just for clarification for the Senator from Vermont, I didn't speak to a group of people from Wall Street. I spoke at a POLITICO breakfast--POLITICO magazine, newspaper, whatever it is. I didn't know it had anything to do with Wall Street…

One of them is my mother. If I were to cut her Medicare and Social Security, sir, I probably would never be able to see her again or go home. So the answer to your question is no. As I have been clear time and again, I believe that for…

how much time is remaining on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 14 minutes.

it would surprise my friend to know that in Florida we have a lot of people on Medicare and Social Security.

That has been the gold standard for a significant period of time. That is what I campaigned on. That is a promise I made, and I want it to be even lower than that, at 22 percent. By the way, if there is a better way to pay for what I am…

I will yield, as long as it doesn't count against my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to enter into a colloquy with my colleague, the Senator from Utah. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I hope that in tax reform, we will try to do what we should do in all of our policies; that is, come up with ideas that are both pro-growth and pro-worker. There are a lot of good things in this tax bill, but we need to make it better. We…

I know we are scheduled for a vote in a few minutes. We will have plenty of time to talk about this in the days to come. I think one of the core things that I hope tax reform will be about is empowering the American worker. By ``the…

I think if anyone out there thinks they can somehow get away with something because the politics of the United States would prevent the Commander in Chief from acting expeditiously, that could also encourage miscalculation.

If this is going to happen in Alabama, keep it in Alabama. We don't want this spreading.

tomorrow the House will announce its plan for tax reform as a starting point. I doubt everybody here will agree with everything that is in it, but I imagine we will find a lot of good in it, and it will be a good starting point for this…