Is it safe? No, it is not safe there.

This seems to be a fiasco. It is a mess.

We have a duty and an obligation to make sure that they are well housed, that they are safe, that they are secure, that they are able to do their jobs and their duty.

I thank Mr. Smith of Texas and Mr. Conaway of Texas for their good work on this. In the year 2015, five letters were sent to the EPA from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding the waters of the United States rulemaking…

I rise today as the Senate begins its consideration of the Every Child Achieves Act under the leadership of Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray--two great leaders who have done a great job on this bill. The HELP Committee, under…

This Antiquities Act was passed over a century ago in 1906, when four States weren't even in the Union at that time. They were still territories. There are absolutely no environmental laws that we had at that particular time protecting…

I rise today to discuss the progress of the Senate under the new Republican leadership. In the first 6 months of this Congress, we have passed bipartisan, commonsense legislation that has delivered meaningful results to the American…

earlier today the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in King v. Burwell. As we now know, the Court has once again decided to rule against common sense and the plain meaning of statutory language in order to uphold the poorly…

I have been interested in how the Democrats are constantly pushing to get moneys for the Federal highway system. All of us are. Every one of us in this body wants to do everything we can for the highway system. However, they are talking in…

New Jersey legislators need to work across the aisle to create a P3 project that is acceptable to all.

Regardless of its source, financing is only a mechanism for making future tax or user fee revenues available to pay for projects sooner.

There is bipartisan support for public-private partnerships at both Federal and State levels.

However, not every partnership ends in success, and in a decision as important as this, it is necessary to consider both sides of the equation before making any decisions.

As long as our federal highway program is based upon reimbursements to states made on a formula basis, there is no workable substitute for federal funding.

It seems that all the witnesses at this hearing are supporters of public-private partnerships and certainly have shared compelling examples in their testimonies of their success around the Nation.

we are now one vote away from final passage of our bill to renew trade promotion authority. One more vote and we can finally, and at long last, send this important bill to the President's desk. That vote is expected to take place within…

today I rise to commend my colleagues on passage of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. This legislation provides timely extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, Program, and preferential treatment for…

There is bi-partisan support for public-private partnerships at both Federal and State levels.