Dan Coats

So she called up there and finally got through to somebody, and he said one word--``fine''--and hung up. Well, he probably was so frustrated.

I thank the Senator from Kansas. He mentioned signing up here and the frustrations so many people had. Kathleen from Mooresville, IN, called my office in Indianapolis and said: Help. She said this: I have spoken to someone at the 1-800…

Well, it has happened to us, and I spent tortuous hours trying to sign up on the DC exchange. We all have to go through this as Members. People don't understand this back home. They think we are exempt. We are not. I went through this…

The Senator from Kansas is a long-time friend and someone I have had the privilege of serving with and getting to know on a personal basis--he and his wife and family. We are both here with some experience under our belts, and unlike many…

I thank my colleague from Kansas. I am glad he mentioned his own personal experience and our experiences together. It is more than about the Senator from Indiana or the Senator from Kansas. It is about this institution. It is about the…

Not everyone calls me distinguished, but I am happy to yield to someone who does but also a good friend.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are…

If I could add to what the Senator said, if you don't like your plan and if you want something different, we will tell you what you have to like and what you don't have to like. It is no longer your choice. We will tell you what we think…

I join my colleagues as one who has received tweets and hits on the Web site, emails, phone calls ringing the phone off the hook, written letters, responses that I hear as I talk to people back in Indiana. These are not Republicans…

we are now in about the third day of a somewhat tortured process that was the result of a power grab that has changed the tradition of the Senate, a tradition which held for about 225 years. Republicans are frustrated with the successful…

I am here to talk about legislation I have introduced that I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting, but first I would like to make a couple of comments about the terrific storms that roared through the Midwest, including my State…

The bill I would like to talk about is S. 1471, the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act, which hopefully will come before the Senate this week. I wish this legislation were not necessary. It should not be. Tragic events…

the President has publicly promised all Americans: If you like your plan, you can keep it. If you like your doctor, you can keep that doctor. The only change, he said, you will see is falling costs. Well, Donna, a senior citizen from New…

there is an old expression used by many Hoosiers and others across America that is time tested: Your word is your bond. In Indiana, as in so many other places across our country, we value honesty and good old-fashioned truth-telling, even…

I come to the floor today to discuss the topic of religious freedom. This issue is an important component in the debate on the legislation that we are currently considering, but it's also an issue that defines, I believe, who we are as a…

I will, and I apologize for not recognizing my colleague, who is standing in the back row. My eyesight is not as good as it used to be.

among the many promises the President made when he and congressional Democrats enacted their unpopular health care law nearly 4 years ago--which, by the way, was enacted without any bipartisan input or support--there is one thing in…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ObamaCare

I have come to the floor many times over the past several months to outline the problems that we are facing with the rollout of the ObamaCare law, problems that my constituents are facing, as are people all across the country. While it is…

I truly wish my legislation wasn't necessary. It shouldn't be.

I wish the tragic events of May 30, 2012 never took place.

The Department of Veterans Affairs had not made an unacceptable mistake that resulted in even more pain and heartache for this family.

I answer to my friend from Florida, who did work with a group of us, Democrats and Republicans, in past efforts to address the larger question which I am addressing, I know he is as disappointed as I am that we were not able to come to a…

I have been on this floor many times over the past 2\1/2\ years, and here we are again, talking about yet another fiscal cliff, another drama, another soap opera playing out before us. The American people are wondering what in the world is…

Reserving the right to object, I think my colleague, the Senator from Illinois, has made an important point. There are agencies that relate to the role FEMA plays when a natural disaster or our homeland security is threatened. I don't…