I think that that is critical in order for what you have requested in the letter that you sent us to have any prayer of serious consideration, you need to map out how we would have assurances that it does not really materially affect it…

I do not think anybody should leave this Committee meeting thinking that anybody here has any serious goal or objective to privatize the entire VA.

I also have concerns about the overrun in the Denver hospital.

Mr. President, with the limited time, first, I am concerned now that we have gone away from President after President saying that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon, to the words of: Well, Iran shouldn't be able to have one at least…

Mr. President, we have reached a tipping point in President Obama's quest for a ``legacy''. Ukraine is on fire; Senior Chinese generals openly boast of their desire to settle millennial scores with their neighbors; Al Qaeda is stronger…

Mr. President, it is interesting that I am not a Senator from Florida but I am a Senator who was born in Florida. With due respect to my friend, Senator Nelson, there was something the Senator said that I had not thought to talk about, but…

Madam President, I thank my colleagues for their participation, and I thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their accommodation. I will conclude by saying that in the very near future this Congress will be presented two…

Madam President, I appreciate the question the leader has asked, and, also, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I am very curious to hear what my colleague Senator Rubio has to say and whether he is in agreement with what we have said on the floor to this point.

The leader raises a great question, and it is really the purpose for which section 215 was created. It is the reason the NSA looked at ways to effectively get in front of threats that take us back to 9/11 and the attacks. As we reacted…

I thank the Senator from Alabama. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent for 5 additional minutes on the majority side and 5 additional minutes on the minority side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate 11 students who will be graduating tomorrow at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. While celebrations will abound across our country for the class of 2015, I want to highlight this very…

It was just a bad decision that really raised--one of the reasons why you are probably experiencing the threefold increase in requests is that these kinds of things just absolutely undermine the confidence of the American people.

Mr. President, I rise today to welcome to this body a friend and a fellow North Carolinian, Peter Milner. Chaplain Milner serves the North Carolina General Assembly as the State's senate chaplain. A fellow Demon Deacon and an alumna of…

The RRB's disability benefits program is a crucial safety net for rail workers who are injured due to the demanding nature of the job.

We're here really today to perform one of the committee's core function, and that is protecting the taxpayer dollars from waste and fraud.

Yet, according to the IG, it appears that only 5, get that, 5 of 70 recommendations have been fully implemented.

So what's the fire? Well, the national approval rate for disability applications remains just as high as it was when the LIRR fraud scheme was bilking the RRB out of billions of dollars.