I know that the President wants to raise a lot of taxes. What I find incomprehensible as a Member of Congress...

Now, when you look at where we have come from, the $10 trillion to $20 trillion, that is a huge deficit increase--or huge debt increase, and no one gets a pat on the back for that.

Are we putting the kind of resources we need to into this immediate problem of the maintenance and flight readiness of these aircraft?

Do you think it is more humanitarian to preserve these munitions in our arsenal and, hopefully, deter them or any other munitions from ever having to be used, or to remove them from the arsenal and perhaps increase the likelihood of a…

I think that would be a good idea. I would like to see it much higher than that.

I don't think it's an especially moral policy what Chancellor Merkel has proposed in Europe.

In the end, I think some kind of genuine action on our part is going to be necessary; otherwise, they will present us with a fait accompli in the South China Sea.

What kind of message did that send to families in Central America and South America about the risk they're willing to undertake to send their children to the United States through human traffickers and through coyotes?

My response would be, first, we don't spend that much money on them, in the context of the defense budget.

there was uncommon consensus in the subcommittee hearing about the need for this next generation bomber.

Statements by American leaders, that essentially create a full employment opportunity for human traffickers are very damaging.

I cannot believe that U.S. citizens would face this kind of treatment abroad, particularly with countries that are allies.

I do modify my request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Maryland

I rise today in support not only of the nomination of Scot Marciel to be our Ambassador to Burma but to celebrate the remarkable change Burma is undergoing. I recently traveled to Burma, leading a congressional delegation hosted by our…

today I wish to discuss the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act that has been voted out of the Judiciary Committee. There is much debate about the wisdom of this bill. That is, like most bills we discuss in this Chamber, a judgment call…

So lots more emissions and lots more expense for your company in trying to compete.

When you're making a revolution, you can't be too careful about the facts.