I think it is important to set realistic targets and goals that do push us to improvement.

we have infrastructure needs. And it is very difficult to get permits, it takes years, and so as we are shutting down coal plants through regulatory orders, we don't always have the capability to get the energy product to where it needs to…

I am concerned about expansion of the Lifeline program to include broadband before additional reforms to curb fraud and abuse are implemented and shown to be effective.

I would prefer avoiding imposition of a hard cap that, per se, would require cutting off subsidies to those that otherwise meet eligibility requirements.

You will be more--if it is capped and you only have a certain amount of money to work with, you are going to be much more efficient and effective with it.

So, basically, as we usually do in America, we reward you for bad behavior.

Would the Senator be kind enough to yield for a question from the Senator from Massachusetts if I would yield? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia has the floor.

I yield for the Senator from Massachusetts for the purpose of a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.

Senator, I have the utmost respect for you and the job you do here every day for all of us. I appreciate that. But we have a difference here. My difference is that I have to look at the people in West Virginia--fewer than 2 million…

Senator, again, I know you understand it. I am sure you probably have gone down into the secured room and maybe have looked through some parts yourself. But it is quite an onerous process. I couldn't take my staff person who had expertise…

He let everybody see it months ahead of time before he was granted the fast-track authority. He never even asked for TPA until he released it. And I am sure that you were in the majority at the time, and everyone had to support that…

I just feel very strongly that this most reasonable thing that we have asked for is something that was done under President Bush. I think it was in his wisdom to put it out there before. There was nothing to hide. If we looked into their…

Senator, if you do see something, let's say, as the bill unfolds and comes to its completion, that you really think is going to harm the people of Utah, you are not going to have any input to change that harm. And it is only going to take…

America is a beacon of hope and opportunity to the world for a reason. Our military veterans, whom we honor this Monday during Memorial Day, put their lives on the line for our freedoms and constitutional rights. Our Founders put in place…

I come to the floor and I, like my good friend the Senator from Massachusetts, am very concerned about the lack of transparency in this whole process of the trade agreement, very concerned. I saw the TPP text. I went downstairs and I saw…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 1381

I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor on that amendment.

Can you give me--I understand that they're currently meeting in Saudi Arabia now, talking about all of these things that we're talking about right now.