Jay Rockefeller

I respect your words and I respect you, but I am not comforted by your words, by your answer.

I want to start by applauding you and those who work with you for all the hard work you have done to improve care for those patients eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Okay. Well, my time is up. I will follow up with a series of questions with you, and we can talk and all the rest of it.

Why did CMS decide not to require demonstration plans to submit competitive bids in the same way that other Part D plans do?

Thank you Senator Rockefeller for your gracious invitation to share my experience during the gas pipeline explosion in Sissonville on Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

More than a month later, the effects of the storm are still evident.

As always, West Virginians came together and took care of one another.

Natural disasters are such times, and unfortunately, West Virginians are no strangers to the destruction that natural disasters can cause.

The devastating power of Hurricane Sandy impacted of millions of people throughout the eastern United States.

for 4 years, we have been pushing the United States Senate to pass a bill to improve our Nation's cybersecurity. During this time, the cybersecurity threat to our country--to our way of life--has only grown. We have now seen cyber attacks…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all time has expired. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed to S…

I took that idea from Henry Waxman, and I have sitting behind me, some highly trained lawyers, who look for malevolence wherever they can find it.

I am a Democrat. She is a Republican. It does not make any difference.

Without full support for these programs, we are doing our very best to create a disservice for our economic recovery.

For example, the bill that we are working on today, America COMPETES, could not have happened without Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

What is needed is to attach some modest level of educational accountability to the large amount of Federal support for science research.

Losing our dominance in science and high-tech fields has led to a loss of 687,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000.

A large reason for that is Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and, I for one am going to be incredibly sorry to see her go.

The Federal Government should focus on scaling effective programs in STEM fields.

I rise today to talk about the so- called Ryan budget plan, endorsed and fully absorbed by Governor Romney--which, when you read it, is nothing more than a diabolical blueprint for slashing services that help families, seniors, and…

before I say what I originally came down here to say, I want to join my colleagues in condemning the senseless, horrible attack at the U.S. Consulate in Libya and pay tribute to the four Americans, including our Ambassador there, Chris…

These arbitration clauses and the opinions enforcing them are therefore job killers for Americans.

I would like to thank Chairman Murray for her work on the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. The unemployment rate for our young, returning veterans is higher than that national average, and this is a travesty. This important bill would invest $1…

today I rise to introduce a resolution on the importance of quality data from the Census Bureau, including the American Community Survey. I am proud to introduce this resolution as a companion to the similar House legislation by my…

I rise in support of a bipartisan resolution to designate National Chess Day as October 13, 2012. I greatly appreciate the support of my colleagues, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Senator Carl Levin of Michigan. National Chess…