We do not want to wake up one day and discover that our adversaries have components of our national security technology because Congress and the Administration were asleep at the switch on this.

I rise to speak in support of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Defense bill has a long tradition of bipartisan cooperation, and I was glad to join in that tradition as part of the Armed Services Committee. As with any…

on the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised working families that he would subject every proposal he saw in the White House to a simple test: ``Does it create more jobs and better wages for Americans?'' He claimed he wasn't ``going to let…

I think that is a bad idea and so does my republican Governor, who was here to testify last week.

The Affordable Care Act makes sure that when you buy something called 'health insurance,' that it is real and not just some junk plan that is not worth the paper that it is printed on.

I fully support that you end up really doing the work that is required to continue to look at how to drive down the cost of care.

The Federal Government now runs the insurance exchanges in 28 States.

Although we have had various sanctions in place now for years, North Korea has evaded many of these sanctions.

our country is in trouble. America--and this government right here in Washington--works great for people at the top, works great for corporations that can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers, but for everyone else, America isn't working…

It seems to me we need a better approach if we are going to have any hope of pressuring the North Koreans to change their behavior.

I think Massachusetts is the example of showing that we can stick with strong insurance plans that protect families and at the same time have market stability and that ultimately that works for everyone.

If this Congress moves forward and authorizes the money and gives our States the ability to stabilize their markets under the Affordable Care Act, I am all in.