And so is it fair to conclude that your assessment is that the transparency related to your relationship with the pharmaceutical company, that it could produce higher costs for the consumer?

And Mr. Balto also argued that PBMs exclusivity arrangements with some drug manufacturers can keep drug prices artificially high by keeping lower-price drugs off the market and by incentivizing PBMs through manufacturer rebates to switch…

Mr. President, today marks a dark milestone on the long road to environmental justice. Twenty years ago, Nigerian environmental and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was hanged, along with eight fellow defendants, following an…

Well, I was very happy to join the Senator. I thought Frank Jackson was extremely impressive on this subject. He pointed out that there are times in life when we simply have to go to the future, and if you decide to hang on to the past…

Mr. President, it is my habit to give my ``Time to Wake Up'' speeches once a week when the Senate is in session. It is also a practice of mine to go to other States--particularly States that have Republican Senators--to look at what is…

Madam President, I rise to speak in support of the revised National Defense Authorization Act conference report we have before us today. It is the result of months of collaborative work by the Senate Armed Services Committee and a very…

It is appropriate that we take stock of what is and what is not working with regard to the organization and processes of the DOD.

I just wanted to second your comments and thank the witnesses' extraordinary insights.

Defense reform is not a partisan issue, and we will keep it that way.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank the chairman and ranking member, particularly Chairman Wilson and the members of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, for their hard work and…

Mr. Speaker, it has been 34 days since the murder of nine men and women at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. It has been 140 days since the murder of nine parishioners at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It has been…

I would just ask the gentleman if he would commit to working with Congresswoman Hahn and I and a group of others that are really interested in restoring and modernizing the Highway Beautification Act so that we might work collaboratively…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her extraordinary leadership on this effort. I rise in strong support of this amendment. This amendment would require the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility, costs…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your legislation that created the TIP Report in your early years upon this issue.

Finally, the President, obviously, has just announced 50 Special Forces will be dispatched to Syria to advise and assist Kurdish forces in that region.

I remain very concerned that the absence of a coherent strategy for success in Syria and Iraq to defeat ISIL...

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak in recognition of the first National Apprenticeship Week. As always, it is an honor to join my good friend and colleague, Representative G.T. Thompson from Pennsylvania, who will be speaking next. I want…

Before that matter is settled, reserving the right to object, I will be speaking for about 15 minutes. If one of you is going to be quicker than that, particularly significantly quicker--not 14 minutes--I would be happy to yield and let…