Jay Rockefeller: “somebody getting elected or re-elected is less important than the country surviving in a structural sense.”

You could see it, but you could not do anything about it.

I come to the floor to wholly support the comments of my colleagues, the Senator from California and the Senator from Arizona, to speak about a matter of great importance to me personally but more importantly to the country. The Senate…

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.

If confirmed, I pledge to consider all relevant facts and public comments in the docket.