I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily…

from all indications, our Republican friends continue to negotiate amongst themselves, behind closed doors, to revive the healthcare bill they had to pull from the floor on Tuesday. I would suggest to my friends on the other side that…

I ask unanimous consent that we get our full amount of time and that the time my friend from Wyoming uses be from the Republicans' time at some point later. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no order for divided time.

yesterday afternoon, my friend the Republican leader announced that the majority would delay the vote on the motion to proceed to this particular Senate Republican healthcare bill. We Democrats take no solace in that fact. Unfortunately…

I thank the Presiding Officer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

Oh. So we have as much time as we need? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no order.

even several Republican Senators are expressing concerns. Republican Senator Heller said: ``The bill doesn't protect the most vulnerable Nevadans--the elderly, Nevadans struggling with mental health issues, substance abuse, and people with…

the nonpartisan American Medical Association--a conservative organization--came out today in opposition to the bill, saying it ``will expose low and middle income patients to higher costs and greater difficulty in affording care.'' I ask…

this week, the eyes of the American people should be and are on the Senate. The Republican majority endeavors to pass a massive remake of our Nation's healthcare system with the votes of only one party and the ideas of only one wing of one…

I just want to salute, on behalf of all of us in the Senate, our great, great Senator from Hawaii. Her courage, her strength, her conviction to help people who need help is just inspiring--that is the only word I could think of…

leader time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator has the floor.

we are beginning to receive the first bits of information about the Senate Republican healthcare bill, which has until now been shrouded in absolute secrecy. I can see why. Even as we continue to get more details, the broad outlines are…

here is the correct analogy: Yes, there has been an accident. Yes, someone needs help. Someone who is not a doctor, not a physician, doesn't know how to help the patient--our Republicans friends go by the side of the road, but they don't…

would my dear colleague from Texas yield for a question? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Texas does not have the floor. You have the floor.

I would ask my colleague a question. What would be wrong with 1 hour of debate on every amendment to this bill? What is the objection to that, since the majority is proposing no debate on amendments, and then saying it is an open process…

I would ask my friend, the majority whip from Texas, a series of questions. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

142 pages thus far of this supposed bill have been printed online, and that is what I have used. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority whip.

The question is, Does the majority leader know that a half hour before we came to the floor were 142 pages of the bill listed online? That is what we used in our report. I would ask the majority leader a further question: If there is…

Would the majority leader yield? I am the minority leader, at this point. Mr. McCONNELL. I will yield for a question.

I would like to just then tell my friend from Texas: This is the bill. It was posted online a half hour before we came in. I would ask a page to come over and bring it to my dear friend and ask him if this is the bill which we have read.

What was the date that reconciliation was added to the budget resolution which said we don't need any Democratic votes? Was it May, was it April, was it March, or was it the very beginning of this session? I would ask him another question…

Not right now--at the end of my remarks. Simply put, this bill will result in higher costs, less care, and millions of Americans will lose their health insurance, particularly through Medicaid. It is every bit as bad as the House bill. In…

Will we get more than 2 minutes to debate each amendment we ask for or will we be under the reconciliation process, where we have 10 hours of debate and then every amendment only gets 2 minutes? Does he consider that--2 minutes, if that is…

This is a nasty bill. And they're trying to cover it up with little things here and there.

The Senate Republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing.