I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment No. 434. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment. The senior assistant…

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up my amendment No. 708. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oregon…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of the act for purposes of this pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

the Senate is going to spend much of this week debating the contours and the details of the Federal budget. Our colleagues are going to offer a variety of amendments, and we will undoubtedly cast a lot of votes. Those watching are going to…

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Rob Jones, Virginia Lenahan, Karen Matthews, Baxter Matthews, David Mitchell, Jennifer Phillips, Jacob Puhl, Chris Shim, Polly Webster, and Austin Williams for the…

I will be very brief. I thank my colleagues for their courtesy. This amendment is about more than bumpy roads, popped tires, and broken axles. It is about jobs and economic growth in every nook and cranny in our country, and the key to…

I will be very brief. My colleague has expressed his thoughts on this issue well, and we have had a number of discussions on infrastructure with the distinguished chairman of the committee. I come back to the fact that all Americans have a…

colleagues, Social Security is a promise between workers and seniors that should never be broken, and Social Security benefits ought to be protected and should not be cut. The Congress needs to take steps to ensure that Social Security can…

The Federal Government has got to do a better job in managing the forests.

I want to make it clear that I think our policy has got to be do both, and we have got to do both in a sustainable fashion.

Some people do not agree with that. How high would the harvest have to go nationally and in my state in order to no longer need a safety net?

I want people to see, and I spend a significant amount of time at every town meeting walking through this, that the numbers do not work.

today I am proud to introduce the Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015 with my colleagues Senators Risch, Merkley, Murkowski, and Crapo. This bipartisan bill will allow for the rapid expansion of already identified geothermal…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 816 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

today I rise to introduce five unique Oregon tribal bills S. 814, S. 815, S. 816, S. 817, and S. 818, that each deliver on promises made to the tribes long ago. By introducing these bills today I am renewing my commitment to the five…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 815 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 817 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 816 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I would very much like to work with you in a bipartisan way.

It is time to recognize the real-world consequences of this dysfunctional, old political battle.

Obamacare did cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the Medicare Advantage program.

the proposition that the Affordable Care Act has in some way, I think the word was 'endangered' Medicare Advantage, is just belied by the facts.