we strive, for the first time since 1996, not to have a lame duck.

Madam Secretary, I think I've got the picture there. We want to work with you.

Our goal is to enact all 12 Appropriations bills before October 1, for the first time since 1996, in order to restore regular order--which means certainty and reliability in the appropriations process.

I'm concerned that this type of system allows the Administration ultimately to pick a lot of winners and losers...

When will we get your comprehensive plan, and how do you see that you want to continue to right the concerns...

We need to make sure those are procured first.

We want to keep that momentum going to get value for our dollar, and at the same time this communication, we resolve problems without trying to put it in report language.

We're all Senators and we need to trust each other.

America is open for business.

And that 62 percent in NOAA really goes primarily to satellites, and it also goes to Weather Service.

We understand NOAA says they're actively working on a plan to be issued with the latest independent cost estimates as late as April 2014.

If you listen to our fishermen and our watermen, if they're cranky, then literally these fishermen put their hooks into us.

One of the first issues we had was our very own colleagues didn't understand how fisheries disaster certification worked.

If over-fishing is caused by poachers, why punish the American fishermen as they're trying to make their comeback?

I think OMB has to worry about this. And I think they have to come to grips with what we would hope--many of us want to work on a bipartisan basis to permanently cancel sequester.

I really encourage that to my colleagues to be able to raise this because there are also other fees.

we will be holding a full committee hearing, all hands on deck, on innovation, particularly in terms of life science and others

But we need viable ports. We want those imports and exports, and Japan is one of our great trading partners with Toyotas and motorcycles.