I can't imagine putting people in a position they get up that want to go to work, and we have made it impossible for them to see the benefit of working anymore.

It is the excitement about waking up in the morning and being able to get out of bed and go somewhere and do something productive that really drives, not just Americans, but all human beings.

I would think that all would agree.

The longer you are away from school, the harder it is to go back.

I have described this as a back door BRAC.

Unemployment would rise from where we are now at 6.2 percent to an unacceptable level of 8.9 percent.

I just might add that the concerns that I am hearing from those who weighed in and gave that public comment is that they do not feel that they have been heard on it.

This would have a devastating impact on the economy of the Fairbanks and the interior region.

Madam President, I come to the floor to say a few words about Rosoboronexport, the Russian State arms dealer which has been supplying the Syrian Government with deadly weapons and thereby facilitating mass murder. Last November I sponsored…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Rosoboronexport

Madam President, I know the parties are working on a unanimous consent agreement for the next tranche of amendments to come forward. I expect and hope mine will be one of them, but it is not quite completed yet. So rather than ask for…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The PRESIDING OFFICER…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The PRESIDING OFFICER…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, last week I previewed an amendment I will be offering, hopefully, as early as this afternoon, on the underlying immigration bill. This is an amendment which the Democratic majority leader and at least one or two other…

The latest data shows that U.S. authorities apprehended about 90,000 people along the United States-Mexico border between October of last year and March of this year. Given that we apprehend fewer than half of illegal border crossers, this…

I, as you do, believe that both these programs are legal, that they are carefully overseen.

I have come to believe that the only way we prevent these attacks is good intelligence.