I do not support any cuts to Social Security.

I would ask consent on two matters--two letters, I should say.

That word 'navigate' that you and others have been using is an apt description, I think, of what some are up against.

It is a great country, right?

Chairman Collins, thank you. I want to thank you for this hearing and for the good work that led up to it by your staff and our staff as well.

I hope we can illuminate some of these problems--the same problems that Chairman Collins and I can work together on to fix.

We should hear about what is not working and what is most challenging for our constituents.

we support the bipartisan BENES Act introduced by Senator Casey, which aims to simplify enrollment.

I am proud of that legislation because it is bipartisan and it represents how Congress should work.

Every day 10,000 Americans turn age 65 in the United States of America.

These are not simple decisions. There is no one-size-fits-all choice for those individuals.

Many people in the Senate, including Senator Gillibrand, who is here, have worked on these issues for years.

we have got to get to an infrastructure bill around here or something that would focus on broadband.

I want to thank Chairman Collins for this hearing and for her opening statement today.

AAP thanks Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Casey for their strong leadership on the Federal Emergency Medical Services for Children, or EMSC, Program.

Our healthcare sector is already near capacity with this flu season. So we are woefully unprepared to respond to a mass casualty, biological event.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

I thank the senior Senator from Michigan for her words today but also, more importantly, for her advocacy for so many years, and maybe especially in the last year, on the Children's Health Insurance Program and all of the great work she…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

I rise to talk about some of the issues we are facing as we approach a deadline tonight, but I really wanted to start with one observation about where we are and where we could be in the next couple of days. Some of the debate is focused…

I represent a state that has 48 rural counties out of a total of 67 counties.

I rise to speak as well about the issue of pensions, as many of my colleagues have been speaking about tonight. First of all, I want to outline a series of what I believe to be promises that the Senate and the House must keep with large…

We have a strong, bipartisan history of working together on this Committee to improve our communities' ability to respond to all manner of public health threats.

Next week, we look forward to hearing from nongovernmental stakeholders about how we can continue to strengthen our readiness for future public health emergencies and keep the American public safe.

Preparedness is continuous and must evolve to face new and different types of threats.