Mr. President, I will speak for 10 minutes on transportation, and then we will have our caucus lunch.

I withdraw my objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. President, tomorrow is Veterans Day, and it is a special day for all of us who serve here and for all of our colleagues down the hall in the House of Representatives. It is a special day for veterans across the country and around the…

Mr. President, it is always a pleasure to spend these late afternoons--sometimes Thursday afternoons--when the current Presiding Officer gets stuck presiding, when I come to the floor to talk, yet again, about funding--paying for--these…

Mr. President, I rise today to shine a spotlight on apprentices, one of our Nation's oldest forms of education and still one of the smartest investments we can make as a nation. The week we are in the middle of right now--this very…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Transportation Authorization bill

Mr. President, I want to thank the Senator for inviting us to come to the floor this afternoon and have this conversation. It is great to be with our colleague from Hawaii as well. Senator Durbin and I came to the House of Representatives…

Mr. President, in recent weeks I have spoken three or four or five times on the question of whether we are going to realistically and honestly fund the transportation improvements our country so badly needs. I don't know if it is my…

Mr. President, I want to go back in time a little more than 12, 13 or 14 years ago, to 9/11. One of the lessons learned by the committee on which the Presiding Officer and I serve, now the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…

Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I speak on behalf of the Delaware delegation to honor Head Start's 50 years of service to our Nation's most vulnerable children and families in Delaware and nationwide. On May 18, 1965…

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support my amendment to make sure that this bill strikes the right balance between privacy and security. I respect the very hard work of Senators Burr and Feinstein and the constructive…

Let me start off by saying to Senator Feinstein, 6 years ago, you, along with Senators Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockefeller, and others started leading the effort to put in place comprehensive cyber security legislation and…

Colleagues, keep in mind, EINSTEIN 1 and EINSTEIN 2 are already effective to detect but not block these intrusions. EINSTEIN 3, authorized by our legislation, puts a new player on the field--a defensive player--to be able to block these…

Mr. President, are we out of time on the Democrats' side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Twenty seconds remain.

Mr. President, I wish to respond very briefly to what our colleague from Oregon has said. Senator Feinstein shared with me a copy of the actual text of the managers' amendment. I would maybe make two points. One, if a private company…

Mr. President, I would just note that the Presiding Officer and I are on the same schedule, because I come here a couple of times a week, but you are here more often than not when I am speaking. I am sorry. This is cruel and unusual…

Mr. President, I rise today in support of the cyber security information bill introduced by my colleagues, Senators Burr and Feinstein. I want to commend my colleagues and their staff for their leadership and for their tireless efforts on…

I appreciate the yielding by Senator Whitehouse. Let me just say that if your provision, Senator Whitehouse, does not end up in this bill and we actually do pass it, I am sure we will conference with the House. There will be an opportunity…