If confirmed, will you commit to opposing any and all proposals to move the point of obligation under the RFS program from refiners to blenders?

I think what we will need to do is to find people who have the technological capabilities.

Do you believe Congress intended for the RFS to be a stable policy that drives private investment in the renewable energy industry?

--who will lose health insurance with this repeal of the ACA and for all those with preexisting conditions, I stand on prosthetic legs to vote no.

On behalf of the 1.2 million Illinoisans-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

I share many of my colleague, Senator Inhofe's concerns about drones.

These entrepreneurs are especially vital in areas such as rural Illinois because they do hire local people to work on their contracts.

I appreciated your leadership and interest in making sure public transportation funds reach disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) located in urban and rural areas of Illinois.

I am deeply concerned that this recent DOT rule... threatens to disrupt important transportation projects in Illinois and throughout all of the Midwest.

Will you commit to working with me to reassure Illinois' small businesses that DOT will preserve the DBE program?

The application of this rule will slow down the delivery of important transportation projects nationwide.

If confirmed, will you work with me to either reverse this rule or to, at the very least, make sure that it works for everyone?

The heavily discounted price is $112.10, which is where it was before you jacked up the price to $600.

I'm also not as concerned about your profit making. I believe in the free market. What I am concerned about is your monopolistic practices.

That, to me, is an unfair monopoly.

Even a single life lost due to lack of access and affordability to this drug is one life too many.

I thank the gentlewoman. Twenty-eight years--1988--that is how long I have known Mark. As long as I have known him, he always was the champion for the most vulnerable. We met at the University of Hawaii. He was the serious one--if you can…

So is this a State-by-State issue or is there anything that can be done at the Federal level?

Is it Mr. Redmer who--do you have a comment on that?

I am very concerned about the significant premium increases that we have been discussing, especially the ones that are going to be going up in 2017 on the Illinois health insurance exchange.

So while some States are empowered to provide relief from the skyrocketing rates for their citizens, others like Illinois, we don't have to enable regulators to reject these astronomical rate increases.

I just think that--there seems to be breakdowns in procedures.

FEMA deserves credit for being prepared to respond quickly to this massive natural disaster.

At a time when our politics seems more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together, that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest Nation in the world.

Are you going to have meetings with these mayors and the parish? It seems like there's a breakdown between the municipalities and the parish and the State and FEMA.