I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, which I have introduced with my friend and colleague from Maryland, Senator Cardin. Our legislation aims to help ensure that our seniors and…

I'm concerned about reports that the President is changing the composition of the so-called Principals Committee on the National Security Council.

I want you to, because there is going to be a moment when you're going to have to say: I don't need this job, because I'm being asked to do something that I shouldn't do.

You shouldn't be welcome at these meetings; you should be part of these meetings.

I understand that President Bush forbade Karl Rove from even going to National Security Council meetings, let alone being on it.

To put a point on this, the three most serious foreign policy mistakes in my lifetime are the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, and the invasion of Iraq.

I rise today in one sense as a former Governor. In looking at nominations of Cabinet members by the Executive, I start with a position of deference to the Executive because I think he or she should be able to choose the people who surround…

Title X family planning services are an essential lifeline for Mainers who need access to high-quality preventive and reproductive care, from cancer screenings to STI testings, to birth control. The resolution we are debating today…

But war does not always necessarily--when you use the term 'war,' you are not necessarily, at least in this day and age, talking about nation states.

All of you have testified in one way or another about one of the important features of a new strategy is the dispersement of assets, a distribution somewhat across the country.

Should we not also be talking about a much more vigorous, strong, focused information war with this Islamic terrorist faction that is so dangerous?

You cannot kill an idea with a gun.

I rise in support of H.J. Res. 40, a resolution of disapproval of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to the implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. The rule in question would require…

after careful consideration, I have decided to oppose the confirmation of Scott Pruitt, the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I have met at length with Mr. Pruitt, who is an accomplished attorney with…

This Committee's longstanding dedication to fighting fraud against seniors is raising awareness and prompting enforcement actions that are making a real difference.

I am proud of the Committee's work on this crucial issue to help seniors become more aware and informed, and to put criminals on notice that they will be stopped and brought to justice.

The criminals who prey on seniors are relentless. They will harass seniors until they have drained every penny in their life savings.

I really appreciated not only the settlement with Western Union that is going to lead to some restitution, but the quick work of the Inspector General's Office for Tax Administration that really stopped a fraud in progress.