I have proposed legislation that would establish an out-of-pocket cap to help protect older people.

for so many older people, they just feel like they are getting hit by a wrecking ball.

The question for me, the foremost question, is whether or not the American people are going to be able to afford these medicines.

Absent reform: lots of cures and a big, big question mark when it comes to access and affordability.

I want to take a few minutes tonight to discuss the Intelligence authorization bill for fiscal year 2017. The Senate has been asked to provide unanimous consent to move forward on this legislation, and I have objected to doing that and…

I ask unanimous consent that Taylor Harding, an intern in my office, be given floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

That program to provide more choices for older people, that was really born in this room.

Protecting access is especially important in rural America, where seniors today so often face fewer choices and lower quality of care.

This demonstration project has to be in sync with the effort Medicare is making to move towards paying for treatment based on value, rather than volume.

We better have it within two weeks because the fire season is on us, and there are not many days left in the Congress.

We are going to make it happen before the serious fire season.

I believe the Administration believes that to deal with fire borrowing you have to freeze, and I use that word specifically, you have to freeze the amount of money that is spent on fighting fire at a fixed number, like the current 10-year…

ending the plague of fire borrowing is now the longest running battle since the Trojan War and it is time to bring this to an end.

I want to come back again to the argument I made earlier. The Senator from North Carolina said the FBI would have to wait around if there was something that really had the well-being of the American people at stake. That is simply…

I thank my colleague. He and I have worked on this. He is really outlining the hypocrisy behind what has been going on over the past few days. Mr. President, due process ought to apply as it relates to guns, but due process wouldn't apply…

Now as I have indicated, I support management as well.

The amendment gives the FBI field office authority to scoop up all this digital material without judicial oversight. That is a mistake. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President…

I thank my colleague for the time. Mr. McCAIN. I yield 3 minutes of my 10 minutes to the Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

If I could have 10 additional seconds, and I appreciate my colleague's courtesy. Mr. McCAIN. Certainly.

the senior Senator from Arizona--whom, as I mentioned, I have worked with often--has said, in effect, if you oppose his amendment, you are interested in privacy. The reality is, my interest is in privacy and security. I believe it is…

I believe the next vote will take place on the amendment offered by the senior Senator from Arizona that would allow for the issuance of what are called national security letters, or NSLs, which are administrative subpoenas, and there will…

I say to my colleague that I just walked in and I am prepared to speak on another subject, whenever it is convenient for my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

I appreciate my colleague yielding, and I am a very, very strong supporter of her amendment because I think the idea of adding more resources is absolutely essential. As I look at these cases--and she and I have talked about this on the…

If my colleague will continue to yield, just briefly, what my colleague has stated--and I strongly agree with--is that she is trying to assure that the resources are there for the future. I am not going to drag my colleague into the…

in the aftermath of the horrific tragedy in Orlando, Americans are understandably concerned about whether law enforcement and intelligence officials have the tools they need to keep our people safe. I share these concerns and have for…