I rise to urge my colleagues to pass a clean appropriations bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, DHS. Listening to my friend the Senator from Utah, it is very clear that the Republicans' position on this bill that is before…

What would suffice as a strong enough standard that we would all feel comfortable preempting the 50 odd state laws that we would be looking at?

I do not want to create a scenario where I am getting e-mails two or three times a week and I do not know what to panic about and what to ignore.

I respect the California law and some other statutes are pretty good marks to make.

I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass a clean Homeland Security funding bill for fiscal year 2015. This is an issue of national security, and we cannot allow politics to divert attention from our responsibility as Senators. The…

I think we all recognize we do not want to be inundating consumers and others with notification of breaches if they are not significant enough, and it would become meaningless.

DOD is the largest user of energy in the Federal Government.

But right now there is no lead Federal Government agency in terms of getting our arms around the problem.

I commend you for that.

My hope is that the Navy continues to treat this national asset as a priority.

I continue to be concerned about the fuel storage tanks at Red Hill on Oahu.

Mr. Welby, what technologies would you want to develop to support this idea?

Mr. Welby, have you considered this concept in the context of your 'Third Offset Strategy'?

I know we are on a path to base 60 percent of our ships in the Pacific.

Although the combatant commanders (such as PACOM) are the ones who actually execute military operations...

If confirmed, will you commit to looking into our capability to defend Hawaii against such a North Korean threat, and keeping me informed of the progress in this important area?

I just got information on the cuts that will happen to Pacific Command (PACOM) as a result of the budget necessities.

The most important thing I think the rebalance to the Pacific does is it provides a security infrastructure within which we could advance our National interests.