Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator state his inquiry.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to…

I thank the Chair. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the list of provisions just referred to. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Section 1002--Insurance Mandate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Brittney Balduf of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of the debate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

This amendment is based largely on the extenders package that passed the House last week. It includes a 30-day extension for unemployment insurance, COBRA coverage, and the SGR Medicare physicians payment fix. It includes provisions on…

Mr. President, my amendment would require the President, the Vice President, Cabinet members, and White House staff to use exchanges created in this bill. It would also fix a loophole so that the committee and leadership staff are also…

I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley], proposes an amendment numbered 3699.

Mr. President, pursuant to section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 313 of the Budget Act for the consideration of the pending amendment.

Do I have time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa has 20 seconds.

Yes? Mr. President, let's wake up. This has to be passed. It has to be passed before the end. One of the problems we always have is that it is not offset. It was included in the Baucus- Grassley bill way back in February. The leader had…

I wish to speak in support of Senator Inhofe's amendment No. 3588, which would be to exclude medical devices for children and persons with disabilities from a medical device tax. I know that when you talk about a medical device tax and if…

I will take that 3\1/2\ minutes to comment on another aspect of the bill. This is not on the Inhofe amendment, at this point. It is something unrelated to health care, but in a sense it is related to health care. This is the…

Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 4(G)(3) of the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010, I move to waive all applicable provisions of those acts and applicable budget resolutions for…

Mr. President, I thank my friend from New Mexico for his kind words, and I thank him for the great work he did on getting us to this point. I have a limited amount of time. I want to respond to the motion to commit made by the Senator from…

Mr. President, this bill makes unprecedented investments to expand high-quality educational opportunities for all Americans. It invests in the Pell grant scholarship award, strengthens historically Black colleges and universities and other…

Mr. President, I thank my friend from Montana, the chairman of the Finance Committee. I thank him for all of his great leadership, and also Senator Dodd, who just spoke. If I might just add a little historical footnote. Senator Baucus…

The last time we took up higher education, in 2007, we lowered interest rates on student loans and crafted the interest-based repayment program. In this bill, we lower that down even more--from 15 percent to 10 percent--and we make a…

Mr. President, the CLASS Act is a voluntary, self-funded insurance program, with enrollment for people who are presently employed. There are no taxpayer dollars involved whatsoever. The statement that the Senator referred to was made…