I wish to make some comments about the vote we had on the floor awhile ago. I think it is time to stop holding the students of this country hostage 1 year at a time. That is what the bill did that just got turned down for cloture. It…

The President promised a docs fix in the State of the Union speech while we were considering his reform package.

I think these were some good suggestions. I think they have been thrown away.

the administration elected not to fix the SGR when we were doing the Affordable Care Act.

It appears to me that we are just kind of kicking the can down the road.

I have to join Senator Cardin in his comments about the bidding process and allowing people to bid who have not gotten licensed yet.

Your testimony says that you support a long-term plan to reform the physician payment system in a fiscally responsible way.

I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for expediting the confirmation of Greg Phillips. I rise this afternoon to add strong support for the confirmation of Gregory Alan Phillips to serve as a judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of…

I am proud to submit a resolution today to designate Saturday, July 27, 2013 as National Day of the American Cowboy. My late colleague, Senator Craig Thomas, began the tradition of honoring the men and women known as ``Cowboys'' 9 years…

I rise to speak about why this body should reject the amended version of the immigration bill. I believe our immigration system is broken. As a matter of fact, I know the Senate could agree unanimously on the fact that our immigration…

I rise to speak about the special procedures for certain nonimmigrant agricultural workers included in the underlying immigration bill. I have thoughts about the overall immigration bill which I will share later, but at this time I want to…

I wish to note that on the evening of Monday, June 24, 2013 I missed Senate rollcall vote No. 160 on the motion to invoke cloture on the Leahy substitute amendment No. 1183 due to travel delays. I would like to make clear in the Record…

I will have to do the math to see how many records $8 million worth is, but that is a lot of effort on somebody's part to get all of that together.

It seems like somebody ought to provide them with something like that so they can tell in advance whether they are having a problem or not.

Would that tend to make them think that maybe they could be over-zealous?

It is 8 years out of authorization now, and probably time that we ought to do it.

I thank you and the Ranking Member for giving the flexibility to Senator Murray and Senator Isakson to work on this again.

for Americans all across the country, June 14 is a very special day--Flag Day. On that day, we all join together to celebrate our shared heritage and our history as a Nation as represented by our American flag. We each have our own way of…

It seems like if we have a requirement for vitamin manufacturers to report adverse events----

Yes, we were deliberate by including language in the Marketplace Fairness Act to authorize States to require remote sellers to collect taxes that are already owed under current law. It was not our intention to urge States and localities to…

we are now down to $108 billion in incorrect payments and that 90 percent of those were overpayments.

we are supposed to be stewards of taxpayers' dollars, so it is no wonder that the taxpayers do not trust the Federal Government.

the Marketplace Fairness Act is about States' rights and giving States the right to decide to collect or not collect taxes that are already owed. Critics have claimed that we are creating a new Internet sales tax, that businesses would…

I will have some additional questions in writing that mainly deal with protecting people's privacy through this whole thing, too, because that is a major concern.

I think both the proposals made by my friend from Maine are commonsense items that will improve the Marketplace Fairness Act. As this bill moves through the legislative process, I suggest my colleagues on both sides of the aisle--and in…