Jay Rockefeller: “The hard fact is that our national security interests do not change just because public opinion on issues fluctuates.”

It is not right to shift the added financial burdens onto working families when a cost-effective solution for maintaining the coverage they already have exists.

We are talking about dealing with everything from continuing resolutions, all of the appropriations, what are we going to do about ISIS, and all the rest of it, in a lame duck session forum.

If we keep the Senate, if we do not keep the Senate, that will have its affect.

I ask unanimous consent to speak in a seated position. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.