I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, which I have introduced with my friend and colleague from Maryland, Senator Cardin. Our legislation aims to help ensure that our seniors and…

I'm concerned about reports that the President is changing the composition of the so-called Principals Committee on the National Security Council.

after careful consideration, I have decided to oppose the confirmation of Scott Pruitt, the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I have met at length with Mr. Pruitt, who is an accomplished attorney with…

I rise in support of H.J. Res. 40, a resolution of disapproval of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to the implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. The rule in question would require…

I really appreciated not only the settlement with Western Union that is going to lead to some restitution, but the quick work of the Inspector General's Office for Tax Administration that really stopped a fraud in progress.

This Committee's longstanding dedication to fighting fraud against seniors is raising awareness and prompting enforcement actions that are making a real difference.

The criminals who prey on seniors are relentless. They will harass seniors until they have drained every penny in their life savings.

I am proud of the Committee's work on this crucial issue to help seniors become more aware and informed, and to put criminals on notice that they will be stopped and brought to justice.

It is great to have you as a member of the Committee.

That is so important because in the vast majority of these cases, once the money has been wired, it is gone forever, and it is very difficult to trace.

I rise to express my strong support for the nomination of Dr. David Shulkin to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. I believe his impressive record of service in both the public and private health care sectors as well as his firm…

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging, having adopted rules governing its procedures for the 115th Congress, have a copy of their rules printed in the Record, pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.

I come to the floor to announce a very difficult decision that I have made; that is, to vote against the confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be our Nation's next Secretary of Education. This is not a decision that I have made lightly. I have a…

A dollar more than 400 percent, you lose your assistance with premiums. And that is another real problem with the law that is creating wage loss.

We have a problem where we are seeing nationwide average premium increases of 25 percent.

I think we have to acknowledge up front that we have a real problem with the individual market.

I hope we can get away from trying to make this a partisan debate.

We want to see everyone have access to affordable health insurance.

What has been lost in this debate is regardless of who was elected President, we were going to have to do major repairs on the Affordable Care Act.

as Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, I am delighted to introduce, with my good friend and former ranking member, Senator Claire McCaskill, the Senior$afe Act of 2017, a bill that would help protect American seniors from financial…

first, let me commend the Senator from Louisiana for his extraordinary work on this bill. It has been a great pleasure to work so closely with him as we have made a genuine effort to put together a bill that would be a reasonable…

first, let me start by commending the Senator from Louisiana for all of the thought and the work he has put into coming up with an alternative plan that would fix ObamaCare and result in more Americans having affordable health insurance…

I think most people reject that idea. As you said, we don't want to pull the rug out from under people who are relying on the insurance that has been provided through the ACA.

I have been baffled over the years by what CMS reimburses for and what it fails to reimburse for.