I want to see a plan that is simple and direct.

It is encouraging that we have a bipartisan panel here.

Now we have a reticence, it seems, to create the same type of relief that we extended to those fellow Americans for the challenges we are having on the east coast, and that is simply not acceptable.

So we have to look at that as a final provision and as one of the provisions that I think, whether permanently or otherwise, needs to be dealt with.

The process doesn't work like it should.

I think we have an opportunity here to do something different.

The process doesn't work the way it should, and I know we get a little bit here and a little bit there.

We are now, at the FAA, spending $115 million on an information system... that they are projecting to be done in 2025.

I really do believe there is a way forward for us, and not everybody is going to get everything they want.

I have numerous concerns regarding the Joint Plan of Action and the continued negotiations as being a viable avenue for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

We need to look at something different, not only from the process standpoint, but from the funding standpoint, a new way forward.

How can we have a government that selects different benefits based on different storms in different parts of the country?

Even those who have been fortunate enough to get back up on their feet are filled with angst about what a future disaster may bring or grappling with the prospect that misguided government policies may finish the job Sandy started.

It was for me--and I know for a lot of us in the Senate--a learning experience that we do not want to repeat.

We need to give more predictability to small businesses.

That is real life. We are grateful to you for telling us about that.

I am grateful to Senator Menendez and Congressman Graham who worked in a bipartisan fashion in both Houses to get flood protections done.

This mission to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIS requires a coordinated response between the Executive and the Legislative Branches.