I absolutely voted against that, because it set us on this path where we are running up huge deficits and debts that keep piling on.

The President's budget, as you know, never balances, continues to add to our nation's debt and to the burdens of our children forever, whereas the Ryan budget balances within 10 years.

What we have seen with the kind of programs that we are talking about is less recidivism.

We have seen that putting people in prison with mental illness makes them sicker, costs us money.

I have been working on a reauthorization of MIOTCRA and expansion of it called the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act.

If we want to keep high-wage, high-skilled jobs here, the only way to do that is to increase access to some form of higher education.

We are cutting off our noses to spite our face.

What I have been asking for, is a commitment to increase funding for special education.

We need an administration to work with Congress to advance lasting solutions for the challenges facing schools nationwide.

More programs and higher spending have had little measurable impact on students' academic achievement.

Families, school leaders, and taxpayers deserve a better way forward.

You have long been a great supporter of the travel and tourism industry, and we truly appreciate your continued leadership in pushing for important, successful programs like Brand USA.

I urge you to help us create more American jobs by advancing H.R. 4450/S. 2250--the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014.

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Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2013. With tax day coming upon us on Tuesday, the time is now to pass this bipartisan legislation. I worked on the…

Mr. President, recently the Senate failed to permanently repeal the current system of automatic payment cuts for physicians who treat Medicare patients and to replace it with a more sensible system for reimbursing physicians. Instead, the…

I agree that we need State flexibility in addressing those kinds of issues especially on the new rules that EPA will make on the existing coal fired plants.

I worked closely, with Senator Murkowski, to introduce an amendment to the Shaheen/Portman bill to support the deployment of combined heat and power district energy.