Let me just close it down for our side. I say to Senator Brown, it was a great opportunity to travel with him and get to know him and to learn. I thank him so much for being a great part of our team. I also thank Wendy Anderson, who helped…

Mr. President, last week was the second of 2 weeks of the Easter recess. A number of us took that opportunity to travel to places around the world where our Nation is involved and has great interests. Senator Ensign, Senator Scott Brown…

Mr. President, if I may respond, the Senator summed it up very nicely. One of the things Senator Ensign and I and our colleagues discussed with President Karzai and with the military leadership of that country and the civilian leadership…

I see Senator McCain is on the floor, and if I am reading his body language right, it looks like he wants to say something about our visit to Afghanistan and to Pakistan last week. I don't know if he wants to be a part of this colloquy or…

Mr. President, if I can reclaim my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

We continue to agree to disagree

I would say that if the Federal Government adopts a Complete Streets policy, which would be Senate Bill 584, that that would go a long way toward improving conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians.

We can't develop this technology fast enough.

We want to allow people to get out of their cars, trucks and vans by providing them with increased mobility.

expanding the Safe Routes to School Program, like Senate bill 1156, which is bipartisan and has 22 cosponsors, will be a great way to try to begin to make it more of a part of our culture.

I have made improving road safety a top priority.

That is why I introduced last month, along with Senator Corker of Tennessee, the bipartisan ROADS SAFE Act.

Improving safety ought to be one of those goals.

We want them to be able to ride their bikes to work or walk to school.

This unacceptable death toll is all the more shocking when you consider that each one of those deaths was preventable.

I believe that we need to work towards a world without nuclear weapons, and that the United States has a special responsibility to lead on this issue.

Mr. President, today, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, I introduce the Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010…

What role should intercity passenger rail play in the next transportation bill, and what are your suggestions for a primary source of funding?