I do not think there is any doubt that we have failed in our oversight responsibility and our management responsibility of the post office.

Again, just to reiterate, we need to get Postal reform done because these things, they all land in your lap, and you are there alone.

Mr. President, I think that anyone who picked up the Wall Street Journal over the last couple of weeks and read the stories about Indian health and what is happening, especially in our region of the world in the Great Plains--it shocked…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Myles Odermann, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

This should concern all of us.

I continue to be deeply concerned about the lack of systemic reform within the Postal Service.

That is OK. I am from the better Dakota. I just have to tell you. Mr. President, I am always perplexed when the opposition party, the Republican Party, says: We are the party of business. We are the party that believes that government…

Madam President, one thing I want to talk about, as we are talking about carbon utilization--and Joe did a great job of talking about new technologies. Frequently when I talk about this topic people say: There is no such thing as clean…

Mr. President, before the chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations leaves, I also would like to put into the Record that, recently, in a raid that was performed in the Philippines, some very interesting documentation was…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Felicia Lucci, an AAAS fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I would like to associate myself with the comments from the former Governor and now Senator from the great State of New Hampshire. It is not enough to say the system is failing. It is not enough to come here and say: We can…

I feel like that trade is just the number one.

Any renegotiation on NAFTA, we have to be careful to make sure it is good for agriculture when we are talking about Canada or Mexico.

I think it is vital that this committee continue to work to fully appropriate the amounts authorized by the FAST Act.

It is imperative that we revitalize and maintain the roads, bridges, ports, rail, airports, water systems, and information networks of this country.

In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has estimated that we need over $3.6 trillion of infrastructure investment by 2020 to remain competitive.

Our nation's infrastructure network serves as a foundation of our national and economic security and competitiveness.

It is really hard to get a level of accountability on this side because to us it seems to be unfair to put this back on you.