Sheldon Whitehouse

I will raise is my perennial concern that the Margolis memorandum needs to be retracted by the Department.

I would have thought that Coreflood would have been a model for a great number of other similar sort of hygienic type legal efforts.

I think it is an important step for the administration.

I remain disappointed that we did not pass legislation to address this pressing issue before.

I appreciate it. Similarly, we are looking at the enforcement of campaign finance laws.

June of 1 year to March of another is a pretty long run for getting an answer.

Having the floor, why don't I propose now that at the conclusion of my remarks Senator Toomey be recognized.

The Senator has that right, and she will yield to him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I wish to interject just for a moment to sort out the order on the floor. I apologize to the Senator from Arizona for the last exchange. I thought I had the floor at that point. I understand now this is a colloquy. I think Senator Ayotte…

If I may interject, I believe I have the floor. Mr. McCAIN. I have the right to ask a question from the person who has the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Carolina has yielded for a question. Mr. McCAIN. My…

I think it is important that people understand what a difference it makes when somebody undertakes to commit one of these terrible crimes and they have the additional capacity for evil and for harm as a result of the additional capacity in…

I would supplement what my friend Senator Graham said by suggesting that we can both clean up and improve the enforcement of the existing laws and expand background checks.

Cutting benefits and rationing care are the inept way of looking at health care, and even though they are so wrong it is almost criminal

If you really look at the budget problem and the deficit problem, it is a health care problem.

I think our Ranking Member, Senator Collins, said it exactly right when she said the way to address Medicare costs is to address health care costs.

Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have provided tremendous investment of time and support to ensure that Rhode Island is ready to implement the Affordable Care Act.

If you did not call that Obamacare, everybody in this country would think that was a good idea.

Cutting spending in a weak economy reduces output employment and the effects are powerful.

For a senior who has saved, on average, over $1,000 by closing up the doughnut hole, that is no train wreck for the seniors.

I do not think there is any shame in a government-run health care program. I think we give it to our best.

I can assure you that if you are a parent of a child who is coming up on 26 and is able to stay on your health care and not be out there uncovered, that is no train wreck for you.

Bundling is a good thing, and letting consumers know ahead of time what different packages are going to enable you to do.

We run a health care system in which nothing has a price, as best I can tell.

I think we have given and given and given and given again and find it hard to understand some of the things that the Republicans will not put on the table.

You need to do tax reform.