as our Nation commemorates the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, I would like to recognize and honor the achievements of the Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive coalition, as well as the remarkable legacy of BG James B. Thayer, Sr. I…

50 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act amendments that created Medicare and Medicaid. Our country slammed the door on the days when far too many older people languished in poverty without the…

today, I am proud to stand up for fairness by introducing legislation with my Senate colleague, Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, to ensure American taxpayers receive the full value of coal produced on public lands. The Coal Royalty…

I wish to bring attention to a genetic condition known as Usher syndrome. Usher syndrome is the most common form of combined deafness and blindness in the United States, impacting as many as 50,000 Americans, not including their families…

the Senate is being asked to approve the Intelligence authorization bill for fiscal year 2016 by unanimous consent. When this bill was reported by the Senate Intelligence Committee, I and other colleagues noted that it contained one…

The pie-in-the-sky insistence that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed and somehow we will not have the suffering I have just described--that is not reality. What we ought to do is reject this amendment to repeal the Affordable Care…

I ask unanimous consent for 30 additional seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have spent much of my time in public service working to promote bipartisanship in health care. In fact, the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee is here. I think he may speak next. Our colleague from Tennessee Senator…

So, before we give a bunch of money away to corporations for tax breaks, we had better be figuring out what we are doing about retirement savings for Americans.

I still want to know more about how you are going to make the judgment to send a really tough message.

I care a lot about it because it is my workers, but I mostly care about it because you cannot just talk about enforcement in the abstract.

Let me emphasize, those pension benefits were earned. They were vested, and they were cut.

USTR needs a full leadership team now more than ever to take on the range of trade priorities before it.

For my part, that means ensuring that the TPP agreement contains 21st-century provisions to promote the digital economy.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation needs strong leadership to tackle a number of difficult challenges.

The report up for discussion today is not about any real-world fraud.

The fact is, the Affordable Care Act has extended health care coverage to more than 16 million real people who use their insurance coverage to see real doctors.

It is pretty hard to evaluate something you are not told about.

There is no conceivable strategy where you get the harvest up so high that there is no need for a safety net.

My hope is that we can increase the harvest in a sustainable manner and also continue a program that began in this room in a bipartisan way.

I appreciate your efforts to protect private land access but there also must be more done on the BLM lands to address the risk insects, disease and catastrophic wildfire pose to private land.

Thank you very much. Again with apologies to our guests because after this quick comment I am going to make the sprint to the plane.

I want to assure you that our industry remains totally and completely committed to working with you and the rest of the Oregon delegation to find an effective compromise O and C solution before we see further economic declines in our rural…

I know Senator Wyden has dedicated significant effort to finding that needed solution.

On this side of the aisle, we do not take a back seat to anybody in fighting fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars.