I want to think Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid for their leadership and their dedication during this process.

We protected the investments we need to win the future.

This agreement between Democrats and Republicans, on behalf of all Americans, is on a budget that invests in our future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history.

I, too, share your concerns about the implications of the Department's April 8 decision on the brigade combat teams in Europe.

If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood. And that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

The President has asked us to raise the debt ceiling. And Senate Republicans and House Republicans and I hope many Democrats as well are going to say, Mr. President, in order to raise the debt ceiling, we need to do something significant…

Let me thank my friend the Majority Leader and Speaker Boehner for their outstanding work during this difficult negotiation.

Had we chosen to repeat history, we would have allowed a government shutdown. Instead we decided to make history by implementing in the middle of this fiscal year substantial reductions in spending.

The Republicans want to shut down our nation's government because they want to make it harder for women to get the health services they need.

We will pass a short-term resolution to keep the government running through Thursday. That short-term bridge will cut the first $2 billion of the total savings.

I appreciate the support of the American people. Of course, they knew we need to get this done, but also the business community of our country.

We have agreed to an historic amount of cuts for the remainder of this fiscal year, as well as a short-term bridge that will give us time to avoid a shutdown while we get that agreement through both houses and to the President.

One of our tribes in Nebraska, the Winnebago Tribe, literally was experiencing unemployment at a 70 percent rate.

I think we are all convinced that there were some needed changes to bring some sunshine and better regulation to what was happening here.

Multiple hearings and investigations of the Native 8(a) program ordered by Sen. Claire McCaskill.

For over 45 years, we have committed ourselves to the policy of self-determination and self-sufficiency for native communities.

We have deliberately turned from the paternal policies of the past to ones that emphasize respect for native decision-making.

They decided they didn't want the world to be that way, and so they went to work.