This proposal does not even deal with that 1 percent problem, because there is nothing in this bill that shores up the individual marketplace.

We do know, though, that tens of millions of people will lose their coverage, premiums will go up, and the quality of coverage will go down.

the proposal that is being brought forward, though, will affect tens of millions of people, because tens of millions of people are going to lose their coverage, many others are going to lose the quality of their coverage, and we are going…

there are reports that we may be having a vote next week, under reconciliation, dealing with the healthcare system of this country. We know that colleagues have filed a new bill, but it is basically the same bill we have seen in the past…

I think the C rate now amounts to about 5 percent of the companies, somewhere in that level.

My objective is that, since America, among industrial nations, is near the bottom on the percentage of our economy and government, we should have a competitive advantage, not disadvantage on our business taxes.

The NMTC should be a permanent part of the tax code.

I rise today with my colleagues Senators Collins, Brown, Blumenthal, Markey, Portman, King, Warren, Menendez, and Klobuchar to recognize the week beginning September 10th, 2017-- this week--as National Direct Support Professionals…

today I wish to address one of the most pressing and most challenging national security issues facing our Nation: North Korea's growing nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its continued belligerent behavior. North Korea has…

Let us respect federalism. There is a reason why there is a State and local tax deduction beyond just the impact it has on who pays taxes.

earlier this week, we commemorated the 16th anniversary of the attack on our country on September 11. It was a day that I think none of us will ever forget. We were attacked, and we wanted to take all necessary action to protect our…

We want to make sure at the end of the day that, when everything is said and done, we are not asking middle-income taxpayers to shoulder a greater burden of the cost of this country than they already are.

I support a public option. I think a public option would be helpful.

I take this time to share with my colleagues a meeting that I had last Thursday in Montgomery County, MD, with CASA de Maryland. We put together a roundtable discussion to talk about immigration and the need for immigration reform and the…

I would point out that I was proud of Maryland in that all of our carriers included pediatric dental within the prime contracts.

I just really first want to underscore how important it is for us to timely reauthorize the CHIP program.

One of the side benefits of the CHIP program and oral health for children is that we now have dentist access in communities that did not have that access before.

If that goes forward, it seems like that is a possible violation of section 231 of the Russian-Iran-North Korea sanctions bill.

At the very least--at the very least--we can be true to our values and perhaps we will get the Turkish Government's attention by being public in our censure of their human rights record.

I think that the private diplomacy that we conduct and whatever public criticism we have leveled against the Government of Turkey in the past--the effect has been the same.

The people of Turkey deserve leaders who will protect their democratic institutions.

It strikes me that it is important for the United States to publicly engage with Turkish officials and the Turkish public about the importance of human rights, about the importance of democratic institutions.

Turkey is a critically important partner of the United States.

The question is was there a better way of handling this with Turkey.

Obviously, the urgency of dealing with the security issues, terrorism, our military-to-military--those issues become dominant in our debate, and we sort of do not put the proper attention on the deterioration of human rights.