It's time to restore integrity to this sport.

Mr. President, when Congress began debating health care in 2009, the goal was to lower the cost of care and give Americans the care they need from a doctor they choose. Americans were promised that if they liked the insurance they had and…

Mr. President, are we in morning business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in postcloture time. Health Care

In South Dakota, it should not be any surprise that most of our providers are highly dependent upon government payer sources.

Mr. President, today I wish to honor six brave airmen with the North Carolina Air National Guard who died or were seriously injured while fighting South Dakota's White Draw Fire. Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal, Maj. Joseph McCormick, Maj. Ryan…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this bill, which would repeal the President's health care law. We've known all along that this bill will cut a half a trillion dollars out of Medicare. We've known…

Mr. President, today I wish to speak in support of the surface transportation conference report. As chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, which is responsible for authorizing the public transportation…

Absolutely. Nothing in this bill changes the fact that decisions to use public or private service should be up to local providers. We firmly believe that the public versus private question should be decided on the basis of local needs, not…

Absolutely not. That section is intended to help public and private sector providers to better coordinate service and allow for more private investment in public transportation projects. Public providers of public transportation do our…

if we try to rush a quick fix on the issue of privacy, rather than very thoughtfully and carefully dealing with the issue, we could stifle the very important economic advantage that we have in the United States.

Madam President, I come to the floor today to talk about our economy, the threat of the pending fiscal cliff, and the need to address the challenges we face. Two years ago last week, the Obama administration hailed the advent of the…

I think that benefits all of us as we try to make good and informed decisions.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski)…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded and that I be allowed to speak as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Taxmageddon

Madam President, I rise to express my growing concern as massive tax increases loom on the horizon, and yet the Senate has not taken a single vote to forestall what many are appropriately calling taxmageddon. Washington tends to be a place…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?

Safety's got to be a top priority.

Mr. President, in the years 1994 to 2003, the Congress appropriated over $36 billion in ad hoc or emergency assistance for farmers and ranchers across this country above and beyond the normal farm program payments. Let me say that…