I'm willing to talk to them about that.

I think the water quality is a matter of State law and State enforcement, I believe.

No. My testimony is, it is not right.

Yes, we need to improve our enforcement of standards, set standards, health, environmental standards.

I think that is part of the plan to do that, which is to----

Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the rollcall vote on passage of H.R. 5985 due to my appointment by President Obama as representative to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I am in full agreement with…

I would appreciate if you would do that.

Mr. President, the end of a Presidential administration is often a time for taking stock. In the coming months, pundits and reporters will spend a lot of time discussing President Obama's legacy. Perhaps the real measure of the President's…

That is an issue we are going to have to address in the next farm bill, for sure.

I would like to get your commitment today that this policy of donating vegetative cover... can be donated to livestock producers.

I would appreciate that. Twenty-five, ten-thousandths of the amount in the general sign-up seems like proportionately a real bust.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. President Obama's Legacy

it seemed to me at least this ought to be something we could fix.

Mr. President, a FOX News poll released this month found that ``a record-high 54 percent of American voters feel the U.S. is less safe today than it was before 9/11.'' Fifty-four percent of Americans think they are less safe than they were…

First of all, let me just thank you for putting together this discussion today. Let me thank both the Senator from Alaska and the Senator from Iowa for their service to our country, although the Senator from Iowa is clearly too young to…

I thank Senator Daines. I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the colloquy with Senator Daines and Senator Capito, who is also here with us today. I spent 8 years as the Governor of South Dakota. One of the titles you carry when…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to pay tribute to an American soldier who has given his last full measure of devotion to this Nation and to the noble pursuits of liberty and peace. Twenty-eight-year-old SSG Matthew Vail Thompson grew up…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered…