the implementation already of the changes of the Affordable Care Act are reducing the deficit and providing great savings.

I thank the Senator from Illinois. It starts with the premise right where the Senator was, and that is the Federal Government, once upon a time, lent money to our students. My colleague remembers the NDEA loans that went out at 3 percent…

I think that is a very, very good point, Ms. Erickson. I think Americans get this.

I come to the floor today to announce the introduction of emergency legislation to provide relief to students and young graduates who are drowning in debt. Make no mistake. This is an emergency. Student loan debt is exploding, and it…

I really appreciate your making that point, Mr. Buffenbarger, because you are exactly right, that when we make the investments in infrastructure, we not only create good jobs right now; we create the right conditions for businesses to be…

I would like to pick up where Senator Collins was on the question about investments and investments at NIH.

I worry about our community banks because we all know the number of community banks out there is shrinking.

Community colleges can play a valuable role in closing the skills gap.

the five largest financial institutions which we were told back in 2008 were too big to fail, had to be bailed out, are now 38 percent larger than they were when they were bailed out in 2008 and 2009.

The first thing to the safety of community banks and support is reinstate Glass-Steagall.

We have all been touched by cancer, and so for you to come forward and give us hope is very important.

These programs make sense if we are helping workers learn skills that will help them over the course of their careers.