Debbie Stabenow

I think it is important to know if you are committed to upholding the new President's promise in May of 2015 that he would not support cuts to Social Security.

I do not know why, if a facility is closed, the workers and the taxpayers in the community should pay for the move.

Would you support closing tax loopholes in the U.S. tax code that extremely wealthy people use?

In America politics stops at the water's edge.

In Michigan, we know that politics stops at the water's edge.

Politics stops at the water's edge.

Without seeing their tax returns, it's impossible to know if his nominees have conflicts of interest from their financial dealings that would influence their decisions affecting the American people.

I thank the Chair. I want to actually turn and give 2 minutes to my colleague who has been my great partner in this, but I want to close by saying this. There is one other provision in this bill that is outrageous and that continues dark…

I think one of the important things that we did that is a real legacy, as we look at the importance of agricultural research, is the Foundation, putting together something that will last longer than all of us and a public-private…

Let me turn back now around food security here at home. You know the farm bill, among many, many, many things, is about providing safety, and that is both for farmers, whether it is livestock disaster assistance... or whether it is…

Whenever I think about the work of the CFTC, I never forget that eight million hardworking Americans lost their jobs because of financial markets that got out of control.

No, the bill does not prohibit the labeling of products developed using gene editing techniques, including RNAi and CRISPR. Additionally, the bill gives the USDA broad authority to periodically amend its labeling regulations to ensure that…

We all want very much for people to receive the best health care possible, and we know that a health-care payment system that rewards doctors for doing their job also improves patient outcomes and saves taxpayer money.

I think for nearly 30 years the Stark Act has been focused on rooting out fraud and preventing overutilization and protecting the Medicare program financially.

It is not a very good system when somebody has to call their U.S. Senator to intervene for them to get the medicine that they need to be able to save their life.

I have heard from three constituents in the last few months that have had Hepatitis C.

I understand the proposal is intended to drive providers toward prescribing more generic drugs in order to produce cost savings, and I fully support that objective.

I am concerned that the scope of the current proposal seems broader than is typical of a demonstration project, and just to underscore the concerns that have been raised about rural communities, I also share those.

I think the American people are scratching their heads at this moment. Hopefully, enough colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join us to close this incredible loophole.

Because they are on a terror watch list, but they can choose, rather than getting on that plane, to go buy a gun and go into a nightclub in Orlando and have carnage and terrorism occur. That is basically what is happening now and that…

If I might just again clarify with the distinguished Senator, so we are all clear. Right now, an individual can be stopped from getting on an airplane----

I thank my colleague. I wonder if I might just ask something, in addition to that. I understand our distinguished leader on appropriations, Senator Mikulski, and Senator Nelson as well, have an amendment that would give law enforcement the…

We have to engage people so we understand the positive side, what has happened in terms of moving agriculture forward and the positive benefits of biotechnology in that process.

We need to find a way to come together and have common ground and, frankly, be willing to compromise in order to be able to get there.

I remain, as I have been saying now for I do not know how many years now, that from my perspective, this is about making sure that we stop a 50-state patchwork.