on December 1, we mark World AIDS Day, reflect on the more than 35 million people who have died of HIV or AIDS, and recommit to leading the way to an AIDS-free generation. For more than a decade, the United States has been a leader in the…

this motion is pretty simple. If corporations get a windfall because of a corporate tax break, the workers should benefit as well. Worker wages should go up. Let me read directly from the motion itself. We want to ensure that ``any tax…

I rise to speak about this motion to commit. The amendment I am offering is very simple. It states that if companies are giving executives a raise and giving more money to shareholders through dividends or stock buybacks because of this…

I have a motion to commit at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. CASEY] moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We've made, I think, good progress coming together, Democrats and Republicans, to recognize that this problem is so severe and so substantial that we've got to work together.

the intent of the bill, Senate bill 2004, is to dedicate about $250 million to that.

We're still woefully short in terms of federal investment.

I'm not sure any of us have encountered a problem of this severity, and the professionals in the room would know better than I.

Do you commit to faithfully implementing the Affordable Care Act?

That is my view of it. I use the word "sabotage," and I think that is an appropriate description.

I want to especially thank your family and your extended family for their commitment.

Dollars should not be spent for that.

I voted against your predecessor because he had commented negatively about Planned Parenthood, CHIP, Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.

It is one thing to be critical and concerned about it, it is another thing to spread falsehoods.

Patients who need drugs--who cannot afford to go without them, without risk to their life or health--are treated as hostages by pharmaceutical companies in some circumstances.

Would you oppose those efforts that I described broadly as sabotage? Yes or no.

I wish to go back to a point I made earlier when I was describing--both in terms of the substance of the bill and the process that has been undertaken to pass the bill--why, the week before Thanksgiving, I used the expression that the bill…

I rise this evening to talk about the tax bill, which will come to the floor very soon. We have started debate, and we will be debating it the next couple of days. There is a lot to talk about, a lot of numbers, and a lot of data. I will…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Republican Tax Plan

I also ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

40 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nonunion public workers who benefit from the work conducted by a union to negotiate contracts that they benefit from should have to pay a fee to cover costs associated with this work. If all…

I rise this evening to talk about our system of justice. If we were to walk out from the Senate, out the front door, and across the front of the Capitol directly, we would find ourselves across the street from the U.S. Supreme Court. As…

I wish to extend my support for the Baha'i community in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith. Baha'u'llah preached a message of justice, unity, and peace. The religion that he…

as you know, the Children's Health Insurance Program expired on September 30, in large part because we spent much of this year and the days leading up to that date debating the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, instead of focusing on…