Recently, the Des Moines Register reported that an Iowa- based insurance company has decided to exit the health insurance market, abandoning insurance sales directly to individuals and families. So what is the net effect of all of that…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for about 12 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Johanns pertaining to the introduction of S. 1805 are printed in today's Record…

few things provide me with greater charity than conversations I have with people back home in Nebraska. I rise to discuss a few of those conversations I had just last week during our work period back home. I used this opportunity to meet…

I rise today to honor a fallen hero, Petty Officer First Class Caleb Nelson of Omaha, Nebraska. Petty Officer Nelson died on October 1, 2011, when his vehicle was struck by an explosive device in Afghanistan. He was on combat patrol with…

there has been a lot of talk about how we go about rebuilding the infrastructure after recent disasters and how we assist struggling States to accomplish that goal. Many in this body do not believe the Federal Government should borrow…

For Germany to embrace the idea of bailing out Greece, it would be like Nebraska with a balanced budget amendment and an obligation that we cannot borrow any more than $100,000 so we have no debt bailing out another State that spent wildly…

I did not support it.

Does that require a treaty change, the last step that you have just described? It does, does it not?

I think you are working hard. But I will bet when we look back 12 months from now and 24 months from now and 36 months from now, we are going to see little activity by the member countries to embrace anything near what we did with…

It seems clear to me that the river management system did not work.

I have to imagine, everybody on this panel is nervous.

We have about a $2 billion issue hanging out there.

I think this is a matter of urgency. We have to move forward.

Somehow, some way, we have to figure out how to fund these things.

Let me just thank all of you for being here today.

This is a day for bipartisanship.

It seems to me that the conditions are, No. 1, the capacity in the system is about where it was a year ago.

Of all the expertise relative to pipelines in the Federal government I can't imagine it would be at the State Department.

the 432-page Missouri River master manual needs to have additional emphasis placed on the top priority, and that priority is flood control.

I rise today to remember a fallen hero, U.S. Army National Guard Master Sergeant Christian Riege. He and two fellow officers were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Carson City International House of Pancakes on September 6, 2011. This…

I come to the floor today--thankfully for the last time, I hope--in support of the pending free-trade agreements with Korea, Panama, and Colombia. For nearly 3 years we have heard the administration say the right things. Yet there were…

I submit the following notice in writing: In accordance with Rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend Rule XXII, including germaneness requirements, for the…

I rise today to honor a fallen hero-- Navy Master-At-Arms Petty Officer First Class John Douangdara of South Sioux City, Nebraska. Petty Officer Douangdara was part of the East Coast Based SEAL team on the Chinook helicopter that was…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to all the witnesses, thanks for being here.

I rise today to address the Palestinian efforts to gain statehood at the United Nations, which is occurring this week. As most of us are aware, Palestinian Authority President Abbas has signaled that he intends to ask the United Nations…