I am distressed by what seems to be endless cycles of negotiations.

I want to thank our guests here today for what I think has been a very statesmanlike focus on this problem.

I am encouraged to hear, Under Secretary Sherman, in your written testimony that you are determined to face one of the greatest global challenges the United States and our allies face in Iran.

I call the GAO High Risk List this Committee's to-do list.

Today we are pleased to consider the nomination of Brian Deese, President Obama's choice to serve as our Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The hearing will come to order, although this is a hearing that is already in order, even with a 5½ month old baby girl, remarkably.

I have said it a time or two before, but it is just something here that bears repeating often.

One of the initiatives that Dr. Coburn and I worked on in the last Congress, something called the Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (FAST Act)...

The job of government with respect to job creation is, people think sometimes their Senators think that they create jobs, or Governors create jobs, or Presidents create jobs, and I always say, No, we do not create jobs.

Not only, Federal agencies, do we want you to report improper payments, we want you to stop making them.

What I think they do is represent a way to encourage collaboration, encourage a sense of teamwork in terms of delivering health care.

Madam President, as the son and grandson of classroom teachers, as a father myself, as someone for whom education played a central role in my life, and as a passionate believer in the power of education to change others' lives, I rise…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Education Equality

I think this sort of function in this particular legislative authorization would be helpful for DOJ and FBI...

I agree with you that in particular in a democracy and facing what is a broadly distributed threat...

we will give ourselves a low grade for how we have done in terms of being able to bridge the differences between our parties and our chambers in terms of coming up with some functional structure for dealing with the cyber threat to our…

I like to say that there are three things that we need to do in order to continue to rein in the deficit.

Despite some progress that has been made, error rates in the amount of money lost to avoidable errors still remains at unacceptably high levels.