Wouldn't we deter more effectively if all manufacturers saw the possibility of higher fines and criminal prosecutions at the level of a NHTSA enforcement?

We're going to get this bill passed with you or without you. I'd rather be with you.

I need to know what disproportionate means. Who's getting treated better, and who's getting treated worse?

I think that the public wants this agency to have the resources that they need, and I think it's very frightening for all of us when we read about these safety defects which seem to be occurring on a daily basis.

I was surprised that there was a half a billion dollars of highway safety funds that have been allocated to states that had not yet been expended.

the bill has the support of many safety advocates and the rental car industry.

Have you offered language that you think would fix that?

I think the remaining manufacturers that are holding out on this bill are doing a great disservice to the driving public.

I'm worried that the programming money for this Agency has been flatlined for a decade.

We must take the dangerous, deadly threat of Ebola as seriously as we take ISIS.

I heard Senator McConnell say on the floor this morning that he supported President Obama's proposals to deal with Ebola.

It is very clear that ISIL presents a very serious threat to U.S. interests and allies in the Middle East, and the group's actions have left no doubt that it's going to take both brains and brawn to defeat them. We have to hit them hard…

I think it's now time for the Arab leaders to really, truly step up.

General Austin has done a tremendous job, but it doesn't hurt to have someone else in the lineup to help him with it.

I am pleased that the strategy that the administration has developed for defeating ISIS does include the training and equipping the moderate Syrian opposition.

Do you see the presence of radicalized Westerners fighting with ISIS and the Khorasan as a threat to the United States?

Here's my concern, and I appreciate the answer to that question, if these grants are too prescriptive, my concern is that for Nevada--it will lead to Nevada opting out for applying to some of these grants.

The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security have launched an initiative to partner with local communities to counter extremist recruiting.