I think we have to be clear eyed about the fact in a number of cases, the U.N. is operating in theaters where transnational terrorist organizations also are operating.

I am very supportive of the administration efforts to bring European and rising states back into peacekeeping.

Nobody would accuse the U.N. of being an efficient organization.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Senator is correct that last week Senate Democrats thought that it was more important to talk about terrorism than it was to talk about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act for the 16th time in the U.S…

The United Nations is a global institution, rather than a regional one, making its tools global in scope.

In early 2003 I was in the well of the Security Council arguing for a Chapter VII UNSC resolution permitting the use of force against Iraq.

We should make sure that patients in pain are able to get the help they need.

There is simply no reason a person struggling with addiction should be able to doctor shop and get multiple prescriptions.

I believe the opioid epidemic is a challenge that cannot go unmet.

I call up amendment No. 2918. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Connecticut [Mr. Murphy] proposes an amendment numbered 2918 to amendment No. 2916.

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

when President Clinton proposed his health care bill in 1993, Republicans were so upset that they came up with a radical idea. This radical idea was to give tax credits to poor people to buy private insurance, to set up an insurance…

I am on the floor to speak to the debate that is happening now on reconciliation, specifically, the fact that we are here for the 16th time in the Senate debating the repeal of all or significant parts of the Affordable Care Act, and stack…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Terrorist Attacks Against France and Syrian Refugees

I wish to speak about Friday night for a few moments. In Connecticut, on Friday night the world really did stop. Thousands of people in my State watched their television set or their smartphone as images like this one poured in from the…

It is clear that reform is needed and that Congress has a central role to play in strengthening the existing efforts.

We need to have the flexibility to put resources where they are the most important to U.S. interests.

we are in the beginning stages of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, which extends through January 31, 2016. I wanted to briefly come to the floor today to make sure the body knows that over the course of the next 2\1/2\ months…

I thank the Senator from Massachusetts. We spend a lot of time here on the floor of the Senate talking about how our States are different. That happens in the House of Representatives where I served as well. But there is one thing that…

I thank Senator Durbin very much. This article is a few years old, but it underscores his point. Here is the opening line of an article from CNBC on this question of salaries for the CEOs of for-profit universities. The article opens by…

we did not make good on those expectations.

the President asked for double the amount that he had last year.

I would argue that, by having Libya as a proxy struggle between several Gulf States and Turkey on the other side perpetuates the conflict.

this lack of American focus, this lack of American attention, this lack of American leadership.

What I think we need to be focusing on in Egypt, and in other countries as well, is less about talking about democracy and more about promoting tolerance and inclusion.