I just think we need to be driven by objective facts, and the position you all are taking is out of sync with what all the experts in the field are saying.

I want to thank my colleague from Hawaii for a very eloquent statement. I so appreciate her leadership and miss her on the Intelligence Committee. I also want to express my appreciation to the organizers of this effort--Senator Whitehouse…

I thank both of my colleagues, and I thank my colleague from Florida for his courtesy. I am going to be brief. My views on this issue can be summed up in a tweet that I sent on Saturday. I was home having town meetings. I go to every…

I am going to ask you a question that I would like a response on in writing within a week because this is so important to me.

It has been the longest running battle since the Trojan War to end fire borrowing and this horrible practice that really discourages the prevention that we need.

I think this is an important hearing, and Senator Cantwell has already picked up on a couple of our key issues in the Pacific Northwest.

the odds are quite good that when this Republican-controlled Congress closes up shop in December, time spent attacking the healthcare of women is going to be right up at the top of how this Congress spent their day. They are back at it…

If Congress fixes the Forest Service's persistent budgeting issue that results in fire borrowing, my view is that would allow the agency to have more resources available to tackle the very emergencies that we are talking about today.

a year ago, the President stormed into office promising better, cheaper healthcare for everyone. He said he would bring prescription drug prices down because, in his words, drug companies were ``getting away with murder.'' So as we move to…

the Senate has been running a bit behind. I wanted to accommodate my Republican colleagues. I ask unanimous consent that the vote be moved to 2:20 p.m., rather than 2:15 p.m., on Mr. Azar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

This issue of auditing the Pentagon is the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

So you cannot just wave your hands and sort of throw up fairy dust and say you are going to drive down the debt.

Everybody else in Government gets audited. Businesses get audited. It really is the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

Our approach would have put the bulk of the tax relief into the pockets of the middle class rather than the multinational corporations.

I am going to take that as a yes, that it is going to take more than 10 years to get to a clean audit.

I do not know where else Republicans could possibly go to pay for this $1.9 trillion in debt largely going to the multinational corporations.

I think based on your answer I have to tell Oregonians that it is going to take more than 10 years.

in a short while, the Senate will have a cloture vote on Mr. Azar's nomination to run the Department of Health and Human Services. The debate will be about a lot more than that. It is a question of whether the Trump administration should…

very shortly, the Senate is going to take two votes on the President's nominees. The first is to confirm Jerome Powell as the next Fed Chair. Once that vote wraps up, the Senate will vote on whether to begin debate on the nomination of…

I do not see how growth is going to get you close to paying for that $1.9 trillion that was put on the credit card.

reserving the right to object, and I will object here in a moment. I just would like to say that on our side, we feel so strongly about getting this resolved. We now are seeing a whole host of discussions between Members on both sides of…

before he leaves the floor, I know the distinguished Senator from Ohio is going off to champion yet another cause for workers--the whole question of justice with pensions. I want to thank him for his eloquent remarks, as well as our…

and colleagues, Chairman Hatch was on the floor a bit ago talking about the Children's Health Insurance Program. Because his remarks were greatly misleading, I thought it was important--having heard my good friend, my longtime friend…

Thank you, Mr. President. Despite yesterday's vote, I regret to have to say I am going to have to oppose this legislation's final passage. My view is, if this bill does not go forward now, it is possible to get Democrats and Republicans…

I believe the American people should be deeply concerned about the vote the Senate took yesterday to invoke cloture; in effect, ending real debate and preventing the Senate from considering any amendments to the Foreign Intelligence…