I want to see us get beyond what has come to be known as 'repeal and run.'

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

I rise this afternoon to pay tribute to a Pennsylvanian who passed away this past week, Al Boscov. Al was known not only in Pennsylvania, but beyond, as the owner of Boscov's Department Stores, a very, very successful retail department…

I rise this afternoon to speak about the nomination of Steve Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury and the concerns I have about his nomination. I want to start with a Pennsylvania story. It is a story we wish we didn't have to…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moran). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the following fellows on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the first session of the 115th Congress: Luis Arzaluz, Sherronda Sheppard, Brenda…

let me pick up from where I left off earlier in my discussion of some of the issues that Representative Price, the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, advocated for as a Member of the House, as a leader on the…

before I recommence my remarks, I see the senior Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Inhofe. I want to make sure that if he is prepared to take the floor, I will yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I rise this afternoon to speak about the nomination of Tom Price to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. I wish to start this afternoon with a couple of names--just five, and I will use just first names--five Pennsylvanians…

I rise this now-early morning, on a new day, to talk about this nomination, which has been the subject of so much debate, so much contention and, I believe, so much concern across the country and in my home State of Pennsylvania. I spoke…

I rise to speak this afternoon about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education. I know we will have had some time later today and even tonight, but I wanted to review some of the concerns I have about her nomination in the…

I want to outline a number of concerns that I have this morning about Senator Sessions' nomination to be the next Attorney General. I will try to keep it to a short list. I have limited time this morning. But I wanted to start with the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Paul). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that Zach Ormsby of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of the DeVos nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Here is one of the headlines of that article, one of the basic inclusions by a respected organization that tracks this information. I will just read that headline: ``The block grant would cut federal Medicaid funding by $1 trillion from…

I ask unanimous consent that Christopher Friese, from my staff, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise today to speak about the Medicaid Program, a program that I am sure a lot of folks in Washington and around the country hear about a lot. We talk about it a lot, but I am not sure that people around here have a real sense of what it…

We'll do a better job on our end.

Will you commit to ensure that Rowan and every other person in the country who has a disability... will they have that same coverage?

Would you agree with me, first of all, that we should get that number down, the number of uninsured children?

To block-grant Medicaid, okay?

A cut of a trillion dollars, a combined cut of a trillion dollars that would adversely impact the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Medicaid program, is totally unacceptable, I think, to most Americans, Democrat, Republican, or…

I want to say at the outset is, both Alyce and Diane, I'm using your first names

I am deeply grateful that you came here today to make sure that your voices are heard anyway.

I think if we are doing the right thing, not only as a government, but as a society, if we are really about the business of justice and if we are really about the business of growing the economy, we should invest a lot and spend a lot of…