I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for January 2019. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, BBA18. This…

earlier this month, Congress sent the President another continuing resolution to allow more time to resolve the partisan impasse that has us on the brink of a government shutdown once again. A continuing resolution just allows agencies to…

at the end of each session of the Congress, we, the Senate, take a moment to express our appreciation and acknowledge the efforts of those Members who will be retiring in just a few weeks. This year, one of our colleagues who will be…

as this session of Congress draws to a close, it provides us with an opportunity to acknowledge and express our appreciation to those Members of the Senate who will be retiring in just a few weeks. One of those Senators who is retiring and…

I ask unanimous consent that the November 29, 2018, letter from the Congressional Budget Office regarding H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017, be printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the…

reserving the right to object, I appreciate my colleagues' work on this legislation. I am pretty sure I have never opposed a bill that Senator Isakson was involved in. If you are looking for thoroughness in legislation, he is the epitome…

I would like to take this opportunity to recognize a member of the Senate who will be retiring at this end of this Congress, my colleague and friend, Senator Bob Corker. I have had the pleasure of serving in the Senate alongside Bob for…

this past weekend the news that George H.W. Bush, our 41st President had died, quickly made its way across the country and around the world. Today, I would like to honor the late President George Herbert Walker Bush. I appreciate having…

at the end of each session of Congress, it is a tradition for the Senate to pause for a moment to acknowledge and express our appreciation for the service of each Senator who will not be returning in the next Congress. With that in mind, I…

as a Congress ends, it is a tradition for the Senate to pause for a moment to acknowledge and express our appreciation for the service of Senators who will not be returning for the next Congress. Today, I would like to pause in…

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for November 2018. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2018, H. Con…

I yield back all time. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Porter…

I rise today in support of the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be our next Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Confirming Supreme Court Justices is one of the most important and sacred roles of the Senate…

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

One of the things I always appreciate about my people in Wyoming is when they complain to me, they usually have some idea for how to solve it.

I think that's one impediment we have, even for visiting doctors to come.

It's a bipartisan bill that would be the single biggest thing near-term you could do to help rural hospitals.

I'm a co-sponsor of that.

I was really worried. Wyoming only had two people that were providing any medical, any prescription insurance.

It's important to examine what drives healthcare costs and how we can create more value for patients particularly, and specifically in rural areas.

I formed a rural caucus, and I found that almost every state wanted to be represented in that caucus.

It's a very small price tag for a big payout.

Wyomingites also face some of the highest healthcare costs in the country.

Senator Kaine is, and others here are as well, Senator Roberts.

Pass Senate Bill 397, the Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act, which is initially sponsored by Senator Isakson.