I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 16, 2016, at 11 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing…

first of all, let me thank our colleague for his words. I certainly join him in mourning the horrible, tragic loss of life this weekend in Orlando. Certainly I am committed, along with all our colleagues, to fighting terror wherever it…

Protecting innovation and not materially altering the new chemicals process was a critical part of the final compromise. Every effort was made to ensure EPA has the right tools to review new chemical substances but the amendments to this…

That is a very important question and the clear intent of Congress is the answer is yes. This is because, to be legally sufficient according to EPA's own technical assistance, EPA's Section 6(a) rule must ensure that the chemical substance…

It was the Congressional intent of the legation to balance the need to ensure public access to health and safety studies with the need to protect from public disclosure valuable confidential business information (CBI) and trade secrets…

I rise also to laud a really significant achievement that we are going to finalize tonight with the final passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This much needed bill will provide updates that have…

Thank you, Senator Inhofe, for those important clarifications to preemption and for another question that is very important to clarify in order to capture the full conngressional intent of the bills preemption section. This Act is intended…

Thank you Senator Inhofe, the sound science provisions were a critical part of TSCA reform in my opinion and I hope this bill serves as a model for how to responsibly reform other laws administered by EPA and other Federal Agencies that…

Thank you Senator Inhofe. There are many important provisions of this law and I think clarifying what Congress intended is very important to ensure the legislative intent is understood and followed. To specifically address your first…

When TSCA was first enacted in 1976, the Act created a higher level of judicial review for certain rulemakings that would restrict chemicals in commerce. Congress took this approach because it wanted to ensure that rulemakings that would…

That is an important question Senator Inhofe and I appreciate the opportunity to clarify. The Lautenberg bill tries to address the concern about forcing paralysis by analysis in several ways. First, the bill establishes that `unreasonable…

let me say that I regret an objection to this very reasonable path forward. No one objects to all Members of the Senate reading the bill. I encourage all Members of the Senate to read the bill. There has been and is continuing opportunity…

I ask unanimous consent that since Senator Inhofe and I will speak on the same important topic, we speak back to back for up to 15 minutes total. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Frank R…

we rise together with so many other Members of the Senate on a bipartisan basis to strongly support the chemical safety bill which passed the U.S. House of Representatives with enormous bipartisan support and is ready to pass here in the…

This notion that Secretary Kerry is meeting with these foreign banks for informational purposes, when calls come into the State Department about what different treaty obligations are and what they mean, are all those calls put through to…

the picture a lot of us see, a majority of us see since the deal that we disagreed with was Iran taking negative actions, horrible actions in some cases against us and our allies, particularly in the categories of terrorism, human rights…

a bipartisan majority of this Committee and of the Senate opposed the Iran deal, thought it was a bad deal.

This penalty is a big deal and it is a big part of the system.

Fact number one, premiums and deductibles have risen every year since the ACA passed in 2010.

The promise was to everybody--if you like your health plan you can keep it--37 times over.

Well, the promise was not about new coverage. The promise was if you like your existing plan, you can keep it.

I wish to recognize the week of May 15 through 21, 2016, as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. As each Louisianian knows, the beginning of June marks the beginning of hurricane season, and we are acutely aware of how dangerous and…

Clearly, in my opinion, the Affordable Care Act has failed its namesake intention.

ObamaCare has increased premiums for the average American family.

it will actually have the opposite effect for small businesses.