I ask unanimous consent that my health fellow, Christa Wagner, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

it is a sad day for our democracy when the words of Coretta Scott King are not allowed on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I wish to share those words with you today in their entirety. Dear Senator Thurmond: I write to express my sincere…

the job of the Attorney General of the United States is to enforce laws that protect the rights of each and every American. More than ever--more than ever--we need leaders who can bring Americans together to improve police-community…

it is pretty clear. It is pretty simple. There never has been a nominee for Secretary of Education as unqualified as Betsy DeVos. That is clear to pretty much every Member of this body--not that every Member of this body is going to stand…

I rise in opposition to the resolution before us, which really ought to be titled the ``Kleptocrat Relief Act.'' My Republican colleagues today are trying to repeal a critical bipartisan rule initiated by Senator Lugar, a Republican from…

I appreciate the comments of my friend from Alaska--also from Cleveland--and those of my friend from Cincinnati, Senator Portman, about opioids. I appreciate his leadership in my State, the work he has done, and the work we have done…

on one side of this argument, one side of this rule, we see in the end--and this kind of sums it up. We have these 30 countries that followed us and passed the rules and the laws the same as we did. We have on our side, the American…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered

the city of Cleveland lost a committed public servant last week, Officer David Fahey. Officer Fahey dedicated his career to protecting our community and was tragically killed in the line of duty in a senseless hit-and-run. A Navy veteran…

I rise to discuss what happened in the Finance Committee today--or what didn't happen in the Finance Committee today. Two newspapers--one, the Columbus Dispatch, one of Ohio's best and most conservative newspapers, and the Wall Street…

I want your support to guarantee health care for our Nation's veterans and their families, including those that would be harmed by an ACA repeal.

My fear is that if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, 22 million people lose their coverage.

I am also concerned because I know the President has advisors, paid and unpaid, who are pushing him hard on privatization of the VA.

the ACA did insure 25,000 veterans and 12,000 family members that were not insured prior to the ACA

the fact is the President has talked about privatization.

I just cannot imagine the morality of telling these people who have worked all their lives... that we would even consider the possibility, as you all did in Congressman Ryan's bill, raising the eligibility age for Medicare.

I want to find out about the Children's Health Insurance Program. You said last week to staff that it has been a remarkably successful program.

I do not agree that Medicare is broken the way you say.

I do not want it as your goal, I want you to commit that you will stand firm, as the ACA does, on this provision of canceling care, canceling insurance, because patients are too expensive.

In December, you said you expected lawmakers to push forward an overhaul of Medicare, and I quote, 'in the first 6 to 8 months of the Trump presidency.'

But we do not. I mean, not all veterans qualify for care through the VA.

So if we repeal the ACA, how do you guarantee health care for my State's thousands, your State's thousands of veterans?

Will you commit to make public a comprehensive plan to address global overcapacity in the steel industry within the first month you are on the job?

I 100-percent support the President-elect's view that we need to look at China overall, from a trade standpoint and an economic standpoint and a security standpoint.

the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund, as Senators Stabenow, Nelson, and McCaskill said, is in distress and at risk of becoming insolvent.