Affordable housing is an important issue for each of us in our States across the country.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Ms. BALDWIN (when her name was…

I don't need to tell anyone why we are here. We are here because ObamaCare is fundamentally broken. That is clear. It is evident. Everybody knows that. A combination of soaring premiums and rapidly decreasing insurer participation has left…

I also, as part of a recently introduced bill, I included a provision that would require mandatory base updates using the planted and considered or prevented planted acres during the years 2014 to 2017.

I just think that base acres ought to reflect more recent planting history and that we should not be--we should not have base acres that have not been farmed for years that still have bases and receiving payments.

According to CBO, the mandatory base update saves $466 million, and the elimination of generic base acres saves $2.454 billion over 10 years.

I want to enter into the record on behalf of Senator Nelson four letters of support for Jessica Rosenworcel's nomination to the FCC.

I believe the two most powerful things that we can do in the tax code to achieve that goal are to lower business tax rates for both corporations and pass-throughs and to allow businesses to recover the cost of their investments as quickly…

Requiring businesses that have operated using the cash method since their inception to suddenly pay tax on money they have not yet collected, and may never collect, is an effective tax increase.

Today's tax code is overly complicated and excessively burdensome.

the position to which you have been nominated is one of the most important roles in the executive branch as we press forward with tax reform.

The high U.S. corporate tax rate places American companies at a disadvantage in the global economy.

I wish to express my appreciation for the opportunity to welcome to the U.S. Senate Pastor Bill Ewing. Pastor Bill Ewing started a ministry called Christian Life Ministries in the early 1980s in Rapid City, SD, along with his wife Nancy…

as the leader has very ably pointed out, the Democratic obstruction when it comes to President Trump's nominees is reaching an unprecedented level if you compare it to any past administration. He pointed out the number of nominees…

It is estimated that human trafficking is a $150 billion industry globally.

Human trafficking is a heinous crime that often hides in plain sight.

On behalf of Florida Abolitionist, I want to give a special thanks to Chairman John Thune, Ranking Senator Bill Nelson, from my state, and all the members of the Committee for the invitation to this informational hearing.

Airline Ambassadors International commends the leadership of Senator Thune for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing today on the forestry and conservation titles. Both are critically important to my home State of South Dakota.

There are going to be real serious feed shortages out there this year, and in the past, that has proven to be a very effective way of helping address and give some relief to those producers who are struggling with the drought and the lack…

That to me is a crazy, crazy--I still cannot explain why we would want to destroy hay in the middle of a drought.

I again want to thank you and Ranking Member Stabenow.

This drought shows just how important CRP is to States like South Dakota, not only because of the environmental and wildlife habitat benefits, but also as a source of emergency feed when drought occurs.

I would like to read a few headlines from the past couple of weeks. From the Detroit Free Press: ``ObamaCare rates in Michigan could skyrocket as much as 31 percent in 2018.'' This is from the Associated Press: ``New Mexico health insurer…

I would ask you to proceed with caution, especially with regard to the agricultural provisions.