Dan Coats

I think last year it got one vote. I am not sure who that was. In previous years, it has gotten zero votes.

this is the first week of February, and a new month brings a new ``Waste of the Week'' speech from the Senator from Indiana. In preparing for this, we learned another disturbing fact about our economy, and that is that the United States…

I come here during a sad time for Hoosiers. The beloved principal of Amy Beverland Elementary School in Lawrence Township, in the Indianapolis area, was seeing her students off after a day of school. A bus came around the corner to pick up…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Susan Jordan

as the Presiding Officer knows, throughout last year's session I would come to the Senate floor every week and talk about a waste of the week. That was in 2015. We did nearly 30 of those in the 30 weeks that the Senate was in session…

this is the 29th time I have been on the floor over this current session to address what is called, ``Waste of the Week.'' Twenty-nine weeks of this year, I have been on the Senate floor talking about examples of how the Federal Government…

I call up amendment No. 2888. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats] proposes an amendment numbered 2888 to amendment No. 2874.

if I could just respond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2888.

similarly, as Mr. Cardin has said, what this does is to continue something that was put into the Affordable Care Act, a rise between 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income before you can begin deducting to 10 percent of adjusted gross income…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the…

All of us should view these low economic expectations as unacceptable.

for those of us who were seeking office for the Senate in 2010, one of the primary issues we were engaged with and heard from tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of our citizens about was the concern over the passage of the…

I think this has been a very instructive and timely hearing and we deeply appreciate your willingness to be with us.

If we do not succeed in furthering pro-growth policies, we may face an economic future defined by low expectations.

Unlocking the full potential of our economy will require policy decisions that incentivize the private sector.

It is a day we have long waited for, and hopefully your positive remarks today will bear that out and set us on the right trend, a positive trend.

The Congress of the United States, along with the Executive Branch, but also the Federal Reserve... is to enact and implement sound policies that achieve a dynamic economy.

We also have global uncertainty relative to our national security and the world security.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Energy and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:28 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. Portman)…

I am here for my now 28th ``Waste of the Week.'' I have been coming to the floor of the Senate for 28 weeks pointing out government waste. Some in this Chamber say we can't cut a penny more. We are down to the bone. We are far from it…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…