Madam President, today is the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the bipartisan Voting Rights Act of 1965, a day we are reminded of what is possible when we come together across party lines. It was 50 years ago today that Republican…

I certainly want to say, I want to stop for a minute, Tom Udall has left the room, but you all just tell him I said, bravo.

I believe that is a legitimate concern and I think there is middle ground to be found.

David, thank you for your patience in working with me and a lot of other folks.

I think some additional work on that would be appropriate.

As we say in Delaware, the only two words in Latin I know are carpe diem, or Carper diem, seize the day.

I think there was effort, and successful effort, to address each of those points.

The best answer I have ever gotten to that question is the two Cs. The two Cs. Communicate and compromise.

thank you for the way you have conducted ourself in this role as our chairman, particularly with respect to this issue.

maybe those three Cs, communicate, collaborate and compromise, maybe we are about ready to seize the day.

I view this legislation as the beginning of a dialogue, not the end, on how to reform and improve the Federal tax policy with respect to research.

last month one of my colleagues on this committee, Senator Toomey from the neighboring State of Pennsylvania--which was once part of Delaware--and I introduced legislation.

What should we do differently? Those of us who serve here in Congress, we serve you and the people in all 50 States.

I strongly believe that in order to save money, we need to make an investment.

Somebody needs to, on a lighter note, I once asked a friend of mine, I said, 'Tell me about this Death Master File. What is it?' And he said to me, with tongue in cheek, he said, 'It is a file in which you do not want your name to appear…

Remember the story about Willie Sutton? They used to say to Willie Sutton, 'Why do you rob banks?' He said, 'That is where the money is.'

At a time when many agencies are struggling with tight budgets and facing sequestration on the horizon, we just cannot afford to be making $125 billion in improper payments like we apparently made last fiscal year (FY).

I never thought much of improper payments until 2002... I noticed there was an increase in the level of improper payments.