this discrepancy demonstrates an office culture more focused on protecting the institution than survivors.

How would you respond to an assertion that you had a chance to keep these athletes safe and failed by allowing that culture to keep young athletes silent through their continued abuse?

Concluded then in July?

Is that your view as to there was a culture that was damaging to them?

I still believe that enacting the Kelsey Smith Act could help law enforcement save lives.

We have implored them not to take that weapon system, for a host of reasons I will not belabor today.

to convince him that, in fact, his security was best assured by going through this process.

A bad deal is not an option. The American people are counting on us to get this right.

I think this administration has behaved incredibly well with respect to encouraging and get us closer to a solution, certainly than the last administration did.

I do think we should--I think Congress and the executive branch should work together to do everything we can to continue.

It is just deeply wrong, immoral, unjust.

I want to take a moment to recognize MG Joseph M. Martin and his outstanding military career, which is made evident by a significant milestone promotion to lieutenant general. Major General Martin is the commanding general of the 1st…

There is no reason why rural communities should be left behind as other areas continue to advance their health-care systems.

I do not want to get picked off by all of a sudden saying 'no' to the critical access or moving to some other thing without really knowing where we are going.

All of us look forward to working with each of you in a bipartisan way, both sides of the aisle.

We have long said that rural residents deserve the same quality health care as their urban counterparts.

I promise I will work alongside you to do the best I can to get you that information, and, if it is a classified version of it that you have a right as a member of the legislative branch to see, I will work to get you that. And if it is an…

Whatever we can do to open up even more the use of telehealth services to support the local rural health-care professionals.