I rise today to discuss for a couple of moments the issue of homeland security and the threat of violent extremism in the United States. In the last 2 months in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have experienced two very concerning…

I think the innovator companies feel it is their duty to their stockholders to delay competition as long as possible.

No law that deals with a subject as complex as health care can be perfect upon enactment.

I think Senator Toomey is right on two things: number one, that this opioid problem is a matter of great urgency; and number two, that there is a bipartisan consensus to confront the problem and propose solutions.

We know it is not perfect, but we also cannot walk away from the problem, as some seem to want to do.

There are 17.5 million people, more than 17.5 million now, who have health care today who would not have it, would not have health-care coverage absent the ACA.

Let us fix problems in the ACA in a bipartisan fashion and make sure we do not undermine or destroy the achievements.

today I wish to commend Dianne Beecher who has honorably served the people of Pennsylvania for over 28 years, most recently as senior constituent advocate for my Senate office. Dianne has been a trusted member of my staff and a loyal…

We are implementing and making normal or routine things that used to be exceptional and rare--making sure we are reducing hospital readmissions.

Thank you, Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray, for continuing with this series of hearings on mental health and substance abuse.

The Federal Government could be helpful in resolving the problem in the rural areas by providing funding to educate the public in how to assist friends and loved ones who are experiencing psychological distress.

We must work to build upon this progress by strengthening the behavioral healthcare workforce.

Mental health is one of the country's most pressing health care needs.

Susan is a Republican, I am a Democrat and we work closely together.

I ask unanimous consent to speak on the nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise to offer some remarks about the vote we are going to cast on Judge Restrepo, which Senator Toomey spoke to earlier, and I thank him for his work on this nomination. We are finally at the point where we are voting, and we are…

I commend and salute the work done by Senator Collins. I am grateful to have this opportunity to reiterate some of the great features of this legislation as it relates to these tax provisions. If I had to summarize it in a couple of words…

I thank the chairman for his work in helping us get to this point today. It is an important moment at the end of an important year, and we are grateful for his leadership. Even when we have had a basic disagreement to get this compromise…

I want to thank Senator Toomey for his work on this legislation--our work together. As Senator Toomey did, I especially want to commend Don and Jean Williams, the parents of corrections officer Eric Williams. I will not reiterate the…

We are grateful for the work that you are doing and Ranking Member McCaskill.

Please consider cosponsoring S. 1453 and working with your colleagues to advance this important legislation.

We are going to be running out of time by mid-March, so we are working on that together.

I appreciate that. Dr. Fox, I was going to ask you, do you have anything to add to that question about what is driving it?

America pays the highest drug prices in the world, and it is not impossible to fix and it does not have to be partisan.

Some form of economic model will be required to make reverse distribution a viable solution for safe disposal of opioids and other prescription drugs.