I think that you have an understanding of the special challenges that are faced by women entrepreneurs, having been one yourself, and minority-owned businesses and veterans.

When I talk with my small businesses and they say that, it is easy enough to say we are in an overregulated environment, but I always ask them, 'What specific regulation is it that is causing you trouble?'

I think that finally, with the potential demise or repeal of the Affordable Care Act and voucherizing of Medicare and the huge cuts to Medicaid, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, it is finally, I think, sinking into our country what…

These seniors are going to find out that with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, they will end up paying more for drugs.

I think that if he is chosen, he will decimate Medicare and Medicaid as we know it.

I rise today in opposition to the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Representative Pompeo has been wrong on many critical intelligence issues during his 6 years in Congress. He will not…

Don't touch Medicare but don't pass the Affordable Care Act.

I was surprised, pleasantly surprised by your response to that question.

How do you all think that is supposed to happen? How is that supposed to be implemented with Secretary Price at the helm?

I will join my colleagues in fighting tooth and nail against the voucherizing of Medicare and the privatizing of these kinds of programs that really are the lifelines for millions of people in our community.

On behalf of the 200,000 seniors in Hawaii on Medicare-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

The consent decrees provide a kind of bridge of accountability between police departments and the community that are enforceable.