Under SAFSTOR, one of the proposals to decommission nuclear power plants, spent fuel rods could remain in pools at the plant for 50 or more years.

Will you join me in legislation that I am proposing to end the Price-Anderson legislation--repeal Price-Anderson legislation?

When one closes down a nuclear power plant, it means lost jobs.

Let me conclude by saying: I hope everybody pays attention to what the Koch brothers stand for. With that, I yield the floor. ____________________

as I think most Americans know, about 4 years ago the Supreme Court rendered a decision, which I happen to believe is one of the worst in the history of the Supreme Court, and that is their decision regarding Citizens United. As a result…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Election Spending

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all remaining time on both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts…

Unlike Senator Roberts, I believe in a Medicare for all, single payer system.

What I am going to do, Madam President, is I am going to object, and I am going to ask for a unanimous consent request on legislation that I have offered, and I want to say a word about that. I want to ask a question of my friend from…

The President supports that waiver. Will you help the State of Vermont work with HHS to make sure that we can facilitate that process and give Vermont the opportunity to lead the Nation in that direction?

To my mind, also in the ACA and working with Senator Harkin and others, we tripled funding for the National Health Service Corps.

I simply reiterate my hope that Senator Vitter would sit down with me, his staff would sit down with my staff, and we can work out our differences. I have always been willing to compromise and make changes in the legislation. But for the…

I hear what my colleague from Louisiana says. I hear that he objects to passing legislation which has the support of virtually every veterans organization in the country that represents many millions of veterans. I hear him objecting to…

unfortunately, I didn't quite hear that the Senator from Louisiana wanted to work with us. So I will have my office call his office and see if we can sit down with our staffs and find out what the Senator's concerns are about the…

let me touch on a few of the points of my distinguished colleague from Louisiana. First of all, regarding the allegations against the VA in Phoenix, as we know, these are very serious allegations, and it is absolutely appropriate the…

But will you help us fight to make sure that we continue to have that funding and not go over that cliff, which would be a disaster for community health centers all over this country?

I think there is something wrong when, in our great country, we are the only Nation in the industrialized world that does not guarantee healthcare to all of its people.

What I also worry about is the expiration of a very important program called the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program.

Will you work with some of us--with myself, Senator Harkin and others--to make sure that we adequately fund the National Health Service Corps to do loan repayment or scholarships for health professional students who want to practice in…

Mr. Chairman, with your permission I would like to put into the record a recent BBC article entitled 'Study: U.S. is an oligarchy not a democracy.'

I think the point that the professors are making, and others have made, is that there comes a point where the billionaire class has so much political power, where the Koch brothers are now because of Citizens United able to buy and sell…

Would it make sense to you to give enormous tax breaks to the families of the top 1 percent of people in this country?

I rise today to speak about one of the great crises facing our country; that is, the high cost of college, and the fact that hundreds and thousands of young people who are bright and wish to get a higher education have now decided that…

If we give tax breaks to the Koch brothers, who are worth $80 billion, do you think that is going to create a whole lot of jobs in this country?

there has been a lot of criticism waged at the majority leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, for his discussion about the Koch brothers. That criticism of Senator Reid is unfortunate. I think what Senator Reid is trying to do is educate the…