how much time remains in our colloquy? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 6 minutes remaining.

During the debate 5\1/2\ years ago at the health care summit at the Blair House, our Democratic friends said: Well, when are you Republicans going to come up with a big, comprehensive plan? My answer to them was: If you are waiting for…

Senator Cassidy, of course, has a unique perspective on this as a practicing physician. I think he still practices some--as much as he can within the Senate rules--but he sees patients regularly. I ask Senator Cassidy, what was the effect…

Senator Isakson, before he came to the Senate, was a small businessman in Georgia. Probably the largest employer in our country is the hospitality industry--restaurants, hotels, that sort of thing, employing many young people, many…

Memphis is proud of the fact that it is a center for medical device innovation. Some of the leading medical device companies in the world are located in Memphis, TN. The Obamacare bill--part of its trillion dollars in new taxes included a…

And I wonder if the Senator has been hearing from some of his constituents about their premium increases.

Six minutes remaining. We have heard a lot in the news about co-ops. Co-ops were an invention of Obamacare that were designed to provide health care to many Americans. I know that in South Carolina, for example--closure of these co-ops for…

I thank the Senator from Georgia for his leadership on the HELP Committee on which all of us serve. One of the newer members of the HELP Committee brings a lot of expertise: Senator Cassidy from Louisiana. He wasn't there, at least not in…

I say to Senator Isakson, I recall one of the most vigorous debates we had 5\1/2\ years ago was first the President saying: We won't touch Medicare. Next thing you know, they took $700 billion out of Medicare to spend on new programs, at a…

What the Senator is saying, if I hear him right, is that in the worst of circumstances, the effect of Obamacare on some of the people he is talking with means they are working less hours, so they have less money. Their insurance premium is…

The essential problem with Obamacare for people who buy individual insurance, it seems to me, I say to Senator Isakson, is that Washington tells you what insurance to buy. I think of a woman named Emilie in Middle Tennessee who has lupus…

I ask unanimous consent to lead a colloquy with Senators Burr, Isakson, Cassidy, and Scott for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.