I thank the Chair. Look, what we are here today about is the Democratic majority in the Senate has built a fortress around ObamaCare--the Affordable Care Act. They have refused steadfastly any serious reevaluation of the law. They have…

as I explained the unfunded liabilities of the Affordable Care Act, I now want to make something clear. It is a lot more than that. It is unlike Social Security and Medicare, where there is a dedicated tax that supports those programs that…

I thank Senator Durbin and appreciate his leadership and courtesy. I want to speak for a few moments about the impact of the President's health care law, the Affordable Care Act. Although the law hasn't been fully implemented yet, this…

without yielding the floor, will the Senator yield for a further question?

will the Senator yield for a question without yielding the floor?

will the Senator yield one more time for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator yield?

I thought that a very gracious question of the author of unanimous consent, that we would vitiate the vote and 30 hours of debate. The Senator asked very little in exchange for it, other than to continue to talk.

I am interested in those tweets. I just wanted to thank the Senator for what he has done, because I think he is alerting all of us to the critical importance of the health care issue. This is a plan, it seems to me, and the Senator has…

When the Senator thinks about those people who have tweeted and e-mailed and called and have written, most know something about the American system. If you were in Illinois or Alabama or Texas or Utah and you talked about this and said…

The Senator made an important point about too often what goes on around here is that we have to obscure the reality of what is happening. I think that is important. I wish to ask about it. The Senator asked Senator Durbin--I didn't see…

I thank the Senator. An econometric firm and others have studied what is likely to happen in our economy. As I understand it, they predict that far more people will be dumped from coverage into the exchanges than they have today. So people…

I would also observe, and the Senator probably is aware, it does appear there is a budget point of order against this whole continuing resolution. I want to mention a couple of things. I want to thank the Senator for having the courage to…