Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to each and every one of you for bringing these stories to us today.

the Barrasso amendment (title IV) to S. 715, the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act.

Mr. President, I know many Senators were back home over the last number of weeks talking to and listening to their constituents about issues on their minds. I was also at home. As a doctor and as a Senator, I heard from many people in my…

As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission. We will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq.

Madam President, more than 40 years ago, in New York Times v. Sullivan, Justice William Brennan described ``a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open.'' The…

And I would hope that the Chair and the Ranking Member would come and visit us in the Mississippi Delta and see all that we have to offer.

We need to have it in Marks.

We all have to work together.

Is this a great country or what?

What about these folks sitting to your right? Why can't your companies do a better job for their customers?

Well, that's very welcome news.

I agree with Senator Hoeven that nothing takes the place of being there and talking to people.

Mr. President, 1 month ago the President initiated an air campaign against ISIL in Iraq. ISIL is a dangerous terrorist organization committing atrocities against thousands of people, including American hostages, and a strong American…

What should we be doing to support additional infrastructure, which I consider to be the challenge of our time?

When a freight train railroad network breaks down, it affects not only the movement of important goods--and a number of my colleagues have described how important it is--but it keeps real people and their families from getting to where…

Thanks, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to you and Ranking Member Thune for having this hearing on a profoundly important issue.

The threat of ISIS and these other terrorist groups, are they a threat? Sure they are, and we have to be eternally vigilant.

I would like to associate myself with the remarks of my colleague from Oklahoma.