Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 3364, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to accept the donation…

Mr. President, we may have that opportunity. Unanimous Consent Request--Senate Resolution Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of a Senate resolution at the desk recognizing the 75th…

Mr. President, I actually think Senator Wyden has done some good work on this measure. I hope that we can get to a point where we can bridge the gap and address some concerns that some of the Members have in States that are concerned with…

Thank you, Mr. President. The Senator from West Virginia, I believe, is trying to make a compelling argument. I understand that he feels very strongly about this. We feel very strongly about a number of these motions I am going to continue…

Mr. President, about a month and a half ago, I came into this Chamber to talk about the damage that occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. It was actually 2 months ago to the day that Hurricane Matthew hit eastern North Carolina…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I was wondering if I could direct a question through the Chair to the Senator from West Virginia. I was curious as to whether or not the good Senator, my friend and colleague, intends to object…

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Oregon. I may be new to the Senate, but I am not new to North Carolina. I was speaker of the house for 4 years, and I worked with a lot of the agencies that the Senator from…

Mr. President, on that note, I ask unanimous consent that the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2912, the Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act of 2016, and the Senate proceed to…

What was challenging and frustrating is the fact that DOD has attempted to hide that, squash that information that they requested to be developed because it would impact their ability to spend if Congress got wind of it.

Until now, it has been very difficult to get reliable and useful and complete information as it relates to government spending and the American taxpayer dollars.

This is our last hearing of the 114th Congress. As Mr. Connolly would so eloquently point out, it is a welcomed event.

I hope it doesn't go unnoticed that in squeezing in this third hearing on the DATA Act's implementation in the 114th Congress, it is really about setting a priority for transparency.

So now you can't have it both ways, Mr. Slifer.

So you do agree that we have some waste, fraud, and abuse with regards to time and attendance?

Do you think the American people would have a problem with that?

Having them resign and face the consequences--and not face the consequences is not appropriate, Ms. Schwartz.

And you've disciplined, you said either terminated or disciplined 30 people. Is that correct?

The American people don't understand this, Ms. Schwartz. What they've seen is they've seen 400-plus people that an IG says has not actually accounted for their time according to computer and other logouts.