section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional…

I rise today to speak about this battle and regulatory war being waged by the Environmental Protection Agency. Just 2 weeks ago, the Senate considered two measures aimed at rolling back ill-thought-out rules by the EPA--the waters of the…

Under the rule, consumers will have consistent nutrition information available to them, whenever they eat out in covered establishments.

I was very pleased to see the FDA join with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other Federal agencies in announcing a sweep of criminal and civil actions.

Federal law includes an express preemption provision that preempts any requirement for nutrition labeling of food that is not identical to the requirement of section 403(q) [of the FD&C Act] [21 U.S.C. 343(q)],

I applaud my colleague for what he just said, and I want to also applaud the colleagues who today took a stand against the regulatory onslaught and overreach being waged by the Environmental Protection Agency. In promulgating the waters of…

You know, you ought to have just a uniform form so we don't have to spend $5,000 getting one of these things set up.

A critical challenge in enhancing the retirement security for all Americans is expanding plan coverage among small businesses.

We absolutely need a Federal solution to make sure that small business activities that cross State boundaries don't have this patchwork of regulations that they need to comply with.

I prefer roundtables to hearings because, too often, people think that the purpose of a hearing is to divide up sides and beat up on each other's witnesses.

Quite frankly, we're doing a disservice to our population when we know that social security is basically the only retirement plan that most people have.

One way to do this is by allowing the expansion of multiple employer plans.

I'm grateful to Ranking Member Sanders for agreeing to host this roundtable with me.

Of course, auto enrollment has been proven to do just exactly what he said. It reverses the 10 percent that sign up to the 90 percent that wind up involved in the system.

Thank you, Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Sanders and the members, for your focus on expanding retirement savings solutions for small businesses through MEPs.

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for October 2015. The report compares current law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts provided in the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11, the budget…

Thank you very much. We appreciate it.

Thanks. I've got to help get some of those advisory committees started.

section 4380 of S. Con. Res. 11, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise the allocations, aggregates, and levels in the budget resolution for legislation…

We need a Federal solution beyond what the States are doing.

I'm the one that tried to get computers on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I've been working on that for 18½ years.

There's a lot of commonality here moving forward, and as long as we can ensure that we maintain the protections that are in the law for a good reason...

it is often said that there are two constants in life--death and taxes--but I would like to add one more for your consideration: regulations. We often talk about the threat that America's growing debt poses to our economy and to our…

I want to thank the Senator from Washington for her very thorough and passionate explanation of the problems with the VA. It is time we got it straightened out. We have a new director because there was a problem. We gave them more money…

section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while section 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional…