Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez

Mr. President, my State of New Mexico has a great tradition of military service. When the Nation has called, New Mexico has always answered. Today I wanted to say a few words to remember Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo code…

Madam President, I applaud Senator Durbin for his comments on the fair-shot agenda and on an affordable college education for all of our kids. It is something parents and families and people in New Mexico talk to me about all the time. I…

Next Monday is Memorial Day, a day when we remember the men and women who gave their lives defending our freedoms, a day to remember our solemn obligation to veterans. I rise today to speak about that obligation and about very troubling…

Thank you very much for your testimony.

I think we should probably do that. I think we can leave here in the next 10 minutes, if we wanted to do just a short 5-minute round.

the due process system is clearly broken

our job is to make sure that every tax dollar is being used the way it was intended

Reducing waste and fraud and abuse in the Medicare program is critically important, not only to protect taxpayer funds.

President Obama is in support of an open Internet, and I would encourage you to speak with him.

I join Senator Domenici in strongly supporting this nomination.

This authority provided FERC new tools to combat the type of market manipulation that produced the devastating power crisis in the West.

Under Mr. Bay's leadership FERC has increased transparency in its work, opening in a number of enforcement actions that have helped protect the integrity of energy markets.

Medicare is an incredibly complex system and the reality is that, if we don't start dealing up front with the Medicare complexities, we are not--we can chase this all day long and go from one extreme to the other and we are going to find…

I would certainly make the statement that, and you've heard this, or heard this theme, I think, throughout this hearing, we have providers who would differ with you about these administrative burdens and whether 14 percent is reasonable in…

we've now--with the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, we've recently announced that we're going to suspend the ability of providers to have their appeals heard by administrative law judges

We need a financial system that is safe and sound because what happens on Wall Street touches every American family.

And do you have staffing plans adapted to bring on more expertise in areas that contributed to the financial crisis?