Jay Rockefeller: “Make no mistake, climate change is affecting our world in ways we are only beginning to understand.”

I come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. I am also compelled towards an honest assessment of where we are as a body--of the promise of what we can achieve when we don't shy away from compromise and what we…

one of the things that happened with the CBO scoring was that yes, there was a cost because you were keeping CHIP operating, but there was a savings because the children were not transferring into the Affordable Care Act, for example.

We urge Congress to, first and foremost, adopt a 4-year extension of CHIP funding through 2019.

For hours and hours. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Farewell to the Senate