We want to take it to every State that is interested and, frankly, listen to the sheriffs across the country who are tired of having people in jail who ought to be receiving mental health or substance abuse services, or hospital…

We are still hopeful. We have had difficulty coming together and getting bipartisan support here to help rebuild the pipes and so on.

We have known actually since President Kennedy passed the Community Mental Health Act over 50 years ago, that we needed a structure in place so that we were providing comprehensive health care in the community.

one of the things I hope we will look at in future hearings is the accounting changes, the laws that were changed in the last several decades that allowed overfunded pension plans to suddenly be available for various other purposes

A pension is a promise. It is a key cornerstone of how we have had a middle class and the dignity and respect of work in this country.

we want to get this solved and not just have votes that go down. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

reserving the right to object. I first want to thank the chair. She lists a lot of bipartisan efforts that have gone on. I know a lot of work has been done, but nowhere in that list have the needs of the folks of Flint been addressed…

I also want to, as I did before, commend those working on this bill, and I share the majority leader's feeling that a lot of positive progress has been made. We are just not done yet. So while I commend, and have commended, the chair and…

as all of our colleagues know, we have been working very hard to come together around a reasonable path to provide some support and assistance to the people of Flint, MI, who got up this morning--if they took a shower, it was with bottled…

might I ask the Senator to yield for a question so we can share the information?

Will the distinguished leader yield for a question? I have been asking for the opportunity to ask a question, and I ask unanimous consent to ask a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Is the chair aware that the dollars we have asked for require a comprehensive plan from the State and that at this point only $28 million--most going to health--has been allocated to the State?

I will be happy to continue the discussion. I thank the Chair. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read…

I want to talk again about the complete disaster, the catastrophe that has befallen a community in Michigan called Flint, MI, through no fault of their own. We assume that when we turn on the faucet, we can make coffee, take a shower, make…

I rise today to speak about an urgent and truly tragic situation in Flint, MI, and ask my colleagues in the Senate to look very hard at what has happened here and to help us address this issue. This is a public health emergency on a…

I appreciate that I am running out of time. I will close. I will be back a lot today. I would just indicate to the President and to others that we want this fixed. We have been working in good faith. We thought we had an agreement working…

I rise to talk about an opportunity we have in the midst of all the negotiations going on to do something incredibly meaningful, that has bipartisan support, and literally will address a group of diseases that affect one out of four people…

I thank my colleague who just spoke for his vigilance in reminding us how we have to pay attention every single day to what is happening in Iran and to be smart and strategic and let them know we are very serious about pushing back…

I rise to support the transportation bill and crop insurance. We made a deal with farmers when we gave up direct subsidies that, instead, we would ask them to have skin in the game and to have crop insurance to manage their risk. They have…

I thank the senior Senator from Vermont for his leadership on this issue. Last year, I had the privilege of leading the first all-women Senate delegation to sub-Saharan Africa to examine food, agriculture, and the critical role women play…

I come to the floor today to speak on behalf of millions of Americans who are very grateful they have health care now under the Affordable Care Act that they didn't have a few years ago. Looking back over the years, I am reminded of the…

This program was providing children, and is still today, with their only meal of the day, and it sends a powerful message to Haitian families about our American values.

to strengthen them from an economic standpoint, it meant empowering women to own their own land, to be able to get loans, to be able to have inheritance rights and so on.

Our time in Africa strengthened my appreciation of our country's commitments to helping fight global hunger and food insecurity.

when Senator Roberts and I led the amendment to AGOA, which would expand the USDA's role in trade capacity building specifically for women-owned farms and businesses.