the Democrats have held the Department of Homeland Security hostage for 68 days with the shutdown. This discussion is about funding ICE, Border Patrol, and paying the men and women who keep our country safe. The Senator is using childcare…

protecting the integrity of elections is a constitutional principle. That is why I am a proud cosponsor of the SAVE America Act requiring a photo ID when someone goes to vote. Now, Americans have to show a photo ID or proof of citizenship…

someone asked me today: Since Senate Democrats keep moving the goalpost on DHS funding, what kind of frustration is there among Republicans? I replied: Ask the American people how frustrated they are. Americans are being hurt for some…

I would like to speak to the SAVE America Act. The United States was founded on the principle that the right to vote is sacred and that protecting it is our sacred responsibility. I am going to read a quote from the Boston Gazette…

I thank Senator Markey. Let me just point out that this continues Senator Markey's decades-long work on protecting children in this sort of environment, work which I have been privileged to join for the last couple of years. Every parent…

this past Friday, thousands of Americans, young and old, marched peacefully to call attention to the sanctity and inherent value of each life. Their advocacy and passion drive our work on Capitol Hill to protect women and unborn children…

I rise to support Senator Mullin's legislation, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act. Mr. President, I am a doctor, and people become desperate because of their illness, and they want just one more chance for themselves, their child…

I didn't show the poster, but in our proposal taking the 50-year-old couple with 2 kids, 19 and 20, their family would get $5,000 in their account, and the net deductible would be less than the silver plan the Democrats want. And the…

what we are debating here are two visions of the future of the ObamaCare exchange. Democrats want to cover the cost of health insurance to benefit health insurance companies. And Republicans want to cover the cost of health insurance to…

tomorrow, we are going to vote on two different visions of how to cover the cost of health insurance on the ObamaCare exchanges. Democrats want to cover the cost of health insurance to benefit insurance companies. I will tell you why I am…

this is a really interesting debate. Right now, Democrats are advocating to send $26 billion to insurance companies so that you subsidize plans--silver-level plans--which have a $6,000 deductible. I have asked people who have asked me…

makes America sicker.

Now, we can push for big ideas, grandiose ideas, on the right or the left.

This change to the vaccine schedule is a mistake.

A patient makes the decision.

We just had a shutdown over something that the American people I am not quite sure understand, but what they do understand is that they cannot afford their health insurance. They cannot, if you will, afford the cost of being insured…

It gives power to the patient.

Effectively, we’re denying people vaccines.

C.D.C. will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.

vaccines for measles, polio, hepatitis B and other childhood diseases are safe and effective and will not cause autism.

built on assurances that this will not have to be a concern and that he and I can work together to build an agenda to make America healthy again.

We empower patients to shop to find the best deal for their dollar that drives competition and that lowers cost.

Margaret, I'm a doctor.

'I can't afford that. My deductible is too high.' That's reality, and that reality is being lost in this discussion.

Let's not be Democrats and Republicans — let's be Americans, representing all of Americans.