It provides confusion, and it would violate the due process of those in our State.

I thank my colleague and leader of the Budget Committee. We are in this crazy situation where this bill would eliminate health care for 16.4 million Americans right now, most of whom have not had the ability to find affordable health care…

first I thank the distinguished Senator from Vermont for his advocacy, passion, and hard work in laying out what this is all about. I also appreciate the work of the distinguished chair, even though we have disagreements on the budget…

I never heard of that before.

What creates leverage for consumers is to go into an exchange where the insurance companies are competing against each other to be able to lower rates.

It actually was a Republican idea in the beginning, when we really had hoped this would get beyond partisanship.

I would suggest, for them and their families, they would consider that a pretty big deal.

Thank you, Mr. President. First, let me say Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my friends and family and colleagues in the Senate. (The remarks of Ms. Stabenow pertaining to the introduction of S. 758 are printed in today's Record under…

I want to take a moment to discuss the importance of international trade and the enforcement of international trade agreements. We talk a lot about international trade in this Chamber and frame it in terms of opening new markets with new…

We do not have a middle class unless somebody makes something.

I do not think the taxpayers or workers whom they leave behind should be subsidizing that.

I thank my friend from Florida for his comments and I echo those this morning. To the Presiding Officer and to the Members of the Senate, it was 70 years ago this year, in this very Chamber, that the Republican Senator from Michigan…

my Democratic colleagues and I come to the floor all the time talking about how we grow a middle class, how we help middle-class families, and how we make sure we have a strong economy because we have a strong middle class. Yet what we are…

I want to commend both of our leaders, Leader McConnell and Leader Reid, for coming to the floor and agreeing to a path forward to fully fund Homeland Security, and I want to speak for a moment about how critical this is and how really--if…

we are in a countdown of sorts right now, and it is one I am deeply concerned about. On February 27, the funding for the Department of Homeland Security of our country runs out, and that is 17 days from now. Only 17 days from now, our…

So when you look at the Clinton years, we actually raised the top two rates on Americans, asking them to pay a little bit more to help balance the budget, created 22 million jobs, and actually saw a robust economy, asking folks at the top…

The Bush years, which everybody seems to want to go back to, President Bush's years only helped those at the top, left everybody else waiting and holding their breath--will it trickle down?

But let me just say that, since they agreed through the IMF that they were not going to do this, they have done it like 300 times, something like that; I have seen the number.

I appreciate your efforts to address currency manipulation in international forums like IMF and the G-20, but these actions have not kept pace with increasing adverse impacts of currency manipulation.

Now, we are back. Again, in 2012, we asked those at the top to do a little bit more. Our friends said the world would end. It did not end.

Thank you, Mr. President. First, let me say to my friend from Alabama, I couldn't agree more that we need to focus on jobs. There is no question about it. I couldn't agree more that we need to have a legal immigration system that works and…

We want to make sure that it is work where you can work one job and be able to care for your family.

Tax credits are helping people afford coverage.

Fewer Americans are going into bankruptcy because of medical crises.

Folks who have been paying into health care for a long time are finally guaranteed they are getting what they are paying for.