Thank you, Mr. President. We talked about how difficult this is. This is a good example of why we need to get this out of Washington and back in the States. For the last 15 years the States have been figuring out how to do this. They have…

So we are suggesting to let the money follow the child to the school, whether it is public or private and accredited. I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

I call up amendment No. 515. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Alexander], for himself and Mr. Paul, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Rubio, and Mr…

I offer this amendment on behalf of Senator Paul and myself, with Senators Toomey and McConnell cosponsoring. It is designed to help 11 million low-income children in this country. We appropriate $14.5 billion every year through our title…

I thank Senator Durbin and Senator Enzi for their hard work. They have taken a problem and simplified it and solved it, in my opinion. This is an 11-page bill, a rarity. It does only one thing. It gives States and State legislatures the…

if I might ask the Senator from Missouri to go ahead of me, if that is agreeable with the Senator from Washington. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.

I think this illustrates the problem we are having. How can this be a part of tax reform when it is not part of the Tax Code? It has been heard by the Commerce Committee in the Senate. It has been heard by the Finance Committee. It has not…

I thank the chairman for his commitment to a markup. I wonder if I might ask through the Chair when that would come. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

I wish to speak for a few minutes about 11 million low-income children in America, children which all of us would like to help. These are children that I wish would have a chance to get a little help getting to the starting line towards…

I thank the Senator from Montana for his comments, since Senator Enzi has probably been considering this bill his whole career. He came to the Senate nearly 18 years ago, and he introduced it 14 years ago. So even by Senate standards, it…

I agree with the Senator from Utah. I think he stated clearly what the constitutionality is and he has been a most forceful advocate of that. As I think about the legislation we are talking about, I am thinking also about the employer…

I see the Senator from Maryland is waiting, and I wonder, if we are through with our colloquy, if the Senator would allow me 2 or 3 minutes to correct a mistake I made on the floor of the Senate last week. Confessing error: I came to the…