I ask to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

July 28, 2011 Letter to Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner, Social Security Administration from Senator Tom A. Coburn, M.D. and Senator Carl Levin.

Mr. President, we have a lot in front of us as a nation. Our perception is that our country is anxious, and I think it has good reason to be anxious, but it doesn't have anything to do with the debt ceiling debate. It should be anxious…

I ask unanimous consent for 3 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Let me end with this. It costs us, to educate a student on our military bases, an average of $51,000 a student. If we look at the locations where all those are located, the cost outside is one- fourth of that. We could easily do that and…

Thank you, again, Madam Chairman, for calling this important hearing.

I am troubled by cases where we are spending billions of dollars on ERPs that accomplish little more than lining the pockets of contractors.

I just want to have some conversation on it.

Mr. Speaker, on Monday, July 25, 2011, I was unavoidably detained and missed the first vote in a series of two votes. I missed rollcall vote No. 630. Had I been present and voting, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall vote No. 630…

I thank the Chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this legislation, and I want to praise the process by which we arrived at this. This is probably the hardest-working subcommittee on a very hardworking…

I thank the gentleman. Contract support, again, fully funded or funded at very near what the President requested. Most importantly, language put in to make sure that those contracts are actually fully funded by the BIA, something that has…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following new section: SEC. 7. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. Section 1013 of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Similar to Mr. Quigley's amendment earlier--his amendment was to provide transparency at CFPB meetings--this amendment brings transparency to the regulatory process…

Madam President, I wanted to spend some time talking about what is coming forth Saturday morning. As a member of the Gang of 6, I am wanting us to solve our problem. But the best way to solve that problem would be the bill that is going to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Begich). Without objection, it is so ordered. Pilots' Bill of Rights

Mr. President, first of all, let me make a comment on something totally unrelated to the subject of the day, which is that we have a significant bill coming up that the occupant of the chair and I have put together. It is called the…

I appreciate it.

Delaying completion of that project would not only cause additional costs, but certainly you could expect to have additional accidents, both personal injury and maybe even fatalities.