I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleagues for up to 30 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Budget

I thank the Senator from Wyoming. I came prepared with charts, and a number of things that have already been mentioned by my colleagues I am ready for. We are talking about the true cost of the health care law. When this was passed--and I…

The Senator from Wyoming looks as though he might have another concluding comment.

I appreciate those comments. I will conclude. There really are two plans on the table right now. One is from the House Republicans. It actually passed the Chamber. Republicans were willing to put their votes to a budget. Republicans are…

by now, it should come as no surprise that the Senate has not passed a budget in over 3 years. I believe it has been 1,111 days. When I go to back to Wisconsin--and I think it is probably true of my colleagues--the people of Wisconsin, and…

personnel is policy.

I have fought over the last 2 years to stop the Administration's unfortunate efforts to inject politics into the procurement system.

I ask unanimous consent to speak not to exceed 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor today to mark an amazing anniversary. And by amazing, I don't mean good. I mean unbelievable. I mean sad. On Sunday we will mark the anniversary--April 29--of the date where it has been 3 years since the Senate has…

If we can enhance the private sector pick-up of these costs before we put them on the Federal budget, everyone comes out ahead.

I think the real moral is going to be picking very flexible strategies.

It is simply not a time at which we can commit the taxpayer to additional mandatory spending commitments without thinking very hard about it.

I think that's something that should be within the scope of the discussion.

I at least believe that an enormous effort should be placed on enhancing the private-sector financing of these services as the top priority.

Well, first of all, there is a far simpler solution. We didn't need a 2,700-page bill.

I think we just established that the level of debt and deficit is a security threat.

That is the one that keeps you awake at night. Me, too. I think it is extremely important.

I think going through a Federal government is the least efficient way of pooling those risks and taking care of those individuals.

I want to make sure that we can actually develop a piece of legislation that we can pass so we can start moving that football forward.

I think that is exactly the way that this health care was designed. It was designed to lead to government takeover of the health care system basically a single-payer system.

I mean, put yourself in the position of a business owner trying to comply with currently 15,000 pages, and that is just simply going to grow, and then take a look at the cost equation.

If this is implemented, we are just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg of the assault on our freedom that this is going to represent.

I certainly appreciate Senator Sessions' comments and those of Senator Roberts, Senator Kyl, and Senator Boozman. There are two points I would like to make. It is important to understand that all these numbers we are talking about are…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues for up to 45 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I wish to point out, the numbers Senator Kyl is talking about are CBO projections, just using a different timeframe. That isn't even taking into account what I have been talking about is an even more significant risk to the deficit, and…