I move to waive the appropriate provisions in the Budget Act and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll…

Mr. President, I will take my minute to simply say my amendment does exactly what the Sanders amendment does. It provides a $250 stipend to seniors, veterans, the disabled who did not receive a cost-of-living increase because the inflation…

Mr. President, I am going to set this amendment aside and talk on it later. I ask unanimous consent to set the pending amendment aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3390 to Amendment No. 3336…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3390. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Burr] proposes an amendment numbered 3390 to amendment No…

Mr. President, there is an amendment pending by Senator Sanders to offer a $250 stipend to seniors, veterans, and those disabled to replace the lack of a cost-of-living increase, a COLA increase. As we are all aware, the formulas that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3389 to Amendment No. 3336

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set the pending amendment aside and to call up amendment No. 3389. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

I think it's extremely difficult to really penetrate this problem, when so many Americans don't have a medical home.

I think the parents should be demanding from us that we have higher nutritional standards in those programs.

To me, it's the worst delivery system in the world, because it funnels everybody to an emergency room when they're sick.

There's an incredible world of communication, that targets exactly the folks we're after, that goes unmentioned in a lot of the educational proposals that are out there.

Should we lead by example? Should we say, for that at-risk population, 'We're going to set a standard, and you're going to meet that standard.'

I would like to thank Chairman Harkin for holding this hearing today.

Senator Harkin and I agree totally on the need for prevention, wellness, and chronic-disease management.

We've got to rethink our entire education system, if in fact, we want to integrate education and physical fitness together.

It's impossible for me to believe that we can fully take advantage of any investment in prevention, wellness, and chronic-disease management if, in fact, the delivery point of healthcare is an emergency room.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide Federal reimbursement to State and…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the reason that the folks on the other side of the aisle are pushing through this martial law rule, same-day rule, is because they have problems in their own caucus. As the…