mr. casey: i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, i rise to talk about an amendment that deals with a fundamental issue for working families, and that's the cost of child care. the presiding officer: order in the chamber, please. mr. casey: mr. president, by way of example, the cost of child care in pennsylvania over the last 30 years roughly has gone up by 70% in the weekly cost. in a state like ours, for one infant, that can mean over $10,600 per infant, per family. we want to make sure that this credit is fully available to working families. we want to increase the maximum amount to $3,000. and finally, we want to make sure it's fully refundable. and this amendment is paid for by offsets. i want to thank the great work that senator baldwin did with us on this amendment and want to add by unanimous consent senators murray and reed of rhode island. i would ask consent to add them as cosponsors.

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr.order in the chamber, please. mr. enzi: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. senators casey and baldwin have proposed an amendment to further shift the tax burden on to other taxpayers. it would pay for the new text credits with the buffett tax through taxing foreign inversion corporations as well as domestic and by expanding limitations on executive compensation deductibility. this legislation is not the place to add one-sided cuts that have not been included in regular-order negotiations going on between congress and the administration and in the finance committee. further, passing this reconciliation legislation will repeal a dozen new taxes used to offset the cost of obamacare. comprehensive tax reform is needed to examine our system of credits and deductions to create a pro-growth tax policy across income spectrums but not in this

bill. washington already takes over $3 trillion per year from the american public, which is more than enough to fund necessary government functions, increasing the tax burden on the most successful americans discourages work and jobs and investment necessary to grow america's economy. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. enzi: i ask you to oppose this amendment. mr. president, the pending amendment number 2893, offered by senator casey, would cause the underlying legislation to exceed the authorizing committee's 302-a allocation of the new budget authority for outlays. therefore, i raise a point of order against this amendment pursuant to section 302-f of the congressional budget act of 1974. mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974, i move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be.

the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 46, the nays are 54. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having vote ed in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is sustained. amendment falls sm.

the senator montana -- wyoming. mr. enzi: mr. president, i continue -- continuing this advance notice of what's coming up, i would ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: could we have order, please. order in the chamber. mr. enzi: i would ask unanimous consent that the next amendment in order be the following: shaheen number 2892. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. heller: mr. president, i call up heller amendment number 2882. the clerk: senator heller amendment number 2882 to 2874. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: i ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: mr. president, the underlying amendment postpones

the implementation of the cadillac tax for the next ten years. i don't think -- mr. president, we're not in order. the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate is not in order. the senator from nevada. mr. heller: thank you, mr. president. the amendment postpones the implementation for the text tenr the next ten years. i think it is a great start. i think we ought to take the next step to repeal it altogether. and that's exactly what this amendment does. it's the only bipartisan piece of legislation that does just that, and to that end i want to thank the senator from new mexico, senator heinrich, for his help and support in moving in legislation forward to where we are today. mr. president, there's no opposition to this legislation. there's no opposition in america to this legislation. i have 83 groups and organizations around this country. unions support this amendment. the chambers support this amendment. seniors support this amendment.

the presiding officer: who yields time? time is yielded back. the question is on the amendment. mr. heller: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote? if not, the vote is, the yeas are 90. the nays are 10. the amendment is adopted.

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the next amendments in order be the following: cornyn number 2912, feinstein 2910. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. enzi: mr. president, for information for my colleagues, i expect that the next amendments in order after those will be grassley 4914 followed by manchin number 2908, but that's not locked in yet. the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate is not in order. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i call up amendment 2892. the presiding officer: op op. the clerk: the senator from new hampshire, mrs. shaheen, for

herself and others proposes an amendment numbered 2892 to amendment number 2874. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, we are facing a public health emergency. in new hampshire and states across the country heroin and opioid are at epidemic levels. the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mrs. shaheen: this is important because it affects every state that's represented here on the senate floor, because each day 120 americans die of drug overdoses. that is two deaths every hour. in new hampshire we're losing one person every day from drug overdose. drug overdose deaths have exceeded car crashes and the number-one cause of fatalities in this country. what this amendment does is recognize that this is a public health emergency and that we need to provide additional

resources to address it. so it does three things: first it ensures that all health plans bought on the exchange cover mental health and addiction-related benefits. second, it eliminates medicaid coverage exclusion that currently prohibits reimbursement for critically important inpatient facilities that treat mental illness. that's the 16-bed limit on those inpatient treatment beds. and finally, it provides a much-needed funding to support states, municipalities and their implementing partners to prevent and treat mental illness and substance use disorders. this is a public health emergency. this amendment is fully paid for. i urge my colleagues to support it. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. i share my colleague's concern that the currently state of mental health and substance abuse policies in the united states, our health care system in many ways failed to treat those who need care more

desperately. as deeply as i believe we must strengthen mental health, i believe we have to do it right. consideration of mental health legislation should be thoughtful and address barriers to treatment. simply throwing more money at the problem has proven to be ineffective. that's why i'm proud of the work being done by the health, education and pensions committee. the chairman and ranking member support the mental health awareness and improvement act. that bill takes important steps to increase mental helings -- health awareness and information and the sharing of information. it is a good step and should be done through the committee process. i thank senator shaheen for offering this amendment and support the intent, but it has to be done right. and this increases taxes. so, mr. president, the pending amendment number 2892 offered by senator shaheen would cause the underlying legislation to exceed the authorizing committee's

302-a allocation, new budget authority or outlays. therefore, i raise a point of order against this measure pursuant to section 302-f of the congressional budget act of 1974. mrs. shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 19 # 4 i move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll.

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vote: the presiding officer: are there my senators wishing to change their vote? if not, on this vote, the nays s are