The only real comment that was glossed over that I thought was really important was when you answered Senator Casey from Pennsylvania.

I do want to associate myself with Senator Isakson's comments about the importance of 45J, the Nuclear Production Tax Credits.

My final point relates to the folks whom I care most about, folks back in South Carolina and around the country who are like my mother was, a hardworking single mom who struggled to make her ends meet, worked 16 hours a day, and needed…

The direction we are heading in is that the person who is at the lowest end of the economic ladder really would have no tax liability in your tax reform package.

I share the administration's concerns about our debt, which ballooned by nearly doubling under the previous administration.

One of the demands we have heard is that Republicans abandon the use of budget reconciliation for tax reform. This, in my view, is an odd demand.

And then with regulatory reform, we should have a robust economic activity that leads to economic growth, perhaps the 2.9 percent over 10 years.

I want to thank Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown who have both committed to solving this issue as well.

I think examining the transparency, the due process, and likelihood of distress associated with these designations is good public policy.

South Carolina is a State where about 1.4 million people live in distressed communities.

I have spent a lot of time on what I call my 'opportunity agenda,' looking for ways to help folks leave those distressed communities.

The primary, predominant way that someone buys a home is their credit score.

I have 6 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:28 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. Portman)…

I ask unanimous consent that at 5:20 p.m. today, all postcloture time on the Clayton nomination be considered expired and the Senate proceed to vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate. I further ask that, if confirmed…

I think that it is a bit absurd that the two most sophisticated insurance markets in the world have to undergo some equivalence process.

I think it is the best model we have seen, and it has been successful for a very long time.

I do not think we have found it today, as I listen to the hearing.

Whether it be unwarranted aggression in Eastern Europe or propping up the Assad regime in Syria or meddling in our elections here at home, Russia's actions have shocked the entire free world.

the country is trending towards greater geographic divides when it comes to job creation, particularly in new, start-up businesses.

I have reintroduced my bipartisan legislation, the Investing in Opportunity Act, which tries to address this growing concern.

I believe the legislation Congressman Roskam introduced on the House side and I have introduced with Senator Brown on this side, which would limit the IRS's ability to seize people's money without first charging them with a crime, is…

just in the very few spaces that are left after we finish chatting about our great State and the great season our school had, there are two things I want to note. No. 1, Coach Frank Martin: coach of the year, a fantastic person, a great…

if my colleague will yield, I would note that Senator Graham did have clarity in his purpose of identifying the fact that the State has only 4.7 million people in a country of 330 million people, and we have been able to secure the No. 1…

we heard famously that elections have consequences, and over the next few days we will have an experiment in what I call ``the physics of politics.'' For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If the Democrats use for the…