when you serve as the Secretary of Treasury, you are charged with a variety of responsibilities, and right at the center of your duties is to address taxes. This is an area that the nominee to head the Treasury Department, Mr. Steven…

the Senate is now debating the nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be the Secretary of the Treasury, and this is yet another nomination on which the majority has walked away, unfortunately, from a 20-year bipartisan approach when it comes to…

I also refer my colleagues to the following news articles and documents: ``Australian Drug Maker has Low Profile but Powerful Backers in Washington,'' printed in the New York Times on January 13 of this year; ``Aussie shareholding puts…

I also refer my colleagues to the following documents: an announcement by Innate on June 10, 2016, entitled ``Private Placements and Rights Issue to Raise Additional Working Capital,'' and the Public Financial Disclosure Report signed by…

the debate on Congressman Price's nomination, in my view, is a referendum on the future of health care in America. On this side of the aisle, we think it is worth spending 30 hours talking about a subject this important to our people. My…

before Senator King leaves the floor, let me just say, as one who ran the legal services for the elderly program in Oregon, that the Senator makes all of us in legal services proud tonight. Senator King has really put a face on what is at…

I would also refer my colleagues to the following news articles: ``Trump's HHS Nominee Got A Sweetheart Deal from A Foreign Biotech Firm,'' a story published by Kaiser Health News on January 13, 2017; ``Representative Tom Price Got…

before I begin my remarks, I want to make sure that everyone understands that Senator Murray has been on this floor hour after hour for a reason; that is, these nominations are enormously important. This one is right at the heart of what…

as the Senate begins to consider the Price nomination, I wanted to see if I could put a little perspective on the upcoming debate. Focusing on bipartisanship has always been important to me. I know many of my colleagues on the Senate…

I yield the remainder of my postcloture debate time to Senator Schumer. I want to thank Senator Thune for his courtesy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The Senator from South Dakota.

We need tax reform, which is what our colleagues, including Dan Coats most recently, now the Director of National Intelligence, agreed to.

You made a commitment that there would be no absolute tax cut for the wealthy.

I think my colleagues especially on the Finance Committee know that I have a special commitment to bipartisan tax reform.

We will not get bipartisan tax reform when the Secretary of Treasury walks back a pledge to have no absolute tax cut for the wealthy.

Yesterday you walked that back in the House Appropriations Committee.

I want to be very brief. I know colleagues are facing tough weather and are trying to deal with the logistics of all that. I just want to close with a couple of points. The first is that I have heard several of my colleagues say to me that…

I ask unanimous consent that Eric Skidmore, Kailee Farrell, Benjamin Willis, Kelly Singleton, and Kathryn Haake, legislative fellows in my office, be given floor privileges for the rest of this Congress. Without objection, it is so…

before he leaves the floor, I want to thank Senator Leahy, particularly because, once again, on this issue he showed there was a path forward that was bipartisan. The senior Senator from Vermont got together with our colleague from Utah…

is there going to be a replacement before there is repeal?

What the Congressman is saying is that the order could go into effect before there is a replacement plan.

I will wrap up this round by saying, will you commit to not implementing the order until the replacement plan is in place?

The Republicans in last year's reconciliation bill cut taxes for one group of people. They cut taxes for the most fortunate in the country.

We have a paper trail, Congressman. We have a paper trail for every comment I have made.

I am going to oppose it. I am very troubled by what we have heard today.

No cuts to Medicare or Medicaid. Nobody hurt by ACA repeal. 'Insurance for everybody . . . much less expensive and much better.'