I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering the Crewmembers of the Space Shuttle ``Challenger''

30 years ago today millions of Americans gathered around their television sets in homes and classrooms all across the country to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger launch toward the stars. Seventy-three seconds later everything changed. We…

The market for prescription drugs has little transparency, it has broken price elasticity, and it has very long legal monopolies.

But the law is clear. The FDA cannot bring a generic drug to market while the brand name drug is still protected by any form of exclusivity or patents.

In October of this year if you would submit a generic drug application, you could expect to get an answer back in 10 months.

Making those tweaks will not solve the drug pricing problem.

Everyone is here looking for ways to bring down the cost of drugs, both brand name and generic drugs, but we cannot do that if we do not correctly identify why the prices are so high.

we have a problem--money. Six years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court made the problem worse, a lot worse. Thanks to the Supreme Court, our system of elections is riddled with corruption. Money floods our political system--money that lets…

If they do not want to do that then they should face the American people and explain how they want softer pollution standards and then let's see what the American people have to say.

But the bill says that if any auto maker installs three technologies from the list, they will be eligible for a credit equal to at least three grams of carbon dioxide per mile toward their greenhouse gas emissions requirements.

In 2014 more than 32,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes, as you rightly pointed out. That is 32,000 reasons right there to encourage the adoption of promising safety technologies like automatic emergency braking.

Now the auto industry complains about ambitious fuel economy standards because it costs money to make cars more efficient and to reduce their pollution.

Neither the idea nor the number is based on any concrete research. I think this is just trying to roll back part of the EPA rules without having to tell the American people about it.

You know, there are two ways to repeal a rule. You can repeal it outright to strike it from the books or you can paper over the rule with enough exceptions and alternatives that the rule becomes fairly meaningless.

Today, for most insurance plans, mental health parity is the law, but it sure doesn't feel that way for people who need help.

I would like to work with you, Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray, on making sure that consumers have a central place to turn to for help when they are denied coverage.

One way to weaken ISIS is to cutoff access to its source of funding.

we want to use any tool that we can to try to disrupt the flow of cash.

If we are serious about taking down ISIS we need to aggressively target its use of the international financial system to sell oil and to move money around.

It is long past time to confirm Adam Szubin to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.

cash is critical to their operations.

I rise in support of the Every Student Succeeds Act--the bill to reauthorization the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We have only one goal in mind: to give all our children the best possible education. The challenge has been to…

This is a market failure and when there is a market failure, the Government has a role in addressing it.

I think Government has a real important role here.

We need to support the investments and we might want to figure out how to do that differently.