Dan Coats: “I also wish to congratulate our new colleague from Alaska. Well said, and welcome. The two Senators from Alaska have…”

“I also wish to congratulate our new colleague from Alaska. Well said, and welcome. The two Senators from Alaska have dominated the start of this new session, and we are glad they have because they are bringing very important legislation and decisions to this body. So I congratulate both the senior and junior Senators from Alaska for their efforts, and I look forward to working together to accomplish what we all want to accomplish--a growing economy and better opportunities for Americans. The Senator from Alaska is certainly an important component of that in leading the way to that goal. Indiana Health Care Mr. President, this morning we received the announcement that after nearly 2 years of negotiations, the State of Indiana and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have reached a major breakthrough, an agreement that approves Indiana's Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 waiver application by allowing it to move forward and be implemented. This agreement is great news for hundreds of thousands of low-income Hoosiers and a testament to the effectiveness of the current Healthy Indiana Plan. Now an expansion of that will be made possible through this waiver. It solidifies Indiana's position at the forefront of Medicaid reform and the advancement of consumer-driven health care.…”