We don't have a good process in this country for looking at old regulations.

I think there is an absolute willingness for us to pay more.

I think we all talk about the need for more infrastructure investment and that it's very, very clear.

It seems to me it's always how we do it that's the question, right?

We want it to be effectively deployed to address the need.

I yield my postcloture debate time to Senator Wyden. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

I rise today to join my colleagues in opposing Congressman Tom Price's nomination to be the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Every American deserves the opportunity to have quality, affordable health insurance…

I would love your thoughts about whether biennial budgeting would provide the kind of predictability you are looking for.

My thinking, too, has been that if you do the biennial budget and you get the budget done, then you could use the second year to measure and assess.

You cannot manage a 2-million-person workforce, when you do not get your budget until 6 months into the fiscal year.

I rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States. Now more than ever, it is critical to have an Attorney General who is an independent defender of our…

Thank you very much. Senator Murray, I have been very concerned, as you know, with Mrs. DeVos's lack of understanding of issues facing students with disabilities. My son Ben's experience in public education was made possible because there…