Let me start off by saying to Senator Feinstein, 6 years ago, you, along with Senators Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockefeller, and others started leading the effort to put in place comprehensive cyber security legislation and…

As Senator Lieberman knows, we think a lot about avian influenza, and he knows all about chickens in Delaware.

I told everybody what a great guy you were. And you turned out to be a great Governor.

Just a reminder. We have a facility located close to the University of Delaware where we have a number of bioscience companies and large, not so large, but mid-sized and small.

I said yesterday it was one of my happiest days in my 15 years in the Senate, and you all played a big role in getting us on the right path, so thanks.

Joe was good enough to encourage me as a freshman Senator, when I was considering Committee assignments, to consider this one.

Because you are a Governor and that is what Governors do.

If I could interrupt just for a moment? The legislation that we passed last year, Dr. Coburn and I authored, co-authored it, on trying to figure out on the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)...

I view the ability to travel and participate in scientific conferences as absolutely essential both to the advancement of the careers of research scientists and also the advancement of the work of science.

I think this is being pennywise and pound foolish.

Thank you for offering us the opportunity to submit testimony to the subcommittee. We would also like to thank Senator Coons for his continued leadership in the area of National Lab policy and for engaging our group.

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support my amendment to make sure that this bill strikes the right balance between privacy and security. I respect the very hard work of Senators Burr and Feinstein and the constructive…

I strongly feel that we need to strengthen the tech transfer and commercialization function of our national labs.

Mr. President, I wish to respond very briefly to what our colleague from Oregon has said. Senator Feinstein shared with me a copy of the actual text of the managers' amendment. I would maybe make two points. One, if a private company…

Mr. President, I would just note that the Presiding Officer and I are on the same schedule, because I come here a couple of times a week, but you are here more often than not when I am speaking. I am sorry. This is cruel and unusual…

Colleagues, keep in mind, EINSTEIN 1 and EINSTEIN 2 are already effective to detect but not block these intrusions. EINSTEIN 3, authorized by our legislation, puts a new player on the field--a defensive player--to be able to block these…

Mr. President, are we out of time on the Democrats' side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Twenty seconds remain.

Let's be clear these protests were a reaction to a video that had spread to the region. We have no information to suggest that Benghazi was a preplanned attack.