Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012. The Committees will meet in room 345 of the Cannon House Office Building, beginning at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing entitled ``Stay-at-Work and Back-to-Work Strategies: Lessons…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012. at 2:15 p.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

I hope everybody's been listening to this. What has become clear is this: the Republicans have a 3-act play. First, repeal IPAB; next, repeal the rest of health care reform; and, finally, repeal Medicare. It is so hypocritical to come…

When you read over the long list of Senator Barbara Mikulski's accomplishments, one word keeps coming up, ``first.'' First woman to be elected to the Senate from Maryland, first woman of her party to serve in both the House of…

Madam President, in a few minutes, we are going to vote on whether we should end debate on a House bill which carries the false label of a jobs bill--a bill which cries out for debate and amendment. If we continue down this track, we will…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Look, the Supreme Court will be hearing the case about the individual mandate next week, and I don't think we want to argue this now. We don't have any judges here. But let me say, on the individual…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. Look, we need to address it, but destroying Medicare is not the way to address it. That's what you do. You destroy it. You destroy it when you say you're saving it. I reserve the balance of my time.

I yield myself an additional 1 minute. Look, I respect that. But the primary fact, the basic fact is that the Affordable Care Act addresses this issue more effectively than has been addressed before. There is more money for primary care…

I yield myself 1 minute. The present system doesn't have enough primary care. I know from my own experience that there's a lack of family physicians and primary care physicians. The Affordable Care Act strengthens that program, will…

No. What the Republicans would do would be to send the decisions already there in large measure to insurance companies. I reserve the balance of my time.