Herb Kohl

If the Congress were to delay the Navy's plans to bring these ships into the fleet, the Navy's effectiveness would be hurt.

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires transparency that will help prevent conflicts of interest.

I wanted to speak today regarding a bill I am introducing to establish the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area. The Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway would cut diagonally across Wisconsin through parts of 15 counties…

I come here today to speak about my amendment No. 1591, which is a bipartisan amendment to repeal the freight railroad industry's undeserved exemptions to the antitrust laws, exemptions that result in higher prices to hundreds of…

As chairman of the Aging Committee, I am concerned that this policy will have a disproportionate impact on seniors with low incomes and high unreimbursed medical expenses, causing untenable rent increases.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing today.

But they should be required?

So without Federal Government assistance, this program will not continue at the State and local level, period.

We need to do everything we can for the men and women who risk their lives to protect us.

I believe that no officer should be without a bulletproof vest.

But if we are going to do that, how can we not provide the equipment?

I rise today to introduce the Fair Military Leave Act. This legislation fixes a problem that is preventing some of our brave servicemembers from using benefits that they earned after serving multiple or extended deployments overseas. In…

I rise today to introduce the Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011. This bill would enable visual artists to benefit from their copyrights in a meaningful way similar to other creators of literary and artistic works such as authors…

I hope that it is not finally and irrevocably closed.

We need to put Social Security back on a long-term path to solvency and strengthen our nation's pension systems.

I have strong objections to these closures.

How are these closures which would move FBI agents hours away from large cities like Wausau and La Crosse consistent with the statements that you have made about working shoulder to shoulder with local law enforcement?

I am hopeful that we will find the courage to craft an innovative and effective path forward for the greater good of our nation's seniors.

Now is not the time to let home- and community-based programs, such as those funded by the Older American Act, languish.

if we continue our preoccupation with entitlements, and we really continue to view the entire problem as balancing the Medicare and social security trust funds, that we will be in very big trouble.

Medical technology has come a long way in the last 100 years.

I object to these closures in Wisconsin.

I want to thank Senator Kohl for the opportunity, Senator Grassley for hosting this program, and for your leadership in advancing American health care.

FBI presence in these semi-rural areas is critical to maintaining long-term partnerships that protect Wisconsinites from criminal and terrorism threats.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1942 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…