It is an opportunity for us to share in technology; share in, essentially, the fruits of this product.

I am here to congratulate and thank the committee for your past support for the U.S.-Israeli missile defense cooperation and to urge your consideration of that continued support.

This is exactly the type of thing that I think the United States should be involved in.

I come from a family with three siblings who are physicians. And what I have observed is that the joy of going in to medicine has been--largely been ground out, basically, by these larger systems.

It is incumbent upon us, if we are going to be dealing with the physician shortage that is looming, we have got to figure out a way to bring the joy of medicine back into medicine.

There is one statistic that I think it is important for us to be mindful of, and that is provided to us by the Association of American Medical Colleges. And they project that we are going to be facing a physician shortage in 2020--which is…

American families do not get to choose which bills to pay and which ones not to pay, and the United States Congress cannot either.

If the President is presented with legislation that would result in the Congress choosing to default on the full faith and credit of the United States, he would veto it.

The United States and the Republic of Korea are as united as ever.

If what North Korea has been doing has not resulted in a strong, prosperous nation, then now is a good time for Kim Jong Un to evaluate that history and take a different path.

This bill would threaten the full faith and credit of the United States.

The Syrian regime's actions and policies... continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

The United States condemns the Asad regime's use of brutal violence and human rights abuses and calls on the Asad regime to stop its violent war.

I have no tolerance for this.

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

I thank my friend and colleague from Oregon for coming to the floor and stating his position on the bill. For those who follow the Senate, we are about to see something that is historic, precedent setting, and nothing short of remarkable…

Mr. President, thanks to my colleagues who are on the floor, especially Senator Alexander. Senator Enzi and I owe the Senator a great debt of gratitude for his work on this bill, in helping us craft the bill and bring the support together…

Mr. President, in the closing 10 minutes, the four proponents who will speak will be first Senator Heitkamp of North Dakota, followed by Senator Alexander of Tennessee, myself, and then Senator Enzi of Wyoming, who has for 11 years been…