Dan Coats

I rise here today to express my deep concern with this transportation conference report; in particular, about a provision that was slipped into the transportation conference report literally in the dark of night earlier this week. This…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Indiana. Health Care Decision

I come to the floor today to speak about the Supreme Court ruling on health care. Obviously, we were all glued to the television set this morning and watched this historic and momentous decision. I was deeply disappointed with the ruling…

I rise today to discuss the issue of national security leaks. A few weeks ago, the world learned that U.S. intelligence agencies and partners disrupted an al-Qaida plot to blow up a civilian aircraft. We are all very familiar with the…

I associate myself with those last two remarks. I would have also voted no. I wish we had had a recorded vote. I wasn't able to understand even what the majority leader was saying, it was spoken so softly, but had we had a recorded vote, I…

I hope you would join us in a thorough review of procedures just to make sure that our policies are straight on this.

I just returned from a week back home in Indiana where I had the opportunity to meet with Hoosiers from all parts of our State and on all kinds of different issues. One of the common themes that came out of my week back home was the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

Our recruiting and retention continues to be strong even in spite of PB-13 and the operations tempo (OPTEMPO).

I would hope that we wouldn't micro-manage that process.

My preference has always been that we direct money for recruiting to you, and you decide how best to utilize that money.

I attribute that to the Air Force's PB-13. It has had a more detrimental effect on our retention numbers than 20 years of high operational combat has had.

I wonder what effect that might have on the planned follow on for the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.

I rise today to talk about the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. I believe we are going to have a cloture vote on this bill tonight, and I am pleased that all early indications are it will pass tonight and we will…

I rise this evening to honor a longtime friend, confidant, and mentor, Chuck Colson, whose life we will celebrate tomorrow at a memorial service at the National Cathedral. It has been said that a man's character can be tested by the way he…

Mike Gerson said in his column: Chuck led a movement of volunteers attempting to love some of their least lovable neighbors. This inversion of social priorities--putting the last first--is the best evidence of a faith that is more than a…

I think there is merit in the discussion about whether we vote now or vote later. The important thing is that we vote on this budget point of order. It is not as if the entire process of trying to fix the post office is going to collapse…

But 35 countries that we compete with around the world have lowered their rates from a previous average of 48 percent to now the current average of 25 percent.

The problem is that our corporations, as Dr. Hassett said, are paying double taxes.

right now there is an issue on the mind of every Hoosier and most Americans, if not every American, and that issue is the high price of gas. Over the past few months, gas prices have risen higher and higher each week. Currently, across the…

I'd urge you to do so. I think there's bipartisan interest in trying to adjust that, but we don't always succeed in reaching our goals here.

First, with recent announcement about looking more toward the Western Pacific in terms of locating some facilities.

I sense I am approaching a deadline in time. I am wondering if I could, with the consent of my colleague, ask unanimous consent for 5 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Mr. President. These medical device manufacturers are employing people at an average rate of about 41 percent greater than the average worker rate of pay in my State, so these are desired jobs. But, again, employers and…

this past Friday marked the 2-year anniversary of when the president's health care law, the affordable care act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, was signed in to law. I wasn't in the Senate at the time; I was actually in the State of Indiana…