I am pleased to join Senator Merkley, Senator Nelson, and Senator Reed on the floor today. I thank Senator Merkley for pulling us together. We are here to say no--no to the industry lobbyists, no to their friends in Congress who are…

Well, the Senator raises the right question, but I think it is pretty obvious. If these proposals were debated out in public, where everyone in America could see and hear them, they wouldn't pass. People don't want to line up to vote for…

I think one of the most important parts of this is the consumer agency said--when credit card companies, for example, got caught cheating people, it said to those credit card companies: Look, you have people's addresses to be able to cheat…

I only want to add that I am grateful for all the work my colleague has done on behalf of American consumers and all the work he did to get the consumer agency through Congress and now to protect it when the big banks were coming after it…

the clock is ticking. Exactly 1 month from today, on January 1, approximately 70 million seniors, veterans, Americans with disabilities, and others who depend on Social Security and other benefits will get their first check of the new…

I appreciate the colleagues who came to the floor today to talk about the SAVE Benefits Act. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call…

the answer is yes, it does. Senator Nelson has put his finger on a very serious problem; that is, every year because of policies made here in the Senate, we do a calculation of cost-of-living changes for Social Security. The problem is…

We cannot afford the environmental or the economic cost of another BP spill.

The BP oil spill was a massive catastrophe by any measure, and we are here today to make absolutely sure this catastrophe does not occur again.

I think the American people are right to be a little skeptical of oil industry claims.

on Friday, ISIS terrorists massacred 129 people in Paris. Just the day before, ISIS terrorists massacred 43 people in Beirut. While these are merely the latest in a series of horrific attacks launched by ISIS over the last few years, these…

I know this is common practice for principal investigators of clinical trials, but it naturally raises questions about your relationship with the drug industry.