Things are worth having if they are worth paying for.

We are in a country where over half of the people in our country now are obese or on their way to being obese.

The multi-modal, the multi-transportation options are so critical.

I think mayor is a great job. Especially when the economy is getting better, as it is.

No wonder my colleagues and I have a hard time figuring out what to do here.

Every day, sophisticated criminals, hackers, and even nation states are probing our government agencies, universities, major retailers, and critical infrastructure, and they are looking for weak spots in our defenses.

I endorse the framework as an excellent first step; however, it is important to stress it is the beginning and it is not the end.

49 different compliance regimens, an area that has driven us from one of the most secure places to do business.

One of the most significant accomplishments over the last year though, was the release of a voluntary Cybersecurity Framework.

Senator Toomey has a bill that could very well be, many elements of it, added to the bill that Senator Carper and I have proposed.

This is a day that I would describe for us here in the Senate, I suspect for Dr. Coburn and me as well, it is like fitting a size 13 foot into a size 10 shoe, how we are going to make all this work.

I ask Congress to continue to work with States to identify ways to protect our Nation's information assets and provide funding opportunities for State government cybersecurity.

But not everyone appreciates every aspect of our bill and I would just invite you to--you have heard some of the criticisms of each of the major pieces that have been introduced in the Senate.

I was so pleased to see that that cyber resilience program is part of their rollout strategy.

I think of my mother and I think of, why does it matter what State she lives in to determine the level of protection that she has? It should not.

We think this common sense legislation... would require a national standard for entities that collect sensitive personal information.

That is why I joined Senator Blunt to introduce our Data Security Act of 2014.

I think it was Abraham Lincoln who once said the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.