So when you say a referral, that doesn't necessarily mean an individual is under consideration for criminal charges by DOJ. It could be something broader than that.

I think that the conversations that occur here may be more useful than the hearing setting.

I want this to be over the top. I want this to be the best and most lavish sort of conference.

We pick up the Politico today, and the headline is: ``Republicans Ax Aid to the Poor.'' It goes on to explain that there's a $33 billion cut in food stamps in the Romney-Ryan Republican budget that passed the House so that the average…

over the weekend the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany returned to the negotiating table with Iran for the first time since January 2011. Reports indicate modest progress was made, and a second round of talks has…

I am trying to figure out how I can play a greater role in moving Congress in the direction of visas for highly skilled, trained, educated workforce.

As members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, our oversight of spending by Federal agencies, in my view, is our most-critical responsibility.

Notwithstanding the statement of my very good friend from Alaska, I rise in support of Mr. Peters's amendment. It would remove a provision that would allow for the importation of polar bears killed in Canada, but the provision only…

This conduct on the part of these few Federal employees is an unacceptable abuse of the American taxpayers' trust.

I wish you well in your new position at what obviously is a very difficult time.

I don't understand how, for example, Mr. Miller, the rooms got paid for.

If we have the unwillingness or inability to deal with those things in regard to spending and revenues, maybe we can address this issue on the growth side.

I think we need to put in place an upgrade of the technology system which has been kind of old and antiquated.

there has been a lot conversation, especially here in Washington, D.C., about reforms or changes, if we are going to reauthorize the Bank that we need to 'reform'--it is actually a word I have tried to take out of my vocabulary because…

We have to be careful about that word 'reform.'

In the absence of the Bank, is there any other option you have to go to for that guarantee that would enhance the chances of sales to foreign countries or consumers in foreign countries?

Would we expect additional inspector general reports in the near future?

Can you quantify that, the magnitude of the investigations that you are now conducting?