Substantive concerns with this very, very broad and expansive bill. And those concerns and objections have been laid out. They have been laid out by my staff, in meetings with the staff of the senator from vermont. They have been laid out by the republican Ranking Member on the committee, senator burr. I share his general concerns about the bill. So if the distinguished senator from vermont doesnt understand those concerns, quite frankly, hasnt been listening very hard. We have laid them out, and they are shared by 43 senators versus a bill amended at the desk with no objection to its substance. None. 1000. Big difference. Big difference. So on behalf of a total of 43 senators, i do object. The presiding officer objection is heard. Mr. Vitter madam president . The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Vitter retearing the tphraorbgs i would ask the retaining the floor i would ask the distinguished senator from vermont through the chair, he mentioned senator landrieu, has se
Case against the specifics. You know why . They cant. Is there a republican senator who will come to the floor and defend the right of a Health Insurance company to turn down a person or a family because of a preexisting condition . Thats the situation we faced when we passed the Affordable Care act. Theris there a family in america that doesnt have someone with a preexisting condition . Most families do. My family has in the past and does now, too. And preexisting conditions can range from the very, very serious to things which are chronic and manageable, from asthma and diabetes to cancer survivors. The list is long. The Affordable Care act says you cannot turn down a person in america for Health Insurance because of a preexisting condition. The republicans say they want to repeal that, they want to go back to the day where you can turn down a person because of preexisting condition, then have the courage to come to the floor and say it. They wont. The bill also says, the law also sa
Kids health care. Thank you, and i yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Thank you, the senator from california for telling the stories of people in california which are not unlike the stories in connecticut, an exchange that is working. A flood of people signing up way above expectations from where we originally thought the numbers would be. Would be. I thank you as well for pointing out what is the reality, which is that over 40 times, republicans in the house of representatives and senate voted to repeal the Health Care Reform law, and even well over the last five years, using over and over again this montra of repeal and replace, knave offered stlowtly no replacements. Mr. President , there was a story in one of the trade publications down here this morning saying the republicans were just going to change their strategy, that instead of piling on repeal vote after repeal vote, they were no
The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote . Does any senator wish to change his or her vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 69, the nays are 31. The nomination is confirmed. The presiding officer under the previous order, the clerk will report the phal no nomination. The Clerk Department of state, Joseph William westphal, to the United States ambassador to the kingdom of saudi arabia. The presiding officer there are now two minutes of debate equally divided. Mr. Inhofe i ask unanimous consent to be recognized for perhaps more than two minutes, for such time as ill consume. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Inhofe and he has been a capitol hill professional staff member for a long time. He actually was on the House Budget Committee for a long period of time. Then he was a special assistant to our senator thad cochran. This has been some time ago. Joe served as the Army Assistant secretary, then the acting secretary of the army. That was 200
Care because we are only 61 years old and not eligible for medicare for another four years. 18,000 a year for health care. We were told that part of the problem is the provisions in the law require us to choose a plan that has maternity benefits. How does this make sense for seniors to be forced to buy coverage that does not apply to them . We agree that benefits should not be denied to peernling peopt its not fair to be forced to buy coverage that doesnt even apply. Mrs. Fischer i rise to speak on behalf of nearly 3,000 nebraskans who have contacted my office with their concerns about obamacare. Their stories are, unfortunately, not unique. Skyrocketing premiums and cancellation of plans, that they were promised that they could keep. Curt from lincoln, nebraska, wrote to tell me he has seen his Bluecross Blueshield premium rise a shocking 300 . David, a father living in omaha, is face ago potential total increase of 16,000 a year for his familys coverage. 16,000. Another constituent f