So moved.

Mr. Speaker, the horrific mass shooting that took place on June 12 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is a stark reminder of the urgent responsibility that we have to reduce gun violence in this country. This monstrous attack on…

FDIC-insured institutions have earned a new record, about $164 billion last year, and almost two-thirds of institutions reported higher earnings.

I am really grateful for her leadership and that she and Ranking Member McCaskill agreed to hold this hearing.

the third is forbidding Medicare patients to receive home health care until they are completely homebound, even if they are terribly ill and it would be appropriate to deliver home health care.

Thank you for your amendment on the Senate floor.

As many people in the audience know, Senator Collins has an abiding concern for this issue.

Thank you so much, Chairman Collins.

Another is the Medicare rule that forbids patients to receive Medicare coverage in a skilled nursing home without having had the two-night rule, the consecutive 3-day inpatient hospital stay first.

These rules, in your view, are obstacles?

When we are dealing with this patient group--people who are usually elderly, often very, very ill, and at least in contemplation of their mortality--and we are trying to develop care plans for them that meet their wishes and their family's…

One is the Medicare payment rule that forbids Medicare patients to receive hospice care and curative care at the same time.

Just one additional point--presumably, these rules were all put in place with a good intention.

Senator Whitehouse, as he mentioned, is addressing many of these issues with his Removing Barriers to Patient-Centered Care Act of 2016.

So if you go to a purely monetary standard, you are likely to understate the benefits.

I distinctly remember driving to work in the morning on a nice summer day and hearing the radio station tell me that today is a bad air day in Rhode Island.

Mr. President, I am here for the 141st time to urge my colleagues to wake up, in this case more specifically to the political influence, particularly the dark money, that perpetuates the climate blockade in Congress. In 1831, Alexis de…

The enforcement of these standards has meant a big deal to Rhode Island. We are back in attainment; our bad air days are diminished; there are fewer asthma and hospital visits.