The ability to change issuers is something that keeps insurance companies competing against each other to see who can offer the best product at the lowest price. Take that competition away, and prices will go up--for everyone but union…

the Reid-Baucus tax extenders bill before the Senate includes several provisions that, to my knowledge, have never been vetted by congressional tax writers either in the Senate Finance Committee or in the House Ways and Means Committee. As…

The Olmstead decision, as it is known, was a landmark that has helped to reshape years of policy...

My time has run out. I will be submitting some questions in writing that I hope you'll answer.

President Bush announced the New Freedom Initiative as part of a nationwide effort to remove barriers...

Senator Enzi noted the Year of Community Living that has been established first by the President, followed by the Secretary of HHS, Secretary Sebelius.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for your leadership on this important issue...

In June 2009, President Obama announced the Year of Community Living to mark the 10th anniversary...

I always hope that reality exceeds their dreams, but it does not always happen that way.

As a U.S. Senator, I want us to get all the withholding, all the payroll taxes, all the unemployment compensation taxes, everything else that we can get in.

What I am concerned about is the burden that we are putting on those that have been good actors and would be good actors and intend to be good actors, although sometimes they make a mistake.

This is going to penalize the 97 percent that are doing the right thing.

this bill is a symbol of what is wrong with Washington today.

I want to catch anybody that is doing these things that I consider to be completely illegal--completely illegal.

I do not think there is anybody that does not want to catch the bad actors and that believes that there are not any bad actors.

Everyone knows that small business entrepreneurs have been the drivers of our economic recoveries in past recessions.

I think this is a symbol of what is wrong with Washington today.

instead of helping our small businesses and entrepreneurs we are saddling them with more paperwork, more recordkeeping and more fines and penalties.

I am just hoping that we can do it without putting a whole lot more burden on you and your business.

Do you know how many forms the employer fills out on each employee and how many forms the employee signs?

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is tragedy of epic proportions, and I'm just as concerned about getting it cleaned up.

In these efforts that you're doing, what are you doing to ensure that you're able to compare the health of the general public before and after the spill, since you weren't really stationed there before the spill?

Could you cover, again, how severe the health conditions are of the individuals that have come to the Venice clinic?

Thank you. Sounds very efficient, and I appreciate all the effort that that requires.

It's a disaster for many communities in the Gulf, and it's a colossal environmental mess.