Isn't it great to know what you were put on this Earth to do? Isn't that great?

The most important element in the success of any organization I have ever been a part of is leadership.

Over the last, gosh, 40-some years, maybe 50 years, in this country we have tried to figure out in a health care delivery system how do we get better results for less money.

I want to thank each of you for being here today.

I think we actually need to make it really clear: This person blew the whistle, here is what we learned, and here is why veterans are better off.

The number of people without health care coverage is down from about 40 million to maybe closer to 10 million now, headed in the right direction.

Some people said we need to do health care reform in order to slow the growth of health care costs, and we did.

First, let me thank Senator Flake for a very thoughtful statement. It reminds me a little bit of what Senator Reid has been asking for by unanimous consent for a week or two; that is, to actually forgo cloture votes and that sort of thing…

They want us to take yes for an answer, and I would take no for an answer with the measure that is before us today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Federal Employees Dr. Michelle Colby and Jonathan McEntee

literally every month of this year, I have come to the Senate floor to do something that one of our former colleagues, Ted Kaufman, who served as our Senator for 2 years after Joe Biden became Vice President--Ted used to come to the floor…

going back to the elections of last November, there are three takeaways--enduring takeaways--for me from that election: No. 1, people want us to work together; No. 2, they want us to get things done; No. 3, they want us to find ways to…

one of the factors in creating a favorable environment for job creation and job preservation is, of all things, something that has been around for 200 years to 225 years, and that is the U.S. Postal Service. Not many people think of the…

What the Executive Orders say and what the codification of it says, it is talking about regulatory impact analysis, not just benefit-cost analysis.

I think that was a point you made, too, Senator Carper, in your opening remarks, that we care about the benefits and the outcomes of the regulations.

We are grateful for all of you.

These Executive Orders have, as you heard here, broad bipartisan support.

I actually jotted down while others were asking questions some of the ways that we in the Congress can help contribute positively or negatively to this process.

We try to help people, and one of the best ways to help people is to make sure they have a job.

One of those is by passing legislation that is clear and unambiguous, and it reduces the need for the regulators to come in and kind of put the meat on the bones.

It is not that we do not have the ability to have an impact on the regulations. We actually have a lot of opportunities to provide input on the regulations.

That is a helpful thought. Thank you.

But a big part of that is access to capital--nurturing our environment and access to capital.

It was a very moving, sobering, inspiring moment.

I also think that Senator Heitkamp's bill is really valuable because it does--right now we would be making those decisions without good data.