Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 24, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 24, 2015, at 2 p.m., in room SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a joint…

We want one, global Internet that is not fragmented nor hijacked by authoritarian regimes.

If we are going to ask States to increase gas taxes or if we are going to ask people to pay a higher gas tax or any other type of a tax, I think we ought to be able to show them that we are doing the best we can to be efficient in the…

I think that is one of the most important things we have to do, in order to maintain credibility when it comes to how we spend tax dollars.

I think that the fear that comes out of the political process of the concept of raising taxes is, can be mitigated by leadership, by a clear, concise message that you are doing this to make things better for all Americans, and in the end…

In my view, robust economic growth is the primary reason for tax reform...

This hearing of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing will come to order.

Mr. President, for the past week Democrats in the Senate have been filibustering a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. They object to the bill because it does not fund President Obama's…

Mr. President, I would also like to take a few minutes today to discuss the President's foreign policy or lack thereof. ``Lack thereof'' seems to be the most accurate description of the President's lead-from-behind foreign policy. Whether…

I want to thank Senators Fischer, Ayotte, Booker, and Schatz for their leadership on this issue.

Clearly we think there should be a significant amount of thought put into the original rule to begin with.

Your Criminal Investigation Division has field offices, correct?

The results of this coal plant running less than half of the time it runs now doesn't work.

All of us want clean air. The challenge is how do we get there? How do we maintain what we have already?

To the best of my knowledge, we have received no suggestions of how to fix the problem we share with you today.

So to your knowledge, there has been no evaluation processes that have been gone through where seizures were discussed or talked about or even the settlements that resulted from those seizures.

So if they are not performing well and they are not getting very many seizures or aren't producing very many seizures, is that reflective on the work that they are doing?