Higher costs for Prescription Drugs, higher costs for preventative services, reduced benefits and a Medicare Program that would go bankrupt nearly ten years sooner. The Affordable Care act is working to help seniors with their expenses and keep the costs of health care down. We need to improve and build on the progress the law has made, not argue over tearing it down. Because this shouldnt be about politics. This should be about keeping the promise that we made to our seniors. Its about building on that promise, and i will continue to fight for them. Mr. President , i yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy thank you very much, mr. President. I appreciate my colleagues, senator warren, senator schumer and senator murray for joining us on the floor today. I think we will be joined by senator stabenow in a few moments. I appreciate them also being at an event we did yesterday in which we were kicking off the Affordable Car
Wants to spray and he has been spraying our sunlight dependent. Host Zachary Goldfarb, i know you dont cover epa specifically but the president , Climate Change is part of the agenda this year. Guest thats right and the president is putting money into funding and he proposes billions of dollars for Climate Research and for related endeavors. Epa specifically most o of the time is not necessary for new initiative of just concurrent operations and epa is missing some major controversial regulations, for example, the revelation of coalfired power plants both new and old. Theyre trying to put coalfired power plants, Scott Gration of new plants that are badly in fund. Its very controversial. Many republicans and businessmen hate that idea, but its the main executive action the president can take to try to combat Climate Change. Host marji in macon, georgia. Caller hi. Iwatches i think you all need to have some different callers. When you have the reporters lined up in the morning because th
Vote the presiding officer could we have order in the senate, please. The Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the roll call vote on this is 47 yeas, 52 nays. The motion fails. Mr. Reid mr. President . I enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on this nomination. The Vice President the motion is entered. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of pedro l. Delgado hernandez of puerto rico to be United States district judge of puerto rico, signed by 17 senators. The Vice President the question is is there a sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of Pedro Delgado hernandez of puerto rico to be United States District Court judge of the district of puerto rico to be an assistant attorney general shall be brought to
Pedro Delgado Sr. died alongside family peacefully at Mount Sinai Medical center. Pedro was 78 and fought a courageous battle with cancer. Pedro is survived by his wife, Ana, of
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