I am really making a pitch here that we put that in the transportation bill.

we're hopeful we'll reach some kind of agreement on the legislation on the floor and be able to move forward

We need to kind of pierce through that and make sure they are attended to.

This is why I will be reintroducing my bill on criminal justice and mental health very soon, called the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act.

You need to call things what they are and you need to address them when they occur.

When I first came to the Senate and started studying these kinds of issues, I saw the different culture between the regulators, of course, and the industry, and this public-private partnership--and this is the first of its kind--seems to…

Thank you. You also talked about the role that disease and device registries can play in making data collection more efficient.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Jim Smith, the longtime coach of St. John's University's basketball team. Coach Smith just completed his 51st season as the winningest college basketball coach at any level in Minnesota history…

I'm going to continue, and so will Senator Klobuchar, the implementation of the program and we'll keep pressing the administration.

We've seen it happening in Minnesota for some time, starting before I came to office, first with al-Shabaab, and more recently with ISIL.

It is amazing how this place works. Things are planned all at the same time and typically the same committees, but that shouldn't be taken as we don't think this is important. This is of paramount importance.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

if you can get the American public, 80 percent of the American public to agree on anything, that should be considered unanimous.

Last September, we urged the Department to make sure it was focusing its resources on countering violent extremism in the United States.

I think one of the biggest problems is that we've used our criminal justice system as a substitute for a well-functioning mental health system.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. It is always interesting--isn't it, Mr. Speaker?--to listen to the debate and to the claims that are made and to the claims that are refuted. I found it a little bit interesting in…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on S.J. Res. 8. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in strong support of S.J. Res. 8. In just a few short weeks, a regulatory scheme that many Americans never heard of will become a reality in almost every private…