This partnership is not only good for the commercial space industry but will allow NASA to focus on deep space exploration--specifically, on the path to Mars.

I'm encouraged to see that NASA has made significant progress toward these goals.

NASA's budget is way too low to do the things that we talked about doing here this afternoon.

Mr. President, Christine Prietsch, the director of the Senate's Employee Assistance Program, is leaving the Senate family after 11 years of dedicated service to Senators, staff, and family members. Before joining the Senate, Christy served…

Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to one of the finest staffers I have encountered in my years in the U.S. Senate. Roger Cockrell is retiring this week after 15 years of service to the Senate Appropriations Committee, which was…

Madam President, in just a few days--5 to be exact--the Department of Homeland Security will run out of money. This unique entity was established right after 9/11. President Bush believed there were too many agencies trying to take care of…

The Oscars were a great night for Mexico &amp, why not—they are ripping off the US more than almost any other nation.

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I could fix tv talk shows that are doing poorly—there is tremendous talent out there waiting to be tapped—and nobody sees it!

I would join Senator Collins' request that this be a bill that this Committee will take up following the important work that you are doing today.

They are going to have to take responsibility for their own mistakes.

the weakness and corruption of the police and public institutions that have created the opportunity for criminal organizations to flourish.

I have seen some very disturbing photos that purport to show Iraqi security force personnel, military, and militias operating, with them torturing people, killing them, either beheading them or beheading them after they were dead.

You always supported the Leahy Law, and I appreciate that. It is designed to prevent U.S. aid from going to units of foreign security forces that are committing those violations.

I realized that 50 years of policy on Cuba hadn't worked.

Much of that country remains under Taliban control with a weak central government.

The absence of corruption would be a major thing, especially with the police.

I realize money is not the only thing. I mean, look at Haiti. Billions of dollars either spent or pledged down there, and it is going from bad to worse.