We still have 40 million Americans without any health insurance.

We end up paying, per capita, almost twice as much as any country on earth for health insurance.

Would your life be easier if maybe all you had to do was worry about providing education to the kids and not worry about health care for your employees?

the reality is that maybe it should not have to be the responsibility of the Bangor School District to provide health care, that maybe it should be a right of all of our people--whether they work in McDonald's in Bangor, whether they work…

if we did what virtually every major country on earth did, say that health care is a right of all people, not a right for a business

In every major country on earth, health care is a right of all people.

What would it mean for our country and for small businesses if you could go about your business of producing the best pizza possible at the lowest possible price rather than worrying about health care

let me read from an excerpt of a letter signed by virtually every major scientific organization in this country that was sent to the U.S. Senate way back in 2009. This is what the letter states: Observations throughout the world make it…

I wish to take a few moments to speak about an amendment that I will be offering as part of the Keystone Pipeline legislation. It is an extremely simple, straightforward amendment. It is a brief amendment, but it basically raises a very…

as we begin this new session, I think it is important for us to remember why we are here and what our job is as Senators. What our job is, it seems to me, is to try to understand the needs of the American people, the problems facing our…

I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to my science policy fellow, Adria Wilson, through the end of the session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

the truth is that despite our rather big egos, much of what we do in the Senate is pretty quickly forgotten. People have a hard time remembering what we did 2 months ago or yesterday, let alone last year. But I have a feeling that the…

At a time when we spend more than twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation, we need a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.

A great nation is judged not by how many millionaires and billionaires it has, or by the size of its military budget. It is judged by how well it treats its weakest and most vulnerable citizens.

We need to end the international embarrassment of being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee healthcare to all people as a right.

We must make public colleges and universities tuition-free and substantially reduce student debt.

We must rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create millions of good-paying jobs.

We need to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave.

I ask unanimous consent to yield back any remaining time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture…

it is no secret to anyone in America that the middle class of our country today is struggling; that while millions of American workers are now working longer hours for lower wages than they did in some cases 30 or 40 years ago--we are…

This is the title of the provision, 716, that this bill repeals: ``Prohibition Against Federal Government Bailouts of Swaps Entities.'' Now to quote from that section: (A) Prohibition on Federal Assistance--notwithstanding any other…

And let me quote from that article: In a sign of Wall Street's resurgent influence in Washington, Citigroup's recommendations were reflected in more than 70 lines of the House committee's 85-line bill. Two crucial paragraphs, prepared by…

Later today or tomorrow, we are going to be dealing with the $1 trillion omnibus bill, and I will explain why I will be firmly voting against that bill. But before I do, I think it is important to put the budget in the broader context of…

I want to take a moment to thank Carl Levin for his friendship. It has been previously noted that Carl is recognized as having perhaps the greatest intellect in the Senate. Carl has been, for so many years, a forceful fighter against waste…

I am going to be brief. The truth is that the Senator we are honoring right now, Tom Harkin, will go down in history as one of the great Senators of this particular period in American history. Not many Senators, if any, have a list of…