Dan Coats

citizens of Indiana sent me to Washington to be their voice. As I travel across the State and listen--whether at coffee shops or factories, small businesses, local schools or people on the street--I hear a lot of good advice about what…

We yield back time as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

First of all, it has been a delight to work with the Senator from Oregon. Comprehensive tax reform is not easy, and it has not happened in 25 years. This is not what we are talking about today. But we are setting the stage for that, and I…

I ask to be recognized for part of that time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Indiana is recognized. Majority Leadership

I ask through the Chair, if the Senator from Oregon would be willing to enter into a dialogue with me. I have a couple of questions, but I also want to respond to the efforts he has made in a bipartisan way so we were able to move forward…

I appreciate the accolades from my partner in dealing with comprehensive tax reform. I appreciate and understand where he is trying to come from. It is true that some of the amendments that have been proposed don't directly apply to the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is not in a quorum call. The Senator is recognized.

according to a recent National Federation of Independent Business study, ObamaCare and its tax increases will result in the reduction of up to 285,000 private sector jobs. Let's say they are wrong. Let's say they are exaggerating. After…

This cyber threat has been labeled by many in the security business and in our national security and military as the number one threat to the United States.

What we got hung up on before was the reluctance of the private sector to, quote, ``trust'' that they could coordinate with the Federal Government in a way that would protect their privacy and all that.

the perpetrators or the criminals, the actors, the States, et cetera, they only have to be successful once; we have to be successful 100 percent of the time in trying to stop all their efforts.

The smaller entities really can't afford to do that.

so many of the CEOs and owners of those businesses indicate that they are underperforming.

all 100 of us, Republicans and Democrats, are concerned about our fellow citizens who are unemployed, struggling to pay their bills, and desperate to find meaningful work. We are concerned about the lack of opportunities in many of…

I believe that all Members of Congress in both chambers and both parties can ascribe to this goal.

The negative effects of over-regulation are felt in industries throughout my home State, and I'm sure throughout the states being represented here by the panel.

the first one isn't even implemented yet, and now they are asking for more?

Now it is one thing for CitiCorp, JPMorgan, and so forth, to hire a backroom of lawyers and technicians to deal with all these regulations.

I just hope we can bring this home and put it into practice.

My colleague, Senator Dan Coats, and I have introduced the Sound Regulation Act to improve the regulatory process through better analysis.

I am struck by the fact that, while there is this consensus, we introduced a lot of ideas... But we never seem to get to the final piece where it is actually enacted and put into place.

America's regulatory system should be designed to achieve the greatest good at the least cost.

I think there is probably a consensus that tax reform, regulatory reform, fiscal reform, including entitlement reform, are the three big issues for things Congress ought to deal with.

Safety and security must not come at the cost of stagnation, unemployment and lower incomes that rob from the middle class.

I guess what you need is a plan B just in case.