Let me focus you as an example on TV One, an African American-focused channel, if you would speak briefly in closing to both of those.

I share your concern that the Development Assistance Account is under significant pressure.

I share and support the chairman's concerns about doing everything we can to secure Alan's release.

I frankly think it could stand to have more robust funding and, frankly, to have a dedicated line that makes it clear that Power Africa is being separately sustained for the long term.

If we are serious about deficit reduction, we need to do three things.

I was encouraged by much of what was in the President's Climate Action Plan. However, I was surprised and in fact, disappointed to see what was not included...

It was a bad choice. We are going to do everything we can to reverse that.

I urge my colleagues to keep that in mind.

Do you expect future rules to be implemented this late in the game?

We have seen the deficit come down from about $1.4 trillion in 2009; last year it was only $680 billion.

How could we help in this regard, other than passing legislation, which I would like to see us do, but how can we help short of that?

I am delighted we are having this hearing, and I commend you and Senator Hatch for holding it.

Today, the White House said Vice President Joe Biden will attend a tribute ceremony in Boston next Tuesday, the first anniversary of the Boston marathon bombings.

I thank my colleague for joining me in this colloquy on manufacturing, both broadly and more specifically on this bill. I am grateful for the leadership that Senator Stabenow and Senator Graham, as the cochairs of the Senate Manufacturing…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 30 minutes as if in morning business and to engage in a colloquy with the Senator from Maine. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I thank my colleague from Maine for sharing his personal experience both as Governor and for his work and partnership with the University of Maine and their composites center and his understanding of the importance of a…

Madam President, I come to the floor again today to talk about good jobs and how we can work together in a responsible and bipartisan way to create high-quality and lasting middle-class jobs. All of us hear from our home States about how…

The two Cs are also--communicate and compromise--the secret to a vibrant democracy.