Mr. President, I thank my colleagues, Senator Wyden and Senator Daines. They have worked tirelessly to address this pressing issue of the pending change to privacy protections contained in a proposed change to the Federal Rules of Criminal…

The U.S. must have capable partners, especially in the developing world, where states are often too weak to defend themselves fully.

I am very interested in your calling for the next administration to have an assistant to the president who would expressly be focused on building public-private partnerships and countering violent extremism goals.

And I would argue that to the extent elected officials at the Federal, state and local levels embrace and engage with and represent the American Muslim community, the more likely we are to be successful.

Where it is appropriate, sure, we need that. We want to make sure that it is done thoughtfully and in ways that it can actually contribute.

Come back to us in writing, if you would, please.

I am not going to get off of the Committee. I will still be, I guess, the senior Democrat, but I will be the Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works (EPW).

How do we change the mindset, to turn off the flow, so the parents will say, 'I want my kid to stay here and have an opportunity, have a future here'? How do we do that?

I believe we have that--and probably the best we have ever had--certainly the most expensive we have ever had.

I want to conclude, if I can, just by thanking you both for being here. Thank you for your leadership.

one of the ways to reduce the need for doing that is for us to do our part to help make sure that all of those little kids and their bigger brothers and sisters actually have a future in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

18 months is outrageous.

No silver bullet to resolve it. No silver bullet. A lot of silver BBs. Some are bigger than others--and we need to do them all.

That is smart. But, what would also be smart is--all of these Border Patrol agents that are taking care of these kids, like day-care operators. That is not smart.

I think immigration reform is part of the solution, including the ability for workers in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to come up here, work for a while, go home unimpeded, and come back from time to time.

This is not the end. This is not the beginning of the end. This is the end of the beginning.

Mr. President, today I wish to express my profound appreciation and best wishes to my friend, Alejandro Mayorkas, who recently stepped down as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. During his 7 years of public…

Mr. President, I understand that the majority leader is going to be coming on the floor, and I will be most happy to yield to him. ____________________