I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Thompson-Eshoo-Quayle-Broun amendment to this bill. The threat of a devastating cyberattack is real and cannot be understated. I believe the Federal Government and…

I hear a lot from the people that I represent about Medicare and what they think about Medicare.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving us this opportunity to talk about a choice we have here today. Everybody knows that what is essential to a democracy is the education of our children, of investments in the future so that…

I am a little heartened actually. There seems to be a lot of agreement.

I will complete my statement in a moment. If an abuser is not from the tribe, there is no recourse--no recourse--in a place where 39 percent of the women will face domestic violence, and we have colleagues on the other side of the aisle…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator. If the Chair would tell me when I have used 5 minutes and then I will conclude. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will be notified.

Mr. President, I wish to thank Senator Klobuchar for her leadership and Senator Feinstein as well. These are the two Democratic women on the Judiciary Committee who have been such leaders on this issue, as well as Senator Murray. I am…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. During this month, it is important that we acknowledge the role that we all play in promoting the social and emotional well-being of children in our…

Mr. Speaker, I rise again for the 19th time to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. By the military's own figures, 19,000 sexual assaults and rapes occur each year, but only 13 percent of the members of the…

Madam Speaker, let me get this straight. My good friends on the Republican side are really interested in cutting taxes for the wealthy, but when it comes to maybe cutting the taxes that students would be paying on the student loans that…

From educating our youngest children at Head Start, to ensuring seniors access to health care through Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services administers programs that make our nation stronger and healthier.

I think $500 million is a lot of money, and I know it is less than what we had before.

if we spent $551 million on this research, my guess also is that we are providing a subsidy to those countries that steal our technology...

If we can actually cut the budget and you don't have to let anybody off, I mean, this is--I know you are an engineer...

I am a bit perplexed by this; we all are. We have half the budget for the federal budget is being borrowed now.

I mean, I don't understand why it is when the private sector has to cut back that people are let go.

I think your department has done an amazing job in working with patients, with insurance companies, with hospitals, with doctors...

I hear it all the time from people who are telling me, 'Why did you wait until 2014?' because they want to go start their own business...