Bob Corker

If we can just work hard in those places we can find consensus, then I think it might be surprising what we can get done.

I am trying to get to this notion that my mother, who has three chronics and is 83, can have sometimes as many as 10 different blood works in 30 days.

I think each of us wake up each day also with a tremendous sense of privilege that we have the opportunity to have really intelligent and learned folks like you come in and testify.

It's all true. The order in which you do that matters.

Why can't we move to an upgraded card so that we actually know the recipient is receiving service at the point of service with a PIN number?

I really do appreciate the way you conduct yourself and the way you conduct this committee.

Well, listen, I think all of us in the Senate stay generally frustrated about the lack of progress in solving problems.

Senator Corker and I, especially Senator Wyden, we've joined together to upgrade the Medicare card.

my understanding is that unanimous consent would be very unlikely considering the fact there are a number of folks who actually do not want to see these trade agreements pass. The evidence is, if we were to get on the jobs bill--and I…

I'm going to yield to the other senator since my time is up, but I would like to ask you to do this.

Thank you, and thanks for your hard work.

I think all of us believe in markets on both sides of the aisle, and I think there's--I mean, I certainly agree that if people who use services pay for a portion of those services, utilization is going to go down.

I think it would be a tremendous service if each of you would outline what you think generally uptake would be on both sides of the aisle.

It's kind of a Soviet Union mentality, and that is you give a bucket of money to physicians, and the more that it's utilized, the less they each get.

it is my understanding that--first of all, I think most people in this body know it has been 995 days, and the free-trade agreements are just now coming to the floor. I had a very good conversation today with the majority leader, and I…

I thank the leader for taking the time to explain from his perspective what has happened. I guess what I want to understand is, when amendments are offered, why don't we just go ahead and vote on them? If it is standard procedure----

I wish to vitiate the quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

First of all, I thank the leader for taking the time to explain from his perspective. Here is what I don't understand. We had a cloture motion to proceed on Monday. It is Thursday night. We have had no votes on anything other than a…

thank you for recognizing me. I really do not want to speak. Here is what I want to happen. I think Members on both sides of the aisle believe this institution has degraded into a place that is no longer a place of any deliberation at all…

I think there is a lot of sympathy toward that. It has sort of become a political issue.

the checks and balances, I think we talked about, in no way dissipate the ability of this organization to function in a sound manner.

while we are issuing compliments, I want to say that all of us want to see to it that Medicare is here for future generations. That will take sound judgment. We have a select committee that is working on, hopefully, the first step to make…

Isn't the best thing we could possibly do here for our country's economy and the world economy is to go ahead and tackle some of the long-term structural issues that we have like tax reform, like entitlement reform, like going ahead and…

Yes, we actually tried to vote on the President's jobs bill yesterday and were denied that ability.

I am here today to say that Senator Bennet from Colorado and myself are introducing a bill that mirrors what has been introduced in the House by Representative Cooper from Tennessee and Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. I have tremendous faith in…