It's time to bring some of it to a conclusion.

Mr. President, I rise today to address for the first time this august body, the United States Senate--the greatest governing body ever conceived. Out of respect, I have waited until we passed the 100- day mark to deliver this speech, but I…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 20 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

That's really what led to the whole Sunscreen Innovation Act.

Every contribution that comes from an existing spent dollar rather than a new dollar we have to borrow from China is really important to me.

We are here to get the answers as to why we are where we are.

sometimes we waste money in Washington, but sometimes we are willing to come and hold people accountable when things go wrong

I pledge my complete support to the other members of the Senate and the House to do exactly that.

We need to do no less than the same for them.

I think there is got to be some system, an improved system of accountability in the administration of the VA.

To me, that is unacceptable.

I will inject there two things. One is on the spinal cord injury.

That money ought to be going to the overruns, and that is where you need to find as much of the money as you can, not in penalizing veterans from the program Congress passed to try to improve their access to VA health care.

it is absolutely incumbent, no excuses, that we are going to get the project done, get it done right, and hold the VA accountable.

It is unacceptable to us.

Mr. Chairman, over the past 40 years, we have experienced advancements in information technology that literally have transformed business, education, government; it has even transformed our culture. Information research that only a couple…

That is why I do support H.R. 1731, because it provides that framework of cooperation between the government and the private industry, and it provides the protections and liability protections our industries need. We must have this bill. I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay my respects to the young women who died suddenly in Savannah, Georgia, yesterday. On Wednesday morning just before 6 a.m., three tractor-trailers, two pickup trucks, and two cars were involved in a…