Red tape requirements are an attempt to suffocate the Medicaid program and deny health care to the Americans who count on it.

We urge CMS to withdraw this rule to ensure that Medicaid can continue its mission of providing health coverage to low-income Americans.

So, to my colleagues who oppose this approach, who say we need more time to do it, I want to back up Senator Cassidy. It costs money over time. It costs benefits over time. The solution becomes more expensive over time. The longer you…

“There’s another thing Congress can do right now for consumers and small businesses: pass the Credit Card Competition Act—a bipartisan bill I sponsor with Senator Marshall of Kansas. This bill would bring down the cost of swipe fees that…

Finally—after years of the Trump Administration making excuse after excuse in support of for-profit colleges—this court ruling is delivering justice to the hundreds of thousands of students who were left in the lurch.

During his nomination hearing, one of my Republican colleagues asked Blanche if he and President Trump are friends. Blanche responded ‘I’m his lawyer.’ That Freudian slip sums up why he has been nominated… Todd Blanche’s DOJ has become one…

The political escapade of the last week has made it clearer than ever that Todd Blanche has no business serving as our nation’s chief law enforcement officer.

Dr. Fauci deserves an apology for the way he was treated by my colleagues, and the American people deserve better than the pitiful display we saw in the Senate last Wednesday.

It costs money over time. It costs benefits over time—the solution becomes more expensive over time.

Reducing operations at the world’s busiest airport for one-and-a-half years reduces available flights for travelers at arguably the most crucial nexus for the United States and stunts economic growth for the entire Midwest.

The longer you wait, the more expensive it becomes to save Social Security. And we absolutely, positively have to save it. Too many people are counting on it.

They [the Trump Administration] doesn’t have sensitivity to issues like racial disparity but they seem to want to fly right into the face of it to re-write history where they can [and] to eliminate programs that are arguing for equality…

It is a great day in the Senate when a Democrat and a Republican stand on the floor and don’t criticize one another, but actually talk about working together.

[T]his Administration… is squeezing [school districts] when it comes to… resources and discouraging a generation of special ed[ucation] teachers in the process.

“For some small businesses, these swipe fees become their second or third largest expense, and many of them have been forced to raise prices as a result.”

“Americans pay the highest swipe fees anywhere in the world. The Credit Card Competition Act would bring these down, leading to savings for businesses and lower prices for consumers.”

It’s no surprise that a President who peddled ‘Trump University’ as a prestigious institution would side with predatory for-profit colleges while defrauded students drowned in debt.

Thus, it is critical that members confirmed to the Commission have the technical expertise, experience, and understand the gravity their work has on the criminal justice system.