Madam President, I have just come on the floor and have to chuckle about my friend from Texas in his deciding that it is the minority in the Senate that is holding up legislation that needs to be brought up when we have been coming to the…

Madam President, let me speak more specifically about healthcare. I come to the floor every week and say the same thing, which is that healthcare is personal, not political, for each one of us. That is really true in our own families. We…

I know of no further debate on this bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 760), as amended, was passed, as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Peters amendment at the desk be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 1254)…

Mr. President, when I travel across Michigan, one issue comes up regularly in my conversations with business owners, workers, and families, and that issue is the need to close the skills gap. There are good-paying jobs available all across…

As you know, my district is the third-poorest congressional district in the country, and the economic recession devastated my district.

The whole purpose of Dodd-Frank was so that we don't have another downturn, an economic recession that led to predatory practices by these big banks.

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa. United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my friends, Mr. Suozzi and Mr. King, for offering this resolution, and particularly Mr. Suozzi for his leadership on this issue. Like many Members who have spoken, I am proud of my own Irish…

So yes or no. Do you believe that if nicotine levels were capped at non-addictive or minimal-addictive levels that it would help decrease youth use?

We said we have to push back because it is increasing the cycle of poverty.

Similarly, if nicotine salts were banned, would that help decrease youth use?

So nicotine salts as well?

I would contend that care, and welcoming care that was given to immigrants across, legal or illegal, were second to none.

All right. Thank you so much. I yield the rest of my time, Mr. Chair.

These are bankers... but they should be treated the same way as any criminal on the street.

My district is the third-poorest congressional district. We are literally front-line communities for these payday lenders.

We need to shut them down. State laws out there, across the country, are preventing this form of predatory lending.