I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

I want to start this morning's presentation on the floor of the Senate with a question. What is the most heavily subsidized private business in America--the for-profit business that receives more Federal subsidies than any other? Is it a…

I am pleased that today the Senate is unanimously passing the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, known as the Forever GI Bill, which would make important improvements to the GI bill. The bill removes time…

many times over the last 6 months, I have come to the Senate to speak out on issues and to disagree with President Trump. It is clear that we have very profound political differences when it comes to the issues that face us, but I come to…

I will support the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I met with Mr. Wray prior to his hearing, and I have carefully reviewed his record and listened to his hearing testimony. I…

last week, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate rejected a bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act. This should be a turning point, not just in our healthcare debate but in the way that we move forward in the Senate. The speech…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 31, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 92, nays 5, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other Senators in the…

I thank my colleague from Vermont. Mr. President, in my hand is one of the closely kept secrets in Washington, DC. These eight pages have been so carefully guarded that for 3 days, we have been on the floor of the U.S. Senate waiting for…

student loan borrowers currently carry about $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. This breaks down to about 44 million borrowers holding student loan debt with an average balance of $30,000. This crushing debt has pushed many borrowers to…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The Commonwealth of Kentucky has benefitted immensely from the Affordable Care Act. Its uninsured rate has fallen 61…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senator Duckworth. The process Republicans have undertaken to repeal our healthcare law has been…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Blumenthal and Carper. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare is now financially…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed the Record. When Republicans talk about the challenges facing Obamacare, they tend to be a bit misleading. Let's set the record straight…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senator Blumenthal. All of these Republican repeal bills shift costs onto consumers, patients…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senator Blumenthal.- All of these Republican repeal bills shift costs onto consumers, patients…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1636 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1640 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

yesterday, on the floor of the Senate, there was a speech which will be remembered for a long time. Our friend and colleague Senator John McCain came to the floor just days after he had been diagnosed with a serious cancer challenge. He…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Blumenthal, Coons, and Carper. For years, Republicans painted a drastic, dire picture of…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Blumenthal and Carper. Some of the strongest opponents to the secretive and devastating…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1637 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Blumenthal and Carper. Medicaid covers one in two births in Illinois. It helps pay for…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Blumenthal and Carper. When thinking about Medicaid, we often talk about low-income…