It should make the tax code, arguably, fair, maybe more fair than before.

We actually try to do that in our bill by allowing employers to provide premium discounts of as much as 30 percent for folks who take better care of themselves.

But I also hear, every time that there is an issue that comes up in any department... the first thing the other side of the aisle rises up and says is, you know what, this wouldn't be an issue if we had a permanent chair in that spot.

We have employees there that are actually in debt bondage that we are bringing in from third-world countries.

I have obvious concerns on USAID, and some of it is because of the strategy, the Forward strategy that they have.

We have an enormous amount of waste that is happening by the millions of dollars in some of our USAID programs.

I think there must be some disappointment that the summit will not be an enlargement summit.

Mr. President, I take this time to urge my colleagues to allow us to move forward in the consideration of the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act so we can allow the interest rate on student loans to remain at its current level…

I think it is particularly important for U.S. leadership to be pretty focused and clear in Chicago.

But our bottom line point is no one should see this summit as somehow the end of enlargement or some different priority.

I think the signal that is being sent is that we are slowing down the formal expansion of NATO for many reasons and many legitimate reasons.

Madam President, once again, it is that time of year when many proud parents will watch their children walk across the graduation stage to receive their diplomas. Two years ago, I watched my oldest daughter saunter across her college…

I rise as well in very strong opposition to this amendment that prohibits funding for the National Ocean Policy. The purpose of this policy is to improve our Nation's ocean management effort, protect and create jobs, and grow our economy…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong objection to an unwise and dangerous policy provision that is included in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill on the floor today. It would undermine the ability of Federal law…

I ask consent to address the Senate as in morning hour. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Startup Act

Mr. Speaker, Ronald Reagan was the last President to raise the Federal gasoline tax to support transportation programs when he signed the Surface Transportation Act of 1982. He justified the gas tax increase as necessary to pay for needed…

I am hopeful that Congress will be able to ensure the continued operation of the Federal Helium Reserve so that this important material may continue to assist doctors, patients, scientists, manufacturers and all Americans.

This legislation is urgently needed to continue administering our federal helium program to maintain a reliable domestic supply.