the adoption of this budget resolution will allow Republicans to come back to the floor of the Senate with a budget reconciliation package which will repeal the ACA with a simple majority. If they do that, up to 30 million Americans will…

Yes. Klobuchar-Sanders. I know that because I am Sanders. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendments Nos. 64, 13, 81, 104, 172, 61, 60, 83, 82, 63, and 94 en bloc

last year the five major drug companies made $50 billion in profit, while one out of five Americans cannot afford the medicine they need. Please don't tell me that we can import fish from all over the world, but we can't bring medicine in…

people in the United States pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. I live 50 miles away from Canada, and in many cases they pay 50 percent less for the same exact medicine that we buy in Vermont or in America…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will throw perhaps up to 30 million people off of health insurance. I would yield to my friends if they will tell me now what the replacement is. How many of those 30 million people are going to die…

I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not germane to the underlying resolution and, therefore, violates section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.

reserving the right to object, and I won't, I would appreciate it if we could add to the end of that tranche the Klobuchar-Sanders amendment. Would that be all right?

I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not germane to the underlying resolution and therefore violates section 305(b)(2)of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number, and that they be considered following disposition of the Stabenow amendment No. 94: Cantwell amendment No. 143; Brown amendment No. 86; and…

this amendment should be aptly called the Orwellian amendment because it says one thing and does something very much the opposite. It talks about strengthening Social Security, affordable coverage for all Americans. What is really going on…

I urge a strong ``no'' vote on the Barrasso amendment. The language calls for strengthening Social Security, but we all know what strengthening Social Security means. It means cutting Social Security. It means cutting Medicare. It means…

tonight is an important night because it allows what is very rare here in the Senate--for Members of the body to bring forth amendments and ideas that are very important to them, and that, unfortunately, don't often get debated or voted…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b) of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There…

perhaps people then will ask a simple question: How does it happen? How does the same exact same medicine sold in the United States sell in countries around the world for a fraction of the price that we have to pay? The answer is…

I ask that the amendments be called up as under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendments en bloc. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for others, proposes…

I thank my friend from Delaware for yielding. When we talk about the health care crisis in this country, it is not just health care, it is also the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs. I know in my State of Vermont, and in fact…

Reserving the right to object--and I will not object--I have one mild correction. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

How am I recorded? On behalf of elderly people who cannot afford higher prescription drugs, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

OK. If we could add Klobuchar-Sanders as the fourth amendment of that tranche--it is all right. OK. Thank you. Amendment No. 61 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote on Casey amendment No. 61. The Senator…

this amendment does two basic things. No. 1, it says that the Senate should not go on record in throwing 30 million people off of health insurance, raising the cost of prescriptions drugs for seniors, and privatizing Medicare. But it also…

when my friend Senator Flake talks about reforming Social Security, what he is talking about is cutting Social Security. He is suggesting that is the only way we can save Social Security. Of course, that is nonsense. I would urge my good…

as the ranking member of the Budget Committee, I want to take this opportunity to make several points in opposition to the Republican side-by-side amendment and in support of the amendment that I have offered. Like many Republican…

I begin by thanking Senator Paul. He has shown a lot of courage for standing and exposing the hypocrisy of the Republican budget resolution. Year after year, we have heard from our Republican colleagues that the United States is going…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs) At the end of…