There is going to be something after ISIS that will threaten our national interests in the Middle East or someplace else.

I raise a point of order that the pending motion to concur violates section 311(a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

all I am asking for in raising this point of order--the tax extender legislation will reduce revenues below the fiscal year 2016 budget agreement and would violate section 311. All I am asking for is to separate the votes. If you are proud…

my colleague and dear friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, has worked extensively on trying to reform our Tax Code. We had something called the Simpson-Bowles Commission, which I think he took the lead on and was very much instrumental…

I have two of my colleagues with me; the three of us were former Governors. My good friend Senator King was the Governor of Maine, my good friend Senator Mark Warner was the Governor of Virginia, and I was previously the Governor of West…

I rise to applaud my colleagues for being in the Christmas spirit. I have never seen so many gifts and presents given out in one bill. Let's be clear, we aren't voting on just a $1.1 trillion spending bill called the omnibus, we are not…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

As we finish up on the colloquy here, the House is going to vote twice. They are going to vote on the extenders bill and the omnibus bill. For the second time, we are going to roll them into one in the Senate. We will not have the…

I wish to recognize one of West Virginia's prized public servants, Mark Felton, on the occasion of his retirement. Through his various roles in the Region III Planning and Development Council, Mark has been an indispensable resource to the…

I rise today to highlight the positive change our new Republican majority has brought to the U.S. Senate in 2015. As a first-year Senator--and I will remind everybody that I spent a lot of time on the other side of the Capitol observing…

I do not know how to circumnavigate this.

He can encourage. He can persuade, but he cannot compel.

I think it is time we get after this because I think our vulnerabilities are significant in this area.

Is the system bogged down to where we are throwing so much stuff at you from here to the intermediators that is coming to us?

How do we keep the separation of the civilian oversight, as we do, which is unbelievable, and I am glad we do.

I am so appreciative of you all coming and so candid with us and tell us exactly what you have seen and what your experience.

I think in your opening remarks you touched on some of your mission statement of providing oversight and assistance, but what was missing, I thought, and maybe because of my hearing loss I might have missed something, but I didn't hear…

Measurements--these are measurements, not forecasts, not projections, they are measurements--that the seas have risen in south Florida from 5 to 8 inches.