Mr. President, having followed my friend and colleague from Tennessee, Senator Alexander has spelled out an exciting possibility, and I know it won't be easy. It is a heavy political lift. But what he is talking about is coming up with a…

I'm concerned that despite the tens of thousands of Corinthian students who may be eligible under the law for Federal student loan relief, only 1,312 former Corinthian students have thus far have received it. This is unacceptable.

I hope to work with you in that process.

I look forward to continuing to work together on that.

We hope that this bill will pass the Senate and become law in short order.

I would like to see VA discontinue using social security numbers to identify individuals in all VA information systems.

I do not think we will successfully achieve the intent of the Congress of the United States at the current funding level.

I appreciate those comments. When we spoke earlier, I noted that there are several community colleges and technical colleges in the State of Wisconsin that are endeavoring to make a college promise to students in their area, even without…

I very much appreciate your support for the legislation that I drafted, along with Senator Capito.

protecting and expanding the Housing Credit is critical

Mr. President, I wish to speak about Bob Levinson, a retired FBI agent who 9 years ago today disappeared in Iran. He was on the tourist island of Kish. It is a little island off the coast of Iran, and it is Iranian territory. It is in the…

Madam President, I was necessarily absent for yesterday's vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Grassley-Leahy amendment No. 3378 to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Bill. I would have voted yea. (At the request of…

We will let the time run on that issue. Alzheimer's Disease Madam President, at this point I wish to talk about Alzheimer's and an opportunity that we have to cure this most serious disease. We could find a cure for Alzheimer's, Madam…

Madam President, I wish to speak for 5 to 10 minutes about an important matter, and so I appreciate being recognized. Madam President, what is the pending business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is postcloture on the substitute…

We must remain focused on the Asia Pacific pivot.

It is so important that we remain committed to this region.

We must also be very receptive and able to respond to our allies' issues.

What I think we need to do is improve the transparency and how do we measure the effectiveness.