the financial mismanagement is unbelievable to me.

I think the MISSION Act and another budget making historic investments in veterans' health care and benefits are evidence of that.

We are trying to get educated before we pass legislation, which isn't necessarily how we usually operate.

You cannot one day threaten billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese products and then pull back on it the next day.

I want to focus a little bit on rural America--just to have each of you say what it is we need to do in rural America if we are going to have any opportunity to yield the benefits of IoT.

the Senate has often been called the world's greatest deliberative body, where we can thoroughly and respectfully debate weighty matters, regardless of pressures imposed by any given moment. While we do not always live up to this ideal, it…

this morning we will be voting on a budget resolution written by my Republican colleague Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky. This is a budget that would lead to devastating cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and education, while…

I want to--you know, I am glad to see the--and I know Senator Durbin is, too--see the Senate Appropriations Committee going back to the old way of actually getting things scheduled and done.

I am concerned that the administration's proposed cuts to NIH and NIGMS will undoubtedly place pressure on the IDeA program.

I hope you can provide Vermonters, in a largely rural State, who overwhelmingly support net neutrality, with some specific data.

I can't--and I realize my time is up, but, Mr. Chairman, I just cannot tell you the concerns I have in the--people coming up to me in the grocery store or on the street and everything else in Vermont, Republicans and Democrats alike, who…

We have got to have as part of our response a revitalization of rural America.

I want you to know how proud I am of both the Air and Army Guard in Vermont. They've always responded.

I believe it is the correct agency to enforce net neutrality rules.

You've shown contempt for the public through your decisions. You ignored the overwhelming public support for net neutrality.

I don't meet people who are addicted that want to be addicted.

This farm bill is outrageous. What it is doing is breaking what has been traditionally a bipartisan commitment to including a nutrition title that helps people in all of our districts who need the food. This bill has had no process. It is…

We're not going to arrest our way out of this problem. It's not going to happen.