I hope that you could support it or a version of it, you could keep the plan that you want.

There is no price that you can put, in my view, on peace of mind.

I have come to the floor today to moderate a colloquy between my colleagues for the next 20 minutes or so regarding a very important amendment that has been filed to the Defense authorization bill we are considering. The colloquy will be…

It is the law of the land; and in my view, it deserves to be fixed, not repealed.

And if your bill passes, the only large employer that will not be able to get insurance would be you and your staff.

This is a red, white and blue advantage for our country. We've got it. The world wants it.

today I wish to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mr. Gary Ostroske, who retired on July 1, 2013, as President and CEO of the United Way of Southeast Louisiana. Mr. Ostroske has been an integral part of the United Way Worldwide…

I just want to give my full support for these 3 nominees and they are highly qualified.

We need to do everything possible to clear a path for them to use those skills to make a living for themselves and their families and to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

The world of government contracting is very complicated.

Senator Mary Landrieu is a tireless advocate for small businesses.

I wish to take this opportunity to associate myself with the remarks of the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Mikulski, earlier this week. She has really been an extraordinary leader for many years in this Congress. She is…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations

The combination of updated flood maps and the phaseout of premium subsidies for the National Flood Insurance Program threatens to force victims out of their homes.

Every dollar that we invest to strengthen our homes, businesses, and infrastructure saves $4 in potential recovery costs down the line.

It is a bipartisan bill. It is the kind of bill that builds on the progress that Mary Landrieu and others have been making on these storm recovery efforts.

They know that their government will be there for them and helping them to recover.

We managed to even get a little bit of money out of the bill for Louisiana.

The work of Senators Schumer, Menendez, and Gillibrand was absolutely essential to this recovery effort.

We need to do a better job of that.

We must do that. When FEMA has completed this study, we can then look at it, and Congress can make a plan for how to make the rates affordable.

We should not have premium increases until that affordability study is done.

The reality is that for thousands of people in New Jersey, recovery is an around-the-clock effort.

I wish to speak about a bill I plan to introduce in a few moments, and hopefully we will have a chance or an opportunity in the future to debate it because it is a very important fix, if you will, to the Affordable Care Act. We debated…

I thank my colleagues who led this effort on this nondiscrimination bill, which is historic, and I am pleased we had a bipartisan vote to make America more accepting and a just place. It is a work-in-progress, and I am very pleased we…