Well, I think the gentleman has also brought the other chart down here, which you probably used earlier, which is how the system would be structured. Now, when the first bill was presented by our good friends on the other side, that was…

Put those ideas on the floor, and let all of those ideas be fully debated in front of the American people. Give an up-down vote on every idea that's out there. Just perhaps, just perhaps, we will find that there is a needed reform to our…

Yes. I would simply suggest to the leaders of our Congress and to the President, instead of saying, If you have ideas, give them to me, and I'll make a choice on whether they're good or not, put the ideas on the floor.

I appreciate being able to join the gentleman from Missouri here, and I appreciate his efforts so far in explaining the differences in these particular bills. I want to echo that I agree with you that we are in a precarious situation…

I also appreciate the fact that sometimes we present arguments and I need to have a specific legal expert explaining them to me. We talked a little bit earlier about the fact that apparently in his speech today, the President once again…

If I could maybe add to that, because I think you have hit on one of the things I think is essential if we are really going to reform the health care system, because we do have two problems. One is people being covered by insurance, but…

If I could add just one element to that concept of $250,000, because I agree with you, if $250,000 was a salaried employee, that's pretty good money. The only problem is, in all of these equations it applies to the business world as well…

I think you're absolutely right, and I think that's one of the reasons a lot of people have changed their opinions. A lot of people have grave concerns about this type of a program, a one-size-fits-all, Washington-based program. I've also…

I've actually been trying to think of a lot of metaphors here, and I don't think any of them really work terribly well. Except I do remember one time when my oldest kid was about 3 or 4. He had been given a candy bar and was supposed to…

That means there will be an extended cost of doing business associated with this particular plan. Even though when we say anyone making over $250,000 will not be taxed, it will be taxed. Once again, if that was simply a salaried…

The gentleman from Missouri also has those last two points on your chart, which reemphasizes the very statements that you were just making.

At times we have talked in the past about this concept of constitutionality in two ways. One, that it violates the concepts of federalism. But the second one deals with specifically the commerce clause. I think that's been brought to our…

If I can add a follow-up question to that, in the law that is proposed to be passed, either the House or the Senate version, does it allow me to maintain my insurance in the present form if I want to maintain that insurance in the present…

So adding that as something to improve the system doesn't improve the system at all. It is nothing. What we need to do is actually implement those. And you are right. Once again, even my home State, the legislature once again is addressing…

I would be very hesitant to try and ascribe any motives as to why things happened the way they did. What we do know is, historically, when major changes of policy have taken place, even when they have been hotly debated, even sometimes…

As a result, if ratified by Congress, our Nation could capitulate our position as the world leader in space exploration.

Mr. President, today I rise to introduce the Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 with my good friend and colleague Senator Harry Reid as an original cosponsor. Our legislation would establish a regulatory framework and a development…

If Project Constellation is canceled, our Nation will not in the near future be able to travel beyond low-Earth orbit.