We are going to get a bipartisan bill from the Finance Committee, because Chairman Hatch and I have been talking about this for some time.

We are committed here on this Committee--you heard the chairman and I talk about it--to being bipartisan.

Your written testimony completely omits the role of the pharmaceutical manufacturers that put a greater emphasis on increasing sales rather than protecting the patients.

We are going to do that under the leadership of the chairman. This is going to be tackled in the same kind of way that we pursued the CHIP bill for 10 years, the historic Family First bill, the potentially transformative Medicare…

To me, opioid manufacturers--through twisted research, deceptive marketing, and bought and paid-for patient advocacy groups--had a significant role in fueling the crisis.

I am putting a hold on the nomination of Mr. Jason Klitenic to be General Counsel of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. I intend to maintain the hold until there is a satisfactory response to the March 6, 2018, letter Senator…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2653 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

every day, Social Security provides vital benefits to millions of Americans who worked and paid into the system, and I cannot overstate the important anti-poverty role that the program plays. Supplemental Security Income or SSI is the…

the majority leader said that this is a promising day, and I would just say that I think it is more than that. It is really a milestone to have the majority leader of the Senate working with a bipartisan group of us to lift a restriction…

It seems to me that that predicates at least an inquiry as to whether somebody is perhaps not telling the truth on one or the other of those Federal forms.

I hope you will treat this as a priority and make sure that we do get answers to what I think are fair and sensible questions, particularly in light of the election manipulations we have seen.

powerful lobbyists and special interests to creep in and twist the rules in their favor.

Our review of our records has found no foreign donations in connection with a United States election, either directly or through a conduit.

Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you for your courtesy. You always go to such great lengths to give me the opportunities to juggle a hectic schedule.

the reality looks awfully different.

certainty was one of the most important selling points of the tax bill.

The annual hearing on tax filing season typically inspires the level of enthusiasm most people bring to a prolonged root canal procedure.

I am putting a hold on the Fiscal Year 2018 Intelligence Authorization Act, as currently drafted, for two reasons. The bill marked up by the Senate Intelligence Committee included three amendments I offered, one of which required that the…

millions of small businesses do not know how to estimate what they owe.

I rise today in support of H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill developed by House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson and Ranking Member…

It is hard to identify a coherent strategy that will help American workers, businesses, and farmers when the dust settles.

I ask unanimous consent to speak to the body for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 2212 Withdrawn

It creates chaos, threatens to derail the discussions, and, at the very least, distracts from the important issues.

So, Mr. Ambassador, the President makes the final decision. You make recommendations.

Colleagues, Senator Cornyn and I both serve on the Intelligence Committee. And we there have the responsibility to protect some of America's most important secrets.