I have been such a strong supporter of home visiting programs like the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting programs.

That is a pretty good track record, Mr. Chairman.

Together he and I have been able to ensure that the MIECHV program has been extended and the funding continues to flow to these programs, because they work.

What we often try to do here by way of legislation but also by way of something much more substantial in the case of Every Student Succeeds--it was a great effort by this committee to take No Child Left Behind and reform it, shake it up…

on April 4, we marked 25 years since Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz died in a plane crash. I am honored to serve in the Senate seat he held from 1977 to 1991. Five years ago, I paid tribute to Senator Heinz for his public service as a…

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for calling the hearing, and I also want to commend you, Senator Stabenow, for your work on this legislation over time.

the earlier you intervene, the way more payoff that there is.

I guess if I were making a list, I would say number five would be education in schools.

the earlier we do early intervention, the better.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

You need business ethics and a code of conduct and a very specific policy on pricing.

Look, my point here is I have got your testimony. It is five pages long. It is single-spaced. There is a lot of information in here, and I am glad we have it, but you made reference in your oral testimony here earlier in reference to one…

I do question how Valeant can justify, financially and morally, increasing the price of Syprine since it is an old drug, out of patent, and had been reasonably priced until they began manufacturing it.

this should not take more than weeks----

You do not dispute that the copay increased by----

Explain to this Committee why that would take that long. Why would it take all of those events and interventions, and, frankly, outrages before she would get a response to that fundamental question?

One of the challenges with the kind of egregious behavior here is encapsulating it in a manner that is understandable.

I could not agree more. Let us do that.

This is outrageous, and we cannot let politics stop us from dealing with it.

This is about workers. I will tell you, in my home State of Ohio today, we are losing workers and losing investment because of the fact that our tax code is not competitive.

The issue that no one has raised here today is that the other side of the aisle and the administration insist on a couple trillion dollars of new taxes in order to do reform.

today I wish to pay tribute to my hometown of Scranton, PA, as it celebrates its 150th anniversary, or sesquicentennial. Ever since William Penn invited carpenters, masons, weavers, and other skilled workers to settle in Pennsylvania, the…

I rise today to discuss briefly the fight against ISIS and the sources of its financial support. As the administration accelerates the coalition military campaign against ISIS, I believe the administration must continue to intensify…

I ask to speak in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized. ____________________

We've made a lot of progress in terms of over a number of years scores going up for students with disabilities, graduation rates getting better.