Madam Chairman, I, too, want to thank the chairman and the ranking member, who not only have worked unwaveringly to craft a great piece of legislation, but collaborating, shepherding this thing through, saving taxpayer money, supporting…

I think that kids grow up in rural Minnesota, should be able to live there and work there, and that means they're going to have to have high-speed Internet.

I have an amendment at the desk, Madam Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. COMPTROLLER…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Sergeant Chuck Luther joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks. He served in Iraq until a mortar round hit near him, knocking him unconscious. What followed were classic symptoms of…

I rise once again to thank the chairman. I thank him for understanding this. As I say again very clearly, this was not the chairman's decision. He was gracious enough to bring this down, and I appreciate his support-- the same to the…

My bill would get benefits into the hands of veterans more quickly in three ways.

We are all concerned about the claims backlog, and VA is working hard to address it.

I championed a program in the health care law called the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is a targeted intervention that's been proven to reduce the chances that a person with pre-diabetes will develop full diabetes by nearly…

This legislation would provide sustained support for long-term research, monitoring and ocean observing programs in the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and North Pacific.

I commend Senator Begich's Arctic Research, Monitoring and Observing Act, which offers a roadmap to improve maritime safety and advance marine science.

We are especially supportive of providing sustained funding for the Alaska Ocean Observing System to provide the critical observations needed to sustain a healthy Arctic.

Madam President, I rise in support of this very important bill. First, I wish to thank Senator Stabenow for her leadership, as well as the Senator from Mississippi. It was a true bipartisan effort. As I heard her list all the names of…

The largest wholesale supplier in the Nation is the Department of the Interior. You have to be a leader in sustainable management.

To make ourselves resilient to drought we need to monitor our ground water resources.

We need water for farming, for healthy ecosystems and we need it for energy production.

Mr. President, I was absent for the vote on an amendment to S. 954 on Monday, June 3, 2013. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of amendment No. 987. Alfalfa growers face unique risk management challenges and the amendment…

Consumers who have made investments in their devices, which are not always cheap, should be able to take their purchases with them to any network.

I just want to follow up--no questions, but I'm one of those mothers that didn't want to get the unlimited texting, because I didn't want my daughter to unlimited text.