Mr. President, in accordance with rule XXVI, paragraph 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Boxer as vice chairman of the committee that the…

I want to thank you so much for taking the time to be here.

ISIS is a real threat to this country, and it requires a comprehensive strategy.

I look forward to working with the President on the AUMF and this committee.

I believe it was your testimony where we talked about great challenges associated with ensuring a safe, secure, open, interoperable, and sustainable Internet.

I do want to know what the FY 2016 funding increase will mean for the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Leech Lake.

We need to do a better job, those of us on the Committee, of talking to our colleagues about the importance of this.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the funding for the Department of Homeland Security and the continuing need for immigration reform. We need to fund the Department of Homeland Security and we should pass a clean DHS funding bill…

I think it is time to examine Native American programs across the Federal Government and evaluate priorities for Indian Country.

This is a business issue for us. This is hurting our international business because there is a sense in the world that this is not a true multistakeholder process.

I think this is hard, but we have done it in other places where we have a global interest.

The negativity toward the United States of America was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Section 1608 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sets 2019 as the cutoff date for using Russian rocket engines for national security launches.

You do not want that gap there, do you?

I thank both of you.

Then why was it such an important topic of discussion, if it is that insignificant.

I think these suggestions that we heard are really helpful as this Committee moves forward to try to put in some legislation with teeth to make a difference for businesses across the country and to be more transparent in this regulatory…

I want to thank the Chairman. I want to thank all of you for being here. I think this is a very important hearing.