Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 3, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 3, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 3, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues be authorized to meet during the session of…

Mr. President, I rise today to commend my colleagues for swift passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act. This act will build upon the Veterans Choice Act and put in place needed measures to improve…

I think most Americans would be stunned to know that slavery still exists in this world.

I believe we have come to a point where we can do more.

This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.

Today we hope to learn how U.S. leadership is already making a difference.

The report reviews the efforts of countries to address trafficking in persons especially in the most severe forms.

We have convened this hearing to understand how U.S. leadership can best be deployed to deal a mortal wound to modern slavery.

this health care proposal enacted in 2010 has been one of the most impactful pieces of legislation ever enacted by this Congress.

it would be irresponsible for the administration not to have a plan to address that, should the decision not come down the way you would like.

I think we all appreciate that. I do not know when you sleep, but I know how active you have been and will continue to be.

I happened to be there when they had the election that resulted in, for the first time in 96 years, no communists serving in their parliament.

It's my understanding that that actually costs more than what was saved during that 3-month period.

Force protection is a key task for any commander, and there are a wide variety of active and passive measures commanders can employ.

If the Army has the capacity, but not the capability (i.e., skills and readiness) and is not resourced to fix that shortfall before deploying the force, we will have reached an unacceptable level of risk to the force.