to deny coverage to elderly folks who…

Madam President, I intend to file the following motion to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Brown, Franken, Van Hollen, Cardin, and Feinstein. There being no…

Madam President, let me join the Democratic leader in expressing my dismay in what has been going on on the Senate floor with respect to healthcare. For over 7 years, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have been talking about how…

Madam President, I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628 and ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. I move to commit the bill, H.R. 1628, to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the same back to…

Madam President, I have a motion to commit the bill, H.R. 1628, to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that…

These skyrocketing costs are causing deaths and harming patients on a daily basis.

These soaring prices are life threatening.

The cost of prescription drugs has increased by over 200 percent over the past decade.