Thank you, Mr. President, and I thank the Senator from New York for bringing us all together this evening to talk about the really vital economic importance of the Northeast corridor to States such as Connecticut, New Jersey…

We are, obviously, watching these protests closely.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. Yesterday, the administration announced that 7.1 million people had signed up for private health care all across the country in exchanges that range from the national exchange down to the State-based…

if Russia gets away with this extraterritorial incursion into Crimea without consequences and without serious, crippling consequences, then that sends a message to other countries that may be considering similar extraterritorial action.

Senator Chris Murphy has called for a nation-wide investigation.

Madam President, George Holland was a pretty exceptional kid. When he was 14 years old, he went through something that I do not think any of us can even imagine what it is like to go through. His parents got into a heated argument. They…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). Without objection, it is so ordered. Gun Violence

But the institution, in this case, the equivalent of the house, deserves to have the same kind of rigorous analysis applied to it.

Mr. President, I thank Senator Whitehouse, who is an extraordinary leader on the issue of trying to control costs and improving quality. Senator Stabenow and Senator Boxer have been down here talking about the importance of the Affordable…

The idea that we're spending, in this particular institution's case, $1.4 billion in taxpayer money all for the benefit of getting a 40 percent default rate and graduation rates, that are hovering under 10 percent at this institution is…

Yesterday, healthcare.gov saw about 1.2 million visits to the site. The call centers, which are busy enrolling people at a pace that is now exceeding 50,000 to 100,000 people a day, saw 390,000 phone calls. A new poll just came out…

Senator Murray, Senator Sanders, myself and Senator Schatz have legislation that I hope will take a look at it in the context of HEA reauthorization that will give you and give the Department of Education some new tools with which to try…