The budget would undermine U.S. energy leadership in a sector that is poised to grow millions of jobs around the world.

I will never forget that.

When you have 60 days of coal laying there, you are not going to interrupt that, they are going to feed it, and that is going to give you power.

I think you have been sent on a suicide mission here.

I am disturbed to see that the President's budget would cut funding for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences--which houses this program--by more than $400 million.

No, it is not a good starting point. It is a terrible starting point.

69.6 percent is not a good starting point.

I think it is one of the most important studies you all have taken on and I thank you for it, because I think it is going to be imperative for the American people and the security of our nation that we find out, how do we keep these grids…

That is why I am so worried about the President's Budget Request to cut more than $200 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

I have great concerns about what I think is a proposed cut that could affect as many as 1,000 people at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

I strongly support efforts to increase collaborative forest management.

I just really hope we err on the side of disclosure about our systems so that people have full confidence when they go vote.

I joined Senator Amy Klobuchar in sponsoring legislation to encourage partnerships between the Forest Service and state foresters.

This is the new normal.

I don't think we get to where we need to be.

And you think this will add more efficiencies and get more direct better quality? Obviously, that is the goal.

What kind of resources are you putting into this at the VA to try to meet these challenges?

There's not an American right now that should have a reasonable doubt whatsoever that the Russians were involved.