I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). The Senator from Alabama.

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Thune pertaining to the introduction of S. 1724 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

Ms. Petraeus, thank you, by the way for your personal visits.

Mr. President, I come to the floor to discuss again how ObamaCare is negatively impacting American families. NBC News is reporting that 5 million Americans have received cancellation notices from health insurers. In my home State of South…

Mr. President, the news out of South Dakota is like it is everywhere else--it is all bad. It is cancellation notices and sticker shock that families, individuals, and small businesses are experiencing. This is a letter from a couple I…

Mr. President, Congress is facing two fast-approaching budget deadlines: December 13 for a budget deal and January 15 for a funding bill to avert another government shutdown. Given the complexity of the issues, the brief window of…

I suggest it starts with shutting this down and starting over. We need to create more options, more choices, and more competition in the health care economy so people can get away from the sticker shock we have seen with ObamaCare and get…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ObamaCare

Madam President, the question of the week is, more important than apologizing, will President Obama live up to his promise that Americans can keep the care they have and like? Democrats are clearly running away from embracing this law and…

The Department said that the AMTECH program 'will provide cost-shared funding to industry-led consortia that will develop technologies to address major technical problems that will spur the adoption of advanced manufacturing capabilities…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

South Dakota is a great partner when it comes to providing low cost of doing business.

It is a riveting ideological ruination as far as I am concerned.

I think the business community has an obligation to bomb us out of that, just as you have been helpful to us in the cybersecurity question.

In my home state of South Dakota, more than 1,000 manufacturing firms support more than 41,000 jobs.

There is no question that manufacturing is critical to our Nation's economy and our global competitiveness.

I understand that in July of this year, the Administration expanded its NNMI proposal from 15 to 45 regional manufacturing innovation institutes.

Mr. President, as we approach Veterans Day on Monday, I want to rise to recognize the selfless service and sacrifice of America's veterans. As we reflect upon the generations of men and women who have answered the call to serve and defend…