Mr. President, today I am pleased to be joined by Senator Isakson in introducing the Tanning Transparency and Notification Act, or the TAN Act. This legislation is a continuation of an initiative that we worked on together five years ago…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Lance Corporal Abraham Tarwoe of the United States Marine Corps. A Liberian American, Lance Corporal Tarwoe elected to serve the United States when he joined the Marine Corps in 2009. He was promoted…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my name as a cosponsor of H.R. 2341. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Rhode Island? There was no objection. ____________________

Madam President, to follow up briefly on the subject of leadership in Washington, perhaps the Speaker of the House could show some leadership on jobs by calling up the bipartisan--75 to 22-- jobs highway bill that passed this Senate, which…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). Without objection, it is so ordered. Surface Transportation Act

Madam President, our Nation's inadequate cybersecurity poses an ever-growing threat to our safety, our prosperity, and our privacy. Attackers go after our intellectual property, our national security, and our critical infrastructure. The…

First, I want to thank my colleague, Senator Cardin, and just recently Senator Brown of Ohio, for referencing the highway bill. The state of play on that at this point is that the House has just passed another extension. We passed an…

I think, has huge implications is the F-35B, with the sheer size of the procurement dollars required for that activity.

I think it reflects the interest that China has in overseas areas in which they're very interested in looking for natural resources and things like that, and they begin to have the capability to project power.

I wonder if there is a way to restore a second boat to fiscal year 2014 or to mitigate the effects of the delay.

I would say that China's not alone. There are several nations around the world that are expanding their amphibious warfare capabilities.

The reason I fully support this decision is because if you want to maintain the largest, most sustainable, and most capable fleet you can have, you need to do all of the maintenance and modernization.

I hope that what you're speaking about, kind of the young people of our country, not just the students, but the families of students who are affected--I was at a Portuguese social club recently, and a woman constituent of mine, a single…

I too want to thank the gentleman from Connecticut, and I hope that we will all do everything we can to keep this issue alive over the next 73 days. As you said, Joe, it's not something that has a complicated answer. We can fix it. You…

I also understand that during transit from Mayport, FL, to its homeport in San Diego, CA, the LCS-1 experienced a number of equipment failures, perhaps as many as 80 such failures, and at least once the ship lost all electricity…

Mr. Courtney, I was just wondering. You talked about how the interest rate was cut in half by the prior Congress, which was obviously very important for young people and for families, and how the Stafford Act was created and named after…

I just want to say that I think one of the things that we sort of recognize and are very proud of as Americans is that we have always revered our system of higher education and that we have always understood that people's ability to access…

I thank the gentleman from Connecticut for his extraordinary leadership on this issue, which is important to Rhode Island, but really important to students all across our country. I think one of the things that has struck me during this…