Susan Collins

Senator Alexander and Senator Murray, who are the authors of this rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, are still here. They know what their intent is.

I started off by pointing out that I was Collins, I am Collins, I'm still around, and I know what my intent is.

Allowing Medicare patients to receive home health services before they are finally homebound, but when it is cheaper and better to serve them at home, ought to be another restriction we can work around.

Allow patients to receive Medicare coverage in skilled nursing and without these 3-day inpatient hospital stay rules ought to be something that we can work through.

Allowing Medicare patients to receive hospice care and curative treatment at the same time ought to be a sensible solution.

As Senator Collins pointed out, most everybody would prefer to die at home, and yet, most die in an acute care hospital or a nursing home.

In many cases hospice care enables dying patients to remain in the comfort of their own homes, free from unnecessary pain, and surrounded by family and friends.

The Gosnell Memorial Hospice House provides an alternative when care in the home is no longer possible or sufficient.

I think that people should be able to enroll before they provide documentation.

I really think it would actually discourage people from enrolling.

Unspent funds should be returned.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:14 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 9:30 a.m…

For the information of all Senators, at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow, the Senate is expected to proceed to three rollcall votes: a motion to waive the budget with respect to the Blunt-Murray Zika amendment, adoption of the Blunt amendment, and…

I share your concern about the engagement level the Department has shown in rural communities.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:14 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m…

That allowed us to move forward on the appropriations bill we are now considering. I am very pleased, and I thank the ranking member for working so cooperatively, and I thank all of the sponsors of these amendments for working with us so…

Under the longstanding Berry Amendment, our troops are supposed to be outfitted with clothing and footwear that is made in this country.

Russia, as Senator Shelby has pointed out, has been increasingly aggressive in the Ukraine, in the Baltics, and in the Middle East.

I just want to go on record in support of those three projects, and thank you for including them and recognizing their importance.

These numbers are not sustainable for our government, and they are certainly not sustainable for the families.

I want to thank Chairman Collins for her leadership on this Committee and specifically her leadership on behalf of individuals and families that are suffering with Alzheimer's.

If nothing is done to change the trajectory of this disease, costs are projected to increase over a trillion by 2050.

I am convening this hearing today to assess our progress in combating Alzheimer's disease since the enactment of the National Alzheimer's Project Act which I co-authored with my friend and former colleague, Senator Evan Bayh.

I request that you provide at least $2 million for the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program.

I strongly urge the BLM to abandon these proposed experiments in favor of using proven, more cost-effective and humane fertility control methods.