The issue of racial integration is the most pressing issue facing fair housing enforcers.

I will start with the public provider regulation. We know that in the past, many states used to recycle Federal health care dollars they paid to their hospitals to use for any number of purposes beyond health care. It was an embarrassing…

the budget resolution proposes that Congress delay several CMS Medicaid regulations that are unpopular with states and advocates. I know some people have concerns with the CMS Medicaid regulations. I am not going to argue they are perfect…

Mr. Secretary, I want to talk for a moment about how important it is to encourage physicians to adopt e-prescribing. Some studies suggest that e-prescribing could save the Nation tens of billions of dollars. It can prevent doctors from…

Remember, before Christmas the Senate voted to make sure that middle-class America didn't pay the alternative minimum tax, and we did it without an offset by a vote of 95 to something. So here we are again with an opportunity to say to…

However, the regulations do address areas where there are problems in Medicaid. Somehow I read this budget resolution as not recognizing those real problems. States don't have clear guidance and could be inappropriately spending taxpayers'…

Well, Madam President, I appreciate the Senator's kind words. I am going to kind of use some words that I think he spoke to me last year, and I would not say they are an absolute quote, but it went something like this: Chuck--that is my…

No, you would not. In fact, it detracts from it. Because too often reconciliation tends to be a partisan issue, and we will never get SCHIP through here that is not bipartisan. I think you are making the case that I have taken a long time…

today I support this resolution to honor the service and leadership of Iowa State University. I am cosponsoring this resolution because I know firsthand the substantial contributions that Iowa State has made to both Iowa and the Nation as…

this week the House passed a 10 month extension of our unilateral trade preferences for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, and today it is the Senate's turn to consider the issue. I want to take a moment to explain why I have decided to…

today I pay tribute to an American hero who was killed on February 17, 2008, in Diyala Province, Iraq, while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. His bravery and selflessness will not be forgotten. I extend my thoughts and prayers to his…

we have come down to the crucial vote on whether we are going to greatly improve the House stimulus bill. In a few minutes, all Senators will have to undergo that balancing exercise I referred to last week. On one hand, you have the…

today I give tribute to an American hero who was killed in the line of duty while conducting combat operations for Operation Enduring Freedom in Barikowt, Afghanistan. SSG Robert J. Miller was wounded by small arms fire and died from these…

I will speak on the stimulus package. Before I give a general overview of it, I want to say something about one of the several mistakes, or oversights, that is in the House bill. I don't mean to imply that these were known as oversights at…

last May, Senator Baucus and I began investigating GlaxoSmithKline regarding their diabetes drug, Avandia. We began this investigation when Dr. Steve Nissen at the Cleveland Clinic published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine…

today I salute a great American hero who has fallen in service to his country in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army SSG Sean M. Gaul gave his life on January 9, 2008, after sustaining wounds when an improvised explosive device…

I think the president is doing this now. It's catch up time, because he didn't veto very many spending bills during the years that the Republicans controlled Congress.

There was no excuse for it in the first place. Not having a procedure in place for the massive expenditures of money that was spent.

One of my concerns is that the FDA has a relationship with drug companies that is far too cozy. That's exactly the opposite of what it should be. The health and safety of the public must be FDA's first and only concern.

Our courts are called upon to decide important matters, matters that often have great public impact. The attitude and views that a person brings to the bench make a difference in how they reach those decisions. So the Senate is right to…

the filibuster reflects the Senate's longstanding respect for minority views and underscores the unique role of the Senate as a part of American democracy.

the filibuster encourages the President to find common ground with the Senate on nominating individuals who can garner consensus.

I rise today to address the issue of school to work. I share many of the sentiments that have already been expressed by my colleagues. Today, students who do not pursue a college degree, face great challenges in finding a job which is…

I feel we have worked out a very, very good compromise and this is the compromise that is now presented and will be taken up tomorrow when we do what is remaining of that bill.

last week I came to the floor of the Senate and made some very critical remarks about Comptroller General Bowsher's recent decision to reopen the M accounts at the Department of Defense or DOD. Congress passed a law in 1990 that phased out…