Lisa Murkowski

Effectively, streamlining a process is not going to increase premiums.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I believe that it does and, in fact, in Minnesota, our Governor has proposed a public option.

FERC has significant reach into the national economy.

You will certainly have the power to affect millions of American lives.

The Committee will come to order.

The fact that we have not had this open dialog to this point in time on this particular issue area is I think part of what has taken us so long to get here.

I personally wanted to thank each of you for being here, each of you for your leadership on these issues.

There is no magic answer for us.

We are not attractive to anybody. We are high cost. We are high risk.

We cannot construct a market off of 18,000 people.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

What we really need is an innovative, long-term solution that truly returns powers back to the States to implement ideas tailored to fit each State's specific needs in health insurance.

I am encouraged by the Trump administration's priorities, particularly in encouraging State flexibility and autonomy.

I thank her, not only for being here today, but for her leadership and her persistence in working, not only with the Obama administration, but with the Trump administration in getting that final sign off.

It is a pleasure to introduce to the committee an individual who has been before us before.

This is the kind of leadership and flexibility to the long-term stability of our markets.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:01 p.m., adjourned until Friday, August 4, 2017, at 9:45 a.m…

I wish to take a brief detour and congratulate my colleague who has been working aggressively as we worked to address the issue of marine debris. This is something on which, as members of the Oceans Caucus, we have been working with…

Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving.

S. 785 would solve these problems and properly honor our Alaska Native Veterans for their service to our country during the Vietnam War.

This is a difficult inequity that is really hard to comprehend, much less accept.

I am very proud that Senator Sullivan is taking the lead on it, and I am co-sponsoring it.

We are in a position to export energy to our allies, lessening their dependence on unfriendly and unpredictable regimes around the world.

OPEC no longer holds all of the cards when it comes to the price of oil.