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I rise today to talk about the disturbing leadership failure we are seeing out of the White House. Over the past year the President and his administration have seemed increasingly out of touch with the many challenges facing our country at…

[r]eplacing NTIA's role with another governmental organization would be disastrous and we would vigorously oppose such a plan.

I thank the chairwoman for her strong leadership on the Appropriations Committee and her unfailing dedication to our Nation's vets. She is absolutely right in pointing out that passage of the fiscal year 2015 MILCON-VA bill is crucial to…

I wish to end on what my colleagues, the Senator from Kentucky and the leader, Senator McConnell, say. Senator Graham, Senator Ayotte, and I appreciate Senator McConnell's leadership in making very clear what is at stake here, pushing hard…

We need TPA. You can negotiate the best agreements possible, TTIP and TPP, but we are not going to get them through Congress without Trade Promotion Authority.

I just think it is a huge issue. Europe is a huge export market for Africa, and, if you want to see the African people, countries on that continent, be able to better feed themselves, as well as to export and grow an economy, that issue is…

AGOA is a great, important program that is helping the nations of sub-Saharan Africa raise their standards of living and adopt the rule of law.

I commend the Chairman and staff for shining a light on these abuses.

Should we be concerned that this practice will have the same risk of cramming for consumers as premium text messaging did?

But in your view, though, the FCC is best equipped to deal with the carrier component of that.

It seems to be universal that customers need to look at their bills, whether they are paper, online, and be aware and be prepared to call and question any charges they do not recognize.

The FTC and the FCC have 'concurrent enforcement jurisdiction over mobile telephone companies' billing and collection of third-party charges for non-telecommunications services.'

I rise today to speak in opposition to the legislation pending before the Senate, the so-called Bring Jobs Home Act. I oppose this bill because it is a political stunt designed as an election-year campaign ploy that will have no meaningful…

Here we are--another day in the Senate-- facing another political gimmick. That is the way things seem to work in the Democratic Senate, and that is what is happening again this week. Yesterday Democrats introduced their latest…

I think it is a really important issue. It is one that I think most of us hear a lot about, standards that in some cases are leading to food being not eaten, tossed aside, also standards that are creating a significant financial burden on…

As we look at this issue I think we have to remember that there is not any federal law, regulation, or policy that should be considered a gold standard and not to be changed.

I appreciate the answers to these questions, and I would ask if I could get my statement... included in the record.

There is the suggestion in the administration's proposal that we attempt to stop corporate inversions.