Ms. Kagan should not undermine public confidence in her fair-mindedness by sitting in judgment on such a controversial case that began when she was a senior government legal official. It seems to me--and I ask the Senator at this…

The whole health care law makes me nervous. I look at this and say that the underpinning of this law--the thing that holds it together--is the mandate on the American people that everyone buy insurance, that everyone has to have insurance…

If I could just ask my colleague, talking about the Constitution and how we as Americans see ourselves, Senator McCain just quoted a comment made by Dr. Berwick about the darkness of private enterprise. Dr. Berwick coauthored a book called…

I believe the President of the United States, I say to my colleague and friend, now has what he wants: his health care rationing czar--not someone approved by the Senate but someone he has appointed and put into place without an open…

I am on the side of the American people--the American people who are concerned about $500 billion in cuts to their Medicare, not to help Medicare, not to strengthen Medicare, but to start a whole new government program. I am on the side of…

I rise to discuss a recess appointment made last week when many of us were traveling to visit with constituents to talk about the issues of the day. During that time, I was in Wyoming, and one of the main issues brought up at senior…

I come to the floor today, having just returned from spending a wonderful week over the Fourth of July in Wyoming, visiting with people across the Cowboy State at senior centers, Kiwanis clubs, Rotary clubs, and repeatedly the issue came…

I rise today to pay tribute to a close friend of the Senate, COL Phil Skuta. Over the past 2 years, Colonel Skuta has served as the Director of the Marine Corps Liaison Office to the U.S. Senate. Throughout Colonel Skuta's service in the…

I come to the floor today, as I have each week since the health care bill became signed into law, to visit with Members of this Chamber about experiences I have had, having practiced medicine in Casper, WY, since 1983. For a long time, I…

this weekend, the citizens of Greybull, WY gather to dedicate a monument at the Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery. This monument is the culmination of the hopes, dreams and hard work of dozens of people in the community. A true American…

I rise today to share my concerns as well about Iran and to express my support for tough sanctions against Iran. Iran poses a threat to the United States as well as to the international community. It continues to support terrorist…

The majority of the experts consulted say that their names were used to justify a political decision made by the administration.

I am looking at a moratorium that, to me, is causing additional unnecessary economic harm to a region that is already suffering.

I come to the floor today as someone who has practiced medicine and taken care of families in Wyoming since 1983. Again this weekend I was home in Wyoming visiting with families across the State. I was in Thermopolis for Father's Day. I…

The administration, it seems to me, is now putting ideology over scientific integrity.

I found it very misleading. Some have described it even as being a piece of propaganda. The sad part is, it was paid for by the American taxpayers. The estimates for the cost have been $16 to $20 million of taxpayers' money to send out…

Cut the funding so people on Medicare Advantage--who like it, who like the preventive medicine activities of it--are going to lose those opportunities. Just since 2003, the number of seniors on Medicare Advantage grew from a little over 4…

What is happening is any sort of a change to a policy, whether they change the deductible, change the copay or any of those things, then that policy is disallowed as something you can keep.

I just returned from spending a weekend in Wyoming talking to many people around the Cowboy State who are concerned about our Nation, concerned about the growing debt, concerned about jobs and the economy, and the concern that Washington…

It works when a Senate and a House of Representatives and a President think they know more than the American people. They say: We know what is best for you. We don't care what you think. That is what has happened.

Let's say you change your job. Let's say you move from one employment situation to another. You may change your insurance. Most people do because most people get their insurance through their work. We will have a situation where over the…

Mayo Clinic said: We cannot afford to keep our doors open if we are taking Medicare patients. Specifically in Arizona, where they have a wonderful clinic, the best care in the world in many ways in the sense that early on in the health…

Doctors will tell you the biggest deadbeat when it comes to paying for health care is the Federal Government. It is Washington. More and more of my colleagues are opting out... from taking care of Medicare patients because what they get…

I am trying to get my amendment No. 4313 pending so we can have an up-or-down vote. It is unfortunate that this has been blocked. This amendment fixes flaws in the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, which is important to Indian country. These…

I come to the floor today as someone who has practiced medicine in the State of Wyoming since 1983, taking care of families across the great State of Wyoming as an orthopedic surgeon and also as a medical director of the Wyoming Health…