clean, safe, affordable drinking water is essential, and should be a national priority.

We cannot expect our communities to continue to provide safe drinking water if they do not have the resources to meet their infrastructure needs.

We need to send a message to the EPA that the days of legislating without Congress are over.

It is my understanding of the Court that they gave the authority to the EPA to do that but not a mandate to do it.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I have come to the floor today to talk about the amendment Senator McConnell brought forward in terms of repealing the health care bill. I am probably going to approach this differently than a lot of my colleagues have. I do…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As I listen to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I would just urge them to read the bill. It's only three pages long. Frankly, most of the things I've heard so far don't have anything to do…

So in an era where we have to make genuinely hard decisions, to me, this is a no-brainer. This is a lot less important than a lot of the things that we need to consider and a lot of the decisions that we will have to make. There is…

Major General Masiello, I understand an investigation was conducted after the inadvertent release of the IFARA data.

Major General Masiello, after the incident, according to your written testimony, the Air Force purposefully released each competitor's proprietary IFARA data to the other competitor to level the playing field.

I believe Federal Acquisition Rule (FAR) 3.104-4 covers disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.

Madam President, I heard this morning the tributes that were made by Senator John McCain and Senator John Kyl about the role that was played by the very heroic judge who lost his life in the tragedy that took place in Tucson. Shortly after…

I remain concerned about the release of the IFARA data and any impact it could have on the overall award of the KC-X contract.

Major General Masiello, who has been provided a full copy of the investigation report on the inadvertent disclosure?

Major General Masiello, when was the investigation started and completed?

As I think Senator Boxer suggested, ARPA has some facts around that subject, 78 million jobs are dependent on transportation.

That is 3 percent, it doesn't make any difference, people think it is 90 percent.

I think President Obama talked about this last night, I think he was right on target with regard to investing in our infrastructure.