Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

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

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

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

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…

We shouldn't just rip out the regulations without thinking about it.

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

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

Right now, colleges that offer a high-quality education and colleges that offer a low-quality education have essentially the same access to Federal loan money.

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