I believe that we should address currency manipulations in trade agreements, because currency values have an immense impact on imports and exports.

I was one of the lead sponsors of the DATA 2000 law, along with then Senators Biden and Levin.

We will pay for this; we will not pay for that.

I am generally in favor of increased transparency within our health-care system.

How will you approach fixing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program so that it is properly overseen and taxpayers' losses are kept to a minimum?

I don't know whether it is four, five, or six, but some Senators would like to have colloquy on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and I ask unanimous consent that we have that privilege. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Senator Wyden has been a leader on this.

A year ago--I think it was in the omnibus appropriation's bill--a group of doctors and the House of Representatives tried to gut this legislation. We prevented that.

Mr. Azar, as you know, I have fought hard to extend the CHIP program for a full 5 years to support the 9 million families that rely on it.

the Senator has been a leader on this with his separate piece of legislation for a long time. The next speaker is Senator Cotton; after that is Senator Lankford. In the meantime, I yield the floor to my colleagues as I have a meeting to go…

I believe Mr. Azar is more than capable of responding to what have so far been empty criticisms.

I would hope that my colleagues would want to avoid creating standards or setting new precedents where work in the private sector is somehow a knock against a nominee.

We're not talking about anything unethical. We're not talking about a nominee attempting to unduly profit off his government position.

I hope to get his commitment to produce and releasing this report as soon as possible, once he's confirmed.

If confirmed, I would be happy to work with Congress to make sure the program appropriately covers and pays for technologies.

I rise with my colleagues to offer remarks about the current status of the negotiations on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA Program, as it is known in the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, this body still isn't closer to a…

CHIP needs to be extended by January 19th, and I'm going to do all I can to make sure we get it done.

I intend to object to any unanimous consent requests at the present time relating to the nominations of David J. Ryder, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Mint, and of Isabel Marie Keenan Patelunas, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant…

in the 114th Congress, we came very close to passing Kevin and Avonte's Law, a bill named in honor of two boys with autism who wandered away from their caregivers and drowned. I reintroduced this legislation last month with Senators…

today we have the opportunity to pass the most sweeping changes to our Tax Code in more than 30 years. This historic moment is long overdue, and my constituents in Iowa will benefit from it. Since the last tax reform effort in 1986, the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 2146 and the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2199) to authorize…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, December 7; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Now, Professor Dershowitz is not a fan of Donald Trump, and he and I probably would not agree on many issues, generally speaking. The title of his article is ``Senator Dianne Feinstein may be provoking a constitutional conflict.''…

I have been doing oversight of the executive branch for a very long time. I have done it as ranking member, I have done it as chairman, I have done it when my party held the White House, and I have done it when the other party held the…