I joined with 20 of my colleagues urging CMS to move forward with this proposal, which would lower out of pocket costs for beneficiaries.

I led, along with my good friend Ranking Member Wyden, the most thorough and comprehensive bipartisan investigation of the IRS in decades.

It is pretty simple that Congress would not pass a law that would put some segments of our economy out of business.

I am going to address, as I do often on the floor, problems with the False Claims Act. As author of the False Claims Act of 1986, I want to say upfront, before I talk about some problems, that this is a piece of legislation that has…

about 20 minutes ago, our majority leader, Senator McConnell, tried to move debate along on an immigration bill, and I am puzzled that our minority leader, Senator Schumer, objected. The reason I am puzzled is, for a long period of…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for about 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. False Claims Act

we have had a chance today to listen to my colleagues discuss what we think is the only piece of legislation that can get through the Senate, through the House of Representatives, and, most importantly, be signed by the President of the…

before the Senator from Texas leaves the floor, I think he needs to be complimented because one of the four things in the bill which I am talking about our introducing and which he is going to be one of the cosponsors of is border…

I just need 1 minute because all of my colleagues are waiting to speak now. For the benefit of the Senator from Texas, I wish to just say one thing. I don't question that he accurately quoted the union leader at the Philadelphia refinery…

two decades ago, I championed passage of the Congressional Accountability Act. It was the first piece of legislation passed by the 104th Congress and the first time in history that Congressional employees enjoyed any legal protections…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of the following nomination: Executive Calendar No. 387. I ask consent that the Senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

I thank my colleague who spoke very highly of the qualifications of Mr. Northey to be Under Secretary at the Department of Agriculture. I may say just a little bit about his qualifications, but I want to spend most of my time expressing my…

Thank you. Normally, I would speak right after the Senator from Texas, but I am going to call on three of my colleagues who are here to speak because I have more time than they have. I know the Senator from Texas has to go. He accurately…

I would like to raise a very important issue that is impacting our veterans population. That issue is the systematic denial of these veterans' Second Amendment rights. This comes up in discussions with Iowa veterans, and I have candidly…

I wish to speak on the nomination of Andrei Iancu to be Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Intellectual property is critical to our national economy because it encourages the innovation that…

I want to take a moment to discuss the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act. This legislation, which Senator Feinstein sponsored and I cosponsored, would promote mandatory reporting of suspected abuse of young athletes and give…

I rise today to strongly support an important nomination and also to tell you my position on the legislation before the U.S. Senate right now, the one Senator Sasse has just spoken eloquently about. First, I strongly support the nomination…

I have 6 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I come to the floor today to talk about the Judiciary Committee, which I chair, about our important oversight work, the investigative work, and to kind of concentrate on the past year. There are a lot of issues that need more sunlight and…

It seems to me that if we are going to get control of our growing debt and deficits, our focus needs to be on the spending side, particularly mandatory spending programs.

We think tens of billions of dollars could be saved by bringing them into a budget-neutral position.

I would like to have you give me some data that will show the benefits of such, because maybe you reduce--you are eliminating regulations that have not been enforced for the last 20 years.

We believe that, people should have support if they have lost their income for a legitimate reason.

Having the public debt go from 78 percent to 96 percent of gross national product is not very good news.