No wonder my colleagues and I have a hard time figuring out what to do here.

I ask Congress to continue to work with States to identify ways to protect our Nation's information assets and provide funding opportunities for State government cybersecurity.

The role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

That is why I joined Senator Blunt to introduce our Data Security Act of 2014.

We applaud Chairman Carper, Senator Blunt, and other Members of this Committee, for pursuing breach notification legislation.

One thing Congress should not do is to turn a blind eye. Keep attention focused on this area.

I am absolutely confident that the hackers and the criminals will be more nimble than the Congress.

I think there are three things we are focused on here. One, how do we protect information? Two, how do we investigate when there are problems? And, three, how do you go about notification?

I think it was Abraham Lincoln who once said the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

This is a day that I would describe for us here in the Senate, I suspect for Dr. Coburn and me as well, it is like fitting a size 13 foot into a size 10 shoe, how we are going to make all this work.

Well, recertification is to begin in fiscal year 2019. Is that correct?

Well, that would be my hope, that as we recertify, that we would also look at modernization at the same time so it is streamlined and there could be some savings then.

But you do have some plans for modernization in fiscal year 2020, correct?

It would be an understatement to say that EPA faces challenges in fulfilling its mission to protect the environment from factions within Congress.

I would hope that, Mr. Chairman, both Chairmen, that we actively figure out something to stop this because this is going to have a detrimental effect to the State of California, the State of Arizona, the State of New Mexico--all these…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today, March 25, to celebrate the 193rd anniversary of Greek independence. In Greek, we say ``Long Live Greece, Long Live Freedom''--Zito Ellada, Zito Eleftheria--in recalling the day that the Greek people threw off the…

Payday lending is an experiment that began in the early 1990s in this country, and the goal was to try to make more credit available to financially fragile consumers.

It is important to remember our Veterans, as our nation moves past over a decade of war.