They need resources, not restrictions.

I worked very, very hard on the middle school piece of the ESSA, and on the innovation schools piece.

For too long, though, America's higher education system has lacked a focus on outcomes and value for students and families.

I have long been an advocate of Directed Energy weapons systems, and I am glad that technologies are beginning to transition out of the lab into operational units, such as the 30-kilowatt laser on the USS Ponce.

Our S&T investments have been instrumental in delivering the capabilities necessary to address the threats that we have faced for more than a decade and a half from our enemies, like Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations that seek to…

How you are you working with the Strategic Capabilities Office?

How do the S&T and intelligence communities work together to drive an informed investment strategy?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank our panel here, again, for your testimony here today and the work you are doing in these fields.

I hope that in the future (a) you will be punctual about getting these rules out on time, and (b) that you will take into consideration the period of innovation in those industries where we can potentially earn extraordinary social returns.

Mr. President, I am here now for the 128th time to urge that we wake up to the ugly changes that carbon pollution is wreaking on our climate. It is happening all around us, and it is happening right now, not in some far-off future. As…

I do think it is important that there continue to be a supply chain that is available to the fishing community and people who are boaters to make sure that they are not put at risk by the harm that too much ethanol can do in a marine…

I think if the Court's membership doesn't change, that improves the standing of the Clean Power Plan considerably.

if we think about regulatory issue and job loss, there is no question that the most significant impact was the regulatory failure that led to the Great Recession.

I take very seriously job loss.

I think the Department of Education needs to take a clear message from this bill that they need to align what they're doing much, much better with what's happening locally and become less of a stifling effect and more of an invigorating…

Mr. President, I am here to show support for my Judiciary Committee chairman's effort to move this measure by unanimous consent. He has described the bill in considerable detail, so I will not repeat his description of the bill. From a…

Mr. President, may I clarify one point? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

Again, for the Record, I am the Senator from Rhode Island, not the Senator from Vermont. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.