Yesterday, Madam President, a bunch of Members of Congress, with healthcare paid for by taxpayers, went to the White House and celebrated a handout for corporations that sends jobs overseas--companies that shut down in Mansfield, in…

I think it is pretty clear how important this is. This bill got, I believe, 2 or maybe 3 negative votes out of 400-some in the House of Representatives. There is no organization I know of that opposes it. I hear from people in my State…

I thank Senator Markey and hope we can work things out with Senator Johnson on this issue. ____________________

I thank Senator Markey for his leadership on this issue. This has gotten this far because of his efforts in so many ways. I want to enter into the Record three letters that are dated yesterday and today. Actually, one is from the National…

as we await Senator Markey's and Senator Johnson's remarks, I wish to set the stage. The CDC released a new report last night showing a massive increase in the number of Americans dying from drug overdoses. My State is second to the…

I wish to thank my colleagues Senator Warner and Senator Blumenthal for their words on the Senate floor-- Senator Warner's words yesterday especially, defending Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in his leadership on the Senate Intelligence…

I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, I yield the floor to Senators Johnson and Markey. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I want to state my objection. There is objection, Mr. President. I would like to state my objection. May I state the reason for my objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah has the floor.

may I state the reason for my objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah has the floor.

I rise in opposition to this special interest, tax breaks for the rich, trickle-down economics bill that history shows doesn't work. I want to start by thanking Senator Wyden from Oregon, the leader on our side--the Finance Committee has…

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I would just like to ask Senator Hatch a question.

This tax cut raises -- it causes a huge budget deficit to give money to the wealthiest people in the country, creates a huge hole in the budget. And who's going to fill the hole in the budget? Not the lobbyists walking in and out of…

I rise to oppose the nomination of Paul Compton, which came out of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. I might add that he is President Trump's nominee to serve as general counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban…

this month, this body has spent much of its time pushing a tax bill that rewards corporations that ship jobs overseas while doing nothing for hard-working families. It has spent time cutting taxes on the wealthiest people in the…

I thank my friend from Hawaii and Senator Durbin for his work and Senator Cortez Masto, who is off to a really good start in her first year in the Senate. I thank them for their work on this issue that is personal to Senator Cortez Masto…

I thank the majority leader for recognizing me. Last week, the Senate gave tax handouts to millionaires, billionaires, and multinational corporations that ship jobs overseas, and the middle class got almost nothing. This week, it is the…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

without the Brown-Bennet amendment, a Senator's kid gets more tax relief than the daughter of a family in Garfield Heights, OH, who makes $40,000 a year. I will say that again. A Senator's kid gets more tax relief than the daughter of a…

I thank Senator Wyden. Mr. President, if we want to cut taxes for the middle class, as my colleagues keep saying, then let's cut taxes for the middle class. Instead of giving the money to the corporations and hoping it trickles down, let's…

I am fine. I just wanted to clarify something. When we had our little exchange a couple of Thursdays ago, I talked about the bill I thought was much more heavily weighted toward the top 1 percent. I wanted to put another number out there…

The question is this. I appreciated the exchange we had in the Finance Committee the other night----

We so appreciate that, Mr. Chairman. My concern is that you know some of these families. When you write a bill like that, you meet a lot of these families who benefit--209,000 in my State alone. Some of the parents of those kids, if we…

This is not a giveaway. This is something we have done bipartisanly. Is there something we can do to----

But one of the things we could be doing instead of this bill is the CHIP program, which you proudly, with Senator Kennedy, offered 20 years ago. There are going to be letters that will go out to people in Virginia next and Ohio and other…

OK. My one comment about CHIP, if that is OK, is that there are letters that are going to go out. I so respect what you did with Senator Kennedy. I know that your work was exemplary on it, 20 years ago, to start the Children's Health…