I call this the Protect Workers in Rural America amendment. One of the lesser known provisions of the Affordable Care Act is that it doesn't allow insurance companies to discriminate against people because of their occupations. Before the…

My conscience compels me to vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

The larger question--the great foreign policy mistakes of my lifetime--Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, and Iraq--all were based in one way or another on bad intelligence or, more accurately, intelligence that was tailored to fit the demands of the…

I rise this afternoon to supplement some remarks I made on the floor last evening about the Affordable Care Act. Last night, I talked about my own experience as a young staff member in the U.S. Senate 43 years ago when, because I had an…

The irony of your making that statement here I cannot avoid.

RT is a significant media presence.

my colleagues have spoken tonight eloquently about a number of consequences that would follow from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act: increasing drug costs for seniors, a devastating impact on rural hospitals, elimination of consumer…

It also makes it too easy for the rest of society--meaning Presidents and Congresses--to talk about wars and deployment of troops if there's no widespread of--element of sacrifice.

I would suggest that--yes, that's right.

I think that is--and he said, 'That's a dangerous situation, because we don't want our military separated from the society.'

That is why I think public hearings like this and the public discussion of this issue is so important.

I said, so what do you do? How do you defend yourself?

What we saw in this country this fall...was an example of a Russian strategy that has been playing out in Europe.

You have stated here you have high confidence in those conclusions that the Russians were behind it, that it was intended to interfere with our elections, and that approval went to the highest levels of the Russian Government.

I think it is important to put some context around some of these discussions.

The bilateral relationship between the Czech Republic and the United States is excellent.

We are all sensitive to terrorism and the issue that kind of open gates with immigration can present.

I think that is important, and I note that the republic is serious about preventing terrorism not only in their country but in the rest of the European Union.

I think they also step back and realize that the 40 years of Russian and Soviet tyranny ruling their country prohibited them from practicing the very things--the private enterprise in a free economic society.

I know that they, too, would welcome the opportunity to have people that can work in the country.

It is critical, I think, to the continued blooming of democracy in that country.

today I would like to join with my colleagues to honor Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Though I did not have the privilege to serve with Vice President Biden while he was a Member of the Senate, I have long admired Joe and his sincere…

It seems to me, though, that one of the things... is how to design these weapon systems in a... modular way...

It seems to me there is a more--a deeper issue going on here, and it strikes me that it is our desire to have the latest and greatest new technology as soon as possible, and at the same time control costs and do it on time.

The key word is 'incrementally,' not trying...