I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate proceeds to the consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 1625, the omnibus appropriations bill, the Collins-Alexander amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING…

we have the opportunity today to take immediate action to lower the cost of health insurance by as much as 40 percent and to increase the affordability of insurance for millions of Americans who purchase plans in the individual market. I…

I have known and admired Thad Cochran for 40 years--since he first came to the Senate. At the time, I was a young staffer for Senator Bill Cohen, who also was elected to the Senate that same year. I saw from the start that this gentleman…

this week I joined my colleague, the senior Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, in introducing the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act. This bill would update and reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act programs…

I personally am surprised that the Department has not been more proactive in that area in submitting requests to the Congress.

We can't wait. We can't just be focused on November.

We know for certain that the Russians were relentless in their efforts and also that those efforts are ongoing.

I believe the bills that many of us have co-sponsored called for far more funding than that, like $386 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and again, let me thank you and the Vice Chairman for your strong bipartisan leadership of this investigation.

State election officials have expressed apprehension about the risk that being too public about the threat that we face might provoke exactly the impression that they're endeavoring to dispel.

I rise today to speak in support of the Senior$afe Act, which I am pleased is included in the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. My good friend Senator Claire McCaskill and I have been working on Senior$afe…

across America, nearly 100,000 public schools open the door of opportunity to more than 50 million students from kindergarten through high school. In honor of this remarkable national accomplishment, I rise today to join Senator Tester in…

But just so you know what it is going to be about, you mentioned that lifesaving drugs such as naloxone have seen exorbitant price increases in the past 3 years, in some cases, as much as 487 percent.

I have encouraged Dr. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, to use additional research money, which Congress has appropriated, to focus on finding a non-addictive painkiller.

This Committee's ongoing commitment to fighting fraud against older Americans is raising awareness and making a real difference.

I want to thank Senator Collins and the Committee for their interest and work on this problem of scamming of senior citizens.

If ManTech has a group of employees working for the government on highly sensitive information and many of the employees of that group think that one of the employees has gone off the rails--developed a drug problem, has financial…

It is evident that relying solely on a moment-in-time snapshot of an applicant's security profile to determine clearances and secure our information and facilities is simply not working.

We must not let up on our efforts to educate seniors, their families, and their caregivers about these scams.

America's seniors lose a staggering $2.9 billion a year to an ever-growing array of financial exploitation schemes and scams.

The Department of Justice announced the largest coordinated, nationwide sweep of elder fraud cases in our history.

Someone alleging to be from the IRS calls and scares you into paying thousands of dollars or you will be thrown in jail.

I rise to introduce the Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, which would prohibit suspected or known terrorists from legally purchasing a firearm. I thank my colleagues--Senators Heitkamp, Flake, Heinrich, Toomey, Baldwin, King, Nelson…

today I wish to express my gratitude to Heideh Shahmoradi, who since 2011 has served as clerk for the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, or THUD, for her many years of…

I thank my colleagues, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.