I did not come to speak on this bill, although I certainly appreciate the remarks of my colleague from North Carolina I also see the chairman is here. I say to the chairman of the committee, I am only prepared to speak on a separate…

I think nearly every Member of this body shares the goal of increasing access to affordable health insurance and helping American families receive the best coverage to meet their specific needs. So the question before us today--and the…

We yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Shall the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Daniel Bennett Smith, of…

I returned to the Senate in 2011 to tackle what I believed to be the greatest challenge facing our country, and I have devoted much of my first 3 years in this returned term on working to achieve a debt reduction agreement that would put…

Do you have the resources now or do you, what additional resources might you need in analysis resources to really put together a strong cyberosecurity protection system?

I'm glad to hear that you are well aware of the potential problems here.

It's both a privacy issue and a safety issue, because hacking into the system... can result in the disclosure of the collection of information.

we have been discussing, the last couple of days, the unemployment insurance issue. A number of us have had concerns relative to the effectiveness of the program relative to the cost that would undertake and how it would be paid for if it…

EPA's fossil fuel restrictions have greatly increased the cost of power to Hoosiers.

The majority leader just said this body gets nowhere by offering amendments. Does he mean throughout this year it is worthless, meaningless for Republicans to offer any amendments to any bill to try to make improvements to the bills or to…

this is 100 percent different from the time I was here the first time. We were able to offer any amendment to any bill at any time and the majority leader, both Republicans and Democrats, allowed us to do that. This is the first time I…

I will be brief. I know my colleagues probably have travel plans. But this is something we had earnestly hoped that by six of us supporting the motion to proceed, we would have the opportunity to offer an amendment, debate that amendment…