reserving the right to object, there has been a list that has been worked out for both sides. Many of us have been waiting many hours to deliver our speeches, and I believe what the Senator is proposing modifies that considerably. The…

reserving the right to object, I have been on the floor here waiting for 2\1/2\ hours to deliver my speech on WRDA, and I don't think my colleagues across the aisle have been here for that amount of time. Maybe we should stick to the list…

I rise to share a few thoughts on the Water Resources Development Act, or, as it is referred to, the WRDA Act. This is a bill which has a tremendous number of water projects across America that in general will work to make many…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

we heard a tremendous amount over the course of the past year about fighting for workers and working families. What does it take for a working family to thrive? It takes a good living-wage job, access to public education for children, and…

reserving the right to object, I believe my colleague makes a persuasive argument. Many did come to the floor to share in that important dialogue regarding extending health care for our miners, and given that, I take the Senator's point…

I appreciate the comments of my colleague from Oregon, who, back in the year 2000, fought so hard to right a wrong. The wrong was that a variety of measures related to these timbered acres reduced the ability to pull as much harvest off as…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Emma Peterson, be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

colleagues, we are now 4 weeks out from a Presidential election in which millions of American voters indicated they wanted a change. Donald Trump, our President-elect, campaigned and was elected on a platform he called draining the swamp…

I thank the Chair. Those words should continue to reverberate in this Chamber. Colleagues, set your sights on the vision of ending your denying, diluting, and defiling of the most fundamental right close to the hearts of Americans and the…

I ask unanimous consent my intern, Jill Goatcher, be given the privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I appreciate the comments made by my colleague from Minnesota. He has been a strong champion for America's workers and believes we should make this Nation and our economy work for working Americans. His leadership on this overtime rule is…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

it has now been 23 days since the election--3 weeks and 2 days. Certainly it has been a time of great frustration and anxiety for Americans across the board, anticipating what our government will look like, what our executive branch will…

I am delighted to join my colleagues from Massachusetts and Illinois to express strong objections to the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill that is being considered in the House today and will be considered in the Senate. This bill proceeds to…

our Nation has gone through a difficult, bruising Presidential election. Normally, we would be making the pivot to healing those wounds, but this election has been particularly rough, and the wounds sustained during the campaign continue…

I join with my friend and colleague, Senator Wyden, to recognize the somber anniversary of the tragedy that struck our home State of Oregon a year ago. On October 1, 2015, the town of Roseburg was changed forever. Roseburg is a quiet…

I rise today, like many of my colleagues, to express frustration and outrage that we are once again considering leaving town without helping the people of Flint, MI, and people in other communities afflicted by lead poisoning across our…

today I rise to address an issue vital to the future of our country and to the future of our planet: climate change. When President Kennedy told the Nation that we would land a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s, he said: We choose to…

I think there is a lot of interest in this hearing and the role of generic drugs and the role that they can play in diminishing drug prices in America.

I encourage you to ponder whether there are unreasonably difficult, expensive procedures that make it very hard for competitors to enter the market.

The price of drugs are making health care the most expensive in the world here in the United States, out of reach to millions of Americans.

Indeed, I was appalled to hear that, that somehow a name brand company can prevent their competitor from getting enough of the drug to do the very studies that you are requiring.

You have authority in cases where there is market dysfunction to prioritize applications. Is that correct?

So if I am somebody at risk for this challenge of my throat closing down and I am unable to breathe, then I would suffocate, can I legally acquire a little amount of the drug and put it into a syringe and inject myself?