I think we have to have, frankly, reasonable expectations on the part of patients.

I would say that I suspect that some of these rules may very well be finalized and some of these rules may be proposed, given the nature of the concerns that were expressed in the past.

Candidly, I am at the point now where folks have raised concerns about trails and a variety of other facets of the Forest Service that we are not going to do what we have done in the past, which is transfer money for fire suppression.

We will be more than happy to work with you and have our rural development people work with those two counties in those two areas.

the Promise Zone would extend that kind of approach to all Federal agencies.

It is a complicated problem. It is one that requires a series of steps.

With the decline in the combat fighter squadrons, has this impacted the ability to deploy air power assets to prosecute the air campaign against the Islamic State?

That is where the assuming risk comes into play is that you focus in one area, but you may not be able to cover down in other areas.

It seems to be such a waste of taxpayer dollars maybe to have transitioned fighters out, replace it with an RPA unit.

If we do not see resolution coming from the Air Force or the FAA, this is something that we will act on legislatively, which is not what I would like to do.

Madam President, as my colleagues in the Senate just heard, the tantrums from the other side continue, but I guess it shouldn't surprise anybody because everyone around here knows that nothing makes the minority leader more mad than when…

Mr. President, I heard what they said about the meeting being canceled today, because we could have held the meeting off the floor and voted out three judges. So somehow that interfered with what they wanted to do in the Judiciary…

Mr. President, I come to the floor this morning because of the important subject that is before us, the bill that deals with the opioid epidemic, the follow-on heroin problem, a bill that was reported out of committee unanimously, a very…

Madam President, we have had quite a discussion this morning on why the Judiciary Committee didn't meet. We were prepared to meet the same way we often meet when there is just maybe 5 minutes of business. We meet off the Senate floor so…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of March 1, 2016, under ``Text of Amendments.'')

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of March 1, 2016, under ``Text of…

Mr. President, I call up the substitute amendment No. 3378. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment numbered 3378.

Mr. President, I wish to speak in opposition to the Shaheen amendment No. 3345. Of course, the opioid crisis demands resources, and significant resources are being directed to it. But this amendment is political gamesmanship by some of my…