It is hard to overstate the value and the strategic necessity of approving the agreement.

It is time, in my view, to actually get some resolution. These relationships are extraordinarily important.

This bill contains a number of common sense solutions, as I said, to issues that have gone on for, this feels like the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

last summer, I set out on a tour of Oregon's Seven Wonders to hear from Oregonians in every corner of the State about how to improve access to outdoor recreation. Recreation is a big economic multiplier for my State, and Oregonians are the…

on December 18, 2015, I placed a hold on the nomination of Dr. Janine Ann Davidson to be Under Secretary of the Navy. As I made clear in my statement at that time, my action was not directed at Dr. Davidson; rather, it was directed at the…

I think that, as is always the case, you all are right to talk about various issues that ought to be part of the debate.

CMS recovered the HealthCare.gov website for high consumer use within 2 months and adopted more effective organizational practices.

What we have said is that we want to work in a bipartisan way to improve a variety of sections of the Affordable Care Act.

It is old news that the rollout of HealthCare.gov 3 years ago was botched.

Look, I do not know how many times I have said in this committee that when there are big, important issues--and certainly the Affordable Care Act is right at the top--we need to work in a bipartisan fashion.

With so many CO-OPs now in financial jeopardy, I believe that CMS should work with, not against States, to safeguard taxpayer dollars.

So let us go then from last year when there was not one single real-world example of fraud to where we are now.

I am not going to be participating in any celebration of people suffering, because the CO-OPs were tied up in a congressionally induced economic straightjacket.

Now, that is the new news. That is just a few weeks old. That is new news, and I want people to hear that, and I want people to hear that there were no actual real-world cases of fraud uncovered.

What I think is important is that, to do bipartisan work, we have to move away from, first, the past, because everybody has acknowledged that the first few months were botched.

the initial rollout was botched

I so admire the professionalism of the agency, and I think you heard me say I do not take a back seat to anybody when it comes to cracking down on actual real-world fraud.

I want to express my appreciation to colleagues on both sides of the aisle, because I think we are on the cusp of being able to make real progress on a huge opportunity for older people in our country.

I want to spend just a few minutes to discuss women's health care because I believe women's health care in America is in trouble--very deep trouble. It is in trouble in Congress, it is in trouble in the courts, and it is in trouble in our…

now that the Senate has passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, I wish to take a few moments to reflect on what I believe are going to be additional steps that are needed to really put an end to the horrible opioid epidemic…

I believe deeply in the benefits of trade.

We particularly salute Senator Wyden and his staff for their efforts on this issue.

We have to have a free and open Internet in order to prosper, and that means the free flow of data across borders.

My heart breaks when I hear news like what's going on in Indiana, where Carrier Corporation and a United Technologies Electronic Controls have announced they're shuttering plants and heading to Mexico.

I completely agree with you.