I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll and the following Senators entered the Chamber and answered to their names: [Quorum No. 6 Leg.]…

I rise to talk about a very important amendment that Senator Feinstein and I will be offering to the transportation bill when we move to consideration. That vote may be around 2 a.m., and then the clock will tick. But then at some point on…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

we need a very strong and very nimble strategy.

I think it is important for us to hear what they are doing, but it is also important for us to hear what they think should be doing.

I just want us to do it right. I don't want us just to set another bureaucracy up and give some money.

I don't think time is necessarily on our side.

I think while the issues associated with the Muslim community is just one set of risk in this narrative, I think we need to have a broader message.

Prevention is likely to be more cost-effective than surveillance, trials, or wars.

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Shaheen and I be allowed to enter into a colloquy concerning the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 20th Anniversary of the…

In order to fulfill its mission, Office of Air and Marine (OAM) uses its integrated air and marine force to detect and interdict the unlawful movement of people, illegal drugs, and other contraband moving toward or crossing the borders of…

The Department of Homeland Security has approached this committee with a reorganization proposal to establish a central headquarters office responsible for assessing and responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and…

Senator Wicker has a keen interest in this, and we thank you for that.

I do agree. I would contrast the magnanimous statements of the Tripresidency and the gesture of the Serbian President in attending with the disappointing actions of the Russian leadership, under the leadership of President Putin, in…

I am pleased to join my colleague from New Hampshire today to speak about a moving and important commemoration that she and I attended over the weekend. We were part of the U.S. delegation led by former President Bill Clinton that traveled…

I would commend to everyone's attention a simple straightforward bill that I have introduced called the Patient Focused Impact Assessment Act.

this may be the most important hearing we will have all year.

The Senator from New Hampshire is exactly right. It is in the United States' interest that we care about the Balkans, that we care about Bosnia and Herzegovina. We owe it to the U.S. troops who were deployed there in 1995 and later, who…