Whenever Federal tax dollars are being spent on a good or service, it is important to ensure those dollars are being spent wisely, efficiently, and as intended.

An exception would need to be provided for instances in which there is a supply chain failure that necessitates temporary increases in price in order to maintain necessary supply.

Full disclosure of costs, rebates/discounts, etc. will almost guarantee all rebates and discounts (final expenditures) equalizing; companies will be unable to justify any price differences across populations.

We all believe, I think, that Congress can act to solve this problem and to contribute to getting costs down for the consumer.

I rise this afternoon to spend a couple of minutes talking about the Dream Act and the so-called DACA issue. There are so many acronyms here in Washington. Sometimes we rely too much on them, but in this case, a lot of Americans know what…

I do want to add my words of commendation to you and to the Ranking Member for the work you did to get this legislation passed.

I am happy about that.

Unless Congress takes immediate action to pass Senator Brown's Butch Lewis Act of 2017, more retirees will see those promises broken.

Age discrimination is totally, totally unacceptable in the workplace.

Yes, I know, and I think most people who have had any experience with these kinds of cases know that it is often very subtle.

We must recognize and address the challenges facing all older workers in the modern workplace.

We also thank Chairman Collins and Ranking Member Casey for their leadership on the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act.

We have got to fix that.

I wanted to highlight some of the work that is done in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

a significantly higher standard of proof, in short, the Gross decision signaled to employers that some amount of proven age discrimination is legally allowed.

If confirmed as Assistant Secretary for OSERS, I will look forward to the opportunity to serve the millions of children, youth, and adults with disabilities and their families across our Nation.

I view components of Every Student Succeeds Act that require states to meaningfully engage with stakeholders, including stakeholders in the disability community, as key provisions and opportunities for state-led collaboration.

If confirmed, I will ensure that OCR enforces the civil rights statutes under its jurisdiction vigorously within the bounds of current law and regulation.

I hope that what you would not end up supporting is a backtracking.

Then you take the category of $75,000 to $100,000, and almost 17 percent of Americans in that income category will see a tax cut of less than $9 a month. In the grand total between $50,000 and $100,000, 7.7 million Americans will either…

That is just one brief assessment of the impact of this legislation on children, but I think that should be a question we ask of every major piece of legislation.

I ask unanimous consent that Rachel McKinnon of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 115th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank my colleague from Michigan for focusing on the issue of wages because that was the promise--right?-- that if you give corporations a tax cut of more than $1.3 trillion-- with a ``t''--all of a sudden, you are going to see wages go…

I want to say to the senior Senator from Oregon, as the ranking member of the committee, he will remember, as I do, that in the course of that so-called markup, which is a fancy Washington word for having some debates and offering…

I rise to talk about a subject matter that this bill deals with that we are not hearing a lot about. I wanted to start, though, with the basics in terms of the overall debate. I have said many times in the last number of days and weeks…