I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?

Mr. President, as everyone knows, Federal crop insurance policies are extremely technical and complex. My amendment seeks to give farmers additional access to clear, concise information about crop insurance policies and programs approved…

We must counter the notion that the STEM field is a male-only club.

And that's why I have co-sponsored bipartisan legislation with Senator Olympia Snowe to strengthen title IX and make sure it continues to deliver results for every young woman.

I talked to the president of the university and said, 'Here's the numbers I have. Unless you can show me something different, you cannot cut your women's program.'

I really do appreciate you holding this hearing today. I think there is a lot of good information.

I mean, and I meet with these wheat growers, and cattlemen, and cattlewomen, and others and they are struggling just now to comply with all the rules or regulations of Federal Government.

What are these permit cost going to be, do you think?

I mean that is what he was telling me.

I mean I don't think some of these people understand what is happening out there on ground, why this economy is so stalled.

I mean, I don't know how an individual cattle rancher is going to handle all this.

So you are asking them to commit their intent to participate to something that they do not know what the requirements are yet?

I have got community colleges in North Carolina that are visibly some of the best in the country. They have a graduation rate, after 6 years, of 28 percent.

What do these Marines do, Mr. Coy? I mean, the school is working with them. They are keeping them in. He may be in school, but he might be evicted from his place on a benefit that he has earned, he deserves.

I have attempted to get details as to how the Veterans Job Corps is going to be implemented and administered.

The VA ought to step up and assume the responsibility or the Department of Defense.

I would ask you to go ahead and think about now a delay in that June 30th date.

I would not call that an investigation. I would call it a whitewash.