This is an area we should be able to get done, Mr. Chairman. We have a President of the United States making transportation one of his top priorities.

Republicans and Democrats are often at odds over a number of things, but when it comes to infrastructure, we generally have bipartisan agreement.

It is time to think about what happened 8 years ago.

We have given Baltimore the flexibility of using transportation money to reconnect neighborhoods so that people can literally walk and bike between neighborhoods without using their cars.

Inhofe, Hon. James M., U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma...

There is an old, worn out document nobody ever reads anymore called the Constitution.

There are a lot of silver BBs, some are bigger than others.

It shows that people of opposite and different philosophies can get along and make wonderful things happen.

I appreciate your presence here very much.

Mr. President, first of all, I appreciate the comments made by my colleague from North Carolina. It is even more meaningful to me because all during the time the regulations were coming on, I happened to be the one who was chairing the…

Mr. President, I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

We all want to work together and make sure government is doing what it should do, but certainly getting out of the way when it needs to as well.

I appreciate the fact that you used the distinction between the veterans and the returning warriors, and we have both, and they both have a very similar problem.

It is not very often that we get someone that is going through confirmation that is nearly the perfect one, and I think you come very close.

I feel it is a good government bill that would encourage Federal agencies to more carefully consider the impacts of their rules on small businesses.

I have spent the last year or so working on legislation that gives small businesses a stronger voice in the regulatory process.

The traffic of illegal narcotics is something that we, along with our partners at the DEA and other law and Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners have focused on for many years.

You have the resources you need for the Russia investigation, is that correct?