Mr. President, I come to the floor once again to talk about manufacturing jobs. This week, under Senator Amy Klobuchar's leadership, the Joint Economic Committee released a report that thoroughly and thoughtfully lays out why manufacturing…

Mr. President, I wish to speak tonight on two subjects. The first is the budget resolution, the bipartisan, bicameral budget resolution conference report we approved today. This is the first time in a number of years we have actually been…

I am proud to rise to speak in strong support of the nomination of Jeh Johnson to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. As my colleagues know, I have been concerned for many months about the high number of…

Because the Democrats have taken away the super majority, our ability to exercise effective oversight--either in the majority or minority--is gone.

When I was Chairman of this Committee, one person I remember working with was H. Dale Hall, who served as President Bush's Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Supporting the political transition... will have to occur by February 2015, but that is going to be an enormous challenge.

We are deeply concerned that the Transitional President Djotodia has taken steps to consolidate his power.

Let us focus, if we might, on the U.N. role and where it might go in terms of security.

The CAR Government, the transitional authorities, are desperate for resources for reconstruction, for transitional tasks.

The voices of Central Africans must also inform our policy decisions.

CAR is going to need significant international support for the political transition, governmental institutions.

How do you see the political trajectory here in terms of pulling apart the forces and continuing with some stabilization?

Will that heighten the focus and attention on this enough in order to deliver the resources needed?

My hope is that there are lessons learned here, both by the American Atrocities Prevention Board and by the United Nations.

Is he a figure we should be particularly focused on and concerned about?

I want to thank you in particular for your great testimony today on the evolving humanitarian crisis in CAR.

One of the things that has failed, in that broad review of the many things that have failed, is the state, the entire mechanism of the state.

Are we at real risk of this spiraling into a dramatically larger conflict within CAR or regionally?