I just want to say to the Senator from Utah how much I respect his leadership in this Senate and his leadership on so many important issues. All I want to say about this is that we are just asking for the trade deal to be made public…

I thank my good friend from West Virginia, Senator Manchin. I thank him for his leadership. I thank him for his independence. I thank him for his partnership as we push for greater transparency on this very important trade bill. In the…

I come to the floor to support an amendment I filed with Senators Merkley, Baldwin, and Blumenthal. The amendment is simple. It says Congress shouldn't make it easy to pass any trade deal that weakens our financial rules. In 2008, we…

This easy access to student loan dollars give colleges far less incentive to contain costs, far less incentive to improve educational quality.

The current three-day inpatient stay required for skilled nursing facility care to be covered by Part A is certainly a problem

I think, knowing the impact on beneficiaries' costs is critical information for CMS to look at

The care that a patient receives when the stay in the hospital is the same whether they are classified as inpatient or outpatient under observation.

Thank you, Mr. President. I want to start by saying thank you to Senator Brown for his extraordinary leadership on this issue and his determination that voices be heard around this country on this trade debate, that the people who are…

CMS needs to implement an auditing system that is less disruptive, more effective, and...far more targeted.

we need to address this observation status problem. Seniors need to be notified of their admission status

One important part of the solution is to give colleges some skin in the game on student loan repayment.

over the long haul the Federal Government collects on most of these debts one way or the other.