I acknowledge the fact that we need to make some changes. Changes the democrats want and changes the republicans want in order to provide some certainty.

I hope you will just look at the evidence that suggests that the propensity to commit a crime with a gun is directly connected to the likelihood that a gun is in close proximity to you.

I want to thank the Chairman and Senator Murray for their work in helping to pass... the legislation which authorizes the position for which Dr. McCance-Katz is being nominated for.

The issue of parity for the treatment of mental and substance use disorders has been an ongoing problem.

In the event of a pandemic, it is critical for the public health to be able to respond quickly...

I intend to offer the following motions to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

Maybe this time would be better used if you allowed us to ask you some questions about the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.

will the Senator yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.

Thank you, Mr. President. We are starting to hear rumors of what is in the so-called skinny bill, and it is not skinny. It is humongous. It is filled with all sorts of conservative priorities, whether it be--these are rumors--the end to…

this process is an embarrassment. This is nuclear-grade bonkers what is happening here tonight. We are about to reorder one-fifth of the American healthcare system, and we are going to have 2 hours to review a bill which, at first blush…

no one should normalize what is happening on this Senate floor right now. We are all waiting for the white smoke to come out of Republican leadership offices so that the millions and millions of very scared people in my State will be able…

I intend to offer the following motions to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

I was really glad to be on the floor to hear the remarks of my great friend Senator Kaine. It is gut-check time in the U.S. Senate. The legislation we are going to consider tomorrow would hurt a lot of people in ways I think that are very…

I thank the Senator from Georgia for the recognition. Colleagues, the new CBO score is out on, I guess, version 4.5 or 5.5--it is hard to keep track of the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act--and nothing has changed. This proposal…

You would be overturning existing precedent should you decide that graduate students who get compensation in the form of tuition are not allowed to organize.

I have had the good fortune of being in both the House and the Senate during the period of passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act and now the debate over repeal, and I have heard consistently from my Republican colleagues…

this hearing is really important. It's part of our obligation as a committee to review the nominations

I look forward to working with the chairman and the ranking member on coming up with a bill that can get consensus support on this committee.

Thank you for that answer and for your focus on the issue.

We are in this really special and unique position to make sure that both the Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms have the resources that they need to help keep us safe.

How are we applying a common sense rule against a real world threat and are we in the right place?

I want to join Senator Lankford in expressing my gratitude to the Capitol Police force for their heroism on the ball field in Alexandria.

People are very engaged in the democratic process, and so you have got a lot of people who want to be in our space.

The legislative branch is not exempt from the larger budget debate.

I want to pick up where my colleague from Hawaii left off. There is a wonderful analogy that President Obama used after the 2016 election. As you could imagine, Democrats were pretty dejected the day after, and President Obama put it…