Education is about building opportunity, and that's about making sure that Federal dollars go to the kids who most need the help to have a real chance to succeed.

One of the best investments in our kids is to invest in their teachers.

So for the past few years, Republicans have been very clear that they want to limit families' access to health care by slashing Medicaid and by cutting tax credits that families use to buy health insurance.

I don't support either move, but if I did, I'd have real problems with the Republicans' first proposal on health care, which would let corporations drop health care coverage for anyone working under 40 hours a week.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Republican proposal would increase the number of people on government health programs, including Medicaid and the subsidized exchange plans, by at least half-a-million people.

Do you think the Congressional Budget Office just made up these numbers?

I'm against adding $53 billion to the deficit so that corporations can push their costs and responsibilities onto the government.

Throwing billions of Federal dollars at the States with no accountability for the States for how they spend taxpayer money is not what we were sent here to do.

Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk and I ask for its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Massachusetts, [Ms. Warren], for herself and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1 (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.)

Mr. President, after 9/11, Congress passed TRIA, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, to make sure commercial developers could afford the high costs of insuring their properties against the possibility of a devastating terrorist attack. This…