Heidi Alexander: “Will the Chair please let me know when 5 minutes is remaining. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes. ____________________”

I’m an overweight 51 year old woman, and what we’re doing through this cycling and walking investment strategy is about how we get, frankly, people like me to be a little bit more active.

We'll start getting rid of the dreaded 'ironing board seats' so passengers can enjoy comfier, more pleasant journeys on some of Britain's busiest commuter routes.

I thank my friend Mitch, and I thank my friend Chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On March 9, 1967, Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., the newly elected Senator from Tennessee, made his maiden address, his first…

Today, our committee--the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee--had its last hearing of the year, and it was my last hearing as chairman of the committee. While we are on the theme of education, one of the interesting--and I am…