Training is absolutely essential in the job, but where we are with the training is that we are learning every day.

Just give us one good example of how the Federal Government can better support fire and emergency service providers.

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Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon to talk a bit about developments that involve our Nation, Iran, and the other five nations that joined us in negotiating the joint agreement. And we are encouraged that it will…

Mr. President, those are some things I didn't plan to say but I felt compelled to say as a warmup to what I really wanted to say, and that is to talk about the agreement we struck with Iran and some of the things that have been happening…

Mr. President, in 2014, I began coming to the Senate floor almost every month. I came here to highlight some of the great work done each and every day by the men and women who serve us in the Department of Homeland Security. I continued…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with a number of Members. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nuclear Agreement With Iran

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from New Jersey. I wish to emphasize a point he made. We need to remain vigilant. We need to remain ready to impose additional sanctions on those actions by Iran that are outside the JCPOA. We saw two…

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire. I want to emphasize again that these three nominees--Tom Shannon, Laura Holgate, and Adam Szubin--have been waiting for months. In particular, Adam Szubin is a nonpartisan career professional, having…

That would be fine. I think there is a strong point being made by my colleague from New Hampshire that I will just briefly expound upon and then invite my colleague from New Jersey to join in this conversation. Earlier this month, I…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Virginia. We had a terrific experience traveling together to Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Vienna. In Vienna, we met with the leadership of the IAEA. We asked tough questions and learned more…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for his clear-eyed assessment of the challenges that lie ahead as we try to move past implementation day and into a positive world where together we might be able to provide the…

Thank you, Chairman Vitter and Ranking Member Shaheen, for convening this important hearing into a valuable program.

I wish to thank my colleague from Connecticut for his active leadership role on the Foreign Relations Committee and his deep interest in this topic. By way of transition to my colleague from Pennsylvania, I briefly want to point out this…

That is my understanding as well. There is no publicly articulated basis--certainly no basis that has anything do with his qualifications, skills, experience or relevance to the job--as is the case with all three of these nominees. There…

Mr. President, today I come again to the floor to speak about the ongoing challenges that we face in our relationship with Iran, about some of the benefits that we have seen through the JCPOA-- the joint comprehensive agreement on the…

$750 million to support--not to give money to these countries, but the taxpayer dollars from these countries.

Thanks so much. My thanks to you and to Senator McCaskill for holding this hearing and to our witnesses for being here.