I rise today to introduce legislation, along with my friend and able colleague, Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, that would create a national campaign at the Department of Health and Human Services to bring attention to congenital…

Would the Senator yield for a question? From the Senator's perspective--as the Senator has been on this committee a long time, he has served in the military, and he is the ranking Republican on the committee--in the Senator's judgment…

Yes. Senator McCain asks we look at this chart. This again shows what would happen under the sequester. Our budget staff has worked hard to correctly do these numbers. Under the sequester, the additional $492 billion in cuts, adjusted for…

I ask unanimous consent that my Defense fellow, CDR Jeff Bennett, be granted the privilege of the floor for debate on sequestration and consideration of the Defense authorization bill and the Defense appropriations bill. The PRESIDING…

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire. She made a great series of points. One of the most dramatic, is that we should not be waiting. This is going to cost the Defense Department tremendous amounts of money. Private contractors may well…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescind. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Sessions pertaining to the introduction of S. 3396 are located in today's Record under…

I value Senator McCain's judgment because he has been engaged in these debates for many years. Mr. President, I want to yield to Senator Inhofe because I know he wants to share his thoughts at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator…

I would like to thank Senator McConnell for his remarks and the fundamental truth of those remarks that this administration and the majority in this Senate want to raise taxes. They think that raising taxes and spending more through the…

I would like to be notified when I have used 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Chair. There are a lot of other things on the table we need to be dealing with and talking about and being honest about. It is time to disclose what our financial plans for the future are. It is time to disclose what we are…

I understand we will have a set vote on the DISCLOSE Act. It got 51 votes previously. We need 60 votes to move forward to pass this bill. It is not likely to happen. Our Democratic colleagues were down here last night into the midnight…

this afternoon the House of Representatives voted 244 to 185 to repeal the President's health care law, the Affordable Care Act. It was a bipartisan vote. A number of Democrats voted in support of the law, although not as many as voted…