ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that had proceedings under the call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise today with my colleague from nevada, senator cortez masto, to introduce the building our largest dementia infrastructure for alzheimer's, or the bold act. i'm pleased that senators capito and senator had kaine are also joining us as original cosponsors. madam president, our legislation would create a public health infrastructure aimed at combating alzheimer's disease and preserving brain health. alzheimer's disease is one of the greatest and most underrecognized public health threats of our time. former surgeon general david satcher has said that it is the most underrecognized public health threat of the 21st century. five and a half million americans are living with the disease, and that number will soar as our population continues to grow older and lives longer. in addition t

ms. collins senators alexander murray would attempt to stabilize the marketplace. reduce the risk of insurance companies. their bipartisan stabilization proposal would appropriate money for cost sharing reduction subsidies. they could provide short-term certainty. premiums would go down. it's been scored by the cbo by reducing the deficit by $3.8 billion over the next ten years. that's why it deserves serious consideration. apart from the mandate there are other parts i like to highlight. one involves the myth that certain parts of the proposal are just disguised corporate welfare. some claiming it's corporate welfare when they supported a similar provision in previous proposals. the claim is misleading. the irony is, this bill would do more to stop corporate tax gain than anything done by the obama administration. the incentive for companies to gain and move property abroad is reduced. the bill institutes a territorial system that includes base erosion roles. their safeguards against abuse that brings the profits home without paying taxes. the senate bill would im

ms. collins along with senators alexander and mary would attempt to stabilize the health insurance marketplace. it would reduce the risk for insurance companies by providing funds to insurers for high risk enrollees. there bipartisan stabilization proposal would appropriate money for something called cost-sharing reduction subsidies, and these themes could provide short-term certainty to insurers and prevent premiums from rising. in fact, premiums would go down. it's been scored by the congressional budget office as reducing the deficit by $3.8 billion over the next ten years. that's why this proposal deserves our serious consideration and hope we will turn to it following our debate and vote on the senate tax reform bill. after our part of the repeal of amended there are other parts of the plan that i would like to highlight. one of the impulses of the popular myth that certain provisions of our proposal are just disguised corporate welfare. i alluded to that a minute ago, the hypocrisy of some of our democratic colleagues claiming this is corporate welfare or give away when they themselves s

ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss four amendments that i have introduced to the tax cuts and jobs act that would strengthen this legislation in ways that are important to our middle-income families. i want to express my thanks to the majority leader, my colleagues and the administration for working with me on these proposals. mr. president, the first amendment would allow taxpayers to deduct up to $10,000 in state and local property taxes. in recent years, more than 95% of all those who itemize on their tax forms and 28% of all federal income tax filers deducted state and local taxes, including property taxes. yet, the senate bill would eliminate this deduction altogether. mr. president, the deduction for state and local taxes has been part of our tax code since 1913 when the income tax became law. it was intended to prevent a federal tax from being imposed on a state tax. in other words, it prevents double taxation. this deduction is especially important to the people of maine. in my stat

ms. collins, along with senators alexander and murray would attempt to stabilize the health insurance marketplace, that would reduce the risk for insurance companies by providing funds to insurers for high-risk enrollees. their bipartisan stabilization proposal would provide money for cost-sharing subsidies and these payments could provide short-term certainty for insurers and prevent premiums from rising. in fact, premiums would go down. it's been scored by the congressional budget office as reducing the deficit by $3.8 billion over the next ten years. that's why this proposal deserves our serious consideration, and i hope we will turn to it following our debate and vote on the senate's tax reform bill. after -- apart from the repeal of the mandate, there are other parts of the plan that i would like to highlight. one of them involves this other popular myth that certain provisions of our proposal are just disguised corporate welfare. i alluded to that a minute ago, the hypocrisy of some of our democratic colleagues claiming this is a corporate giveaway when they themselves supported a previous

sot- shawn collins / estudiante - me gusta el ingls porque es ms fcil. haha. este pequeÑo, hay millones que a pesar de ser bilinges, el espaÑol poco a poco lo dejan en el olvido a pesar de vivir en la frontera. nats. de acuerdo con un estudio realizado por el centro de investigaciones pew, en las reas metropolitanas ms grandes del pas, los latinos, comenzando desde los cinco aÑos, entre ms crecen, menos practican el idioma. y lo que ms preocupa a expertos, es que en aÑos anteriores, la ventaja era que al menos lo hablaban en casa, pero ahora eso tambin se est convirtiendo en algo del pasado. sot- ana carolina collins / madre de estudiante - podra ser tambin porque muchos de sus amigos solo les hablan en ingls, estonces sera mucho ms fcil comunicarse socilamente en el ingls que el espaÑol. esta madre de familia y maestra, tiene muy en cuenta dicho problema por lo que desde que sus hijos comenzaron a hablar, los forz a que lo practicaran tanto en casa como en la escuela. sot- yo solamente les hablaba en espaÑol pero ellos me respondan en ingls, pero yo segua en

ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, today i rise with my colleague from new mexico, senator heinrich, in discussing the securing america's voting equipment act of 2017 or the save act which we introduced earlier this week. mr. president, i know that you're well aware that the senate intelligence committee has been conducting an in-depth investigation into attempts by the russians to interfere with our election last fall. what we have found is the russians active measures preceded last fall and they continue to this very day. we have election coming up in november of this year and a major election next year and both senator heinrich and i believe that it is so important that we act to assist states in protecting the integrity of their voting systems. our bill seeks to facilitate information-sharing on the threats posed to state election syste