if our goal, our stated goal, is pro-growth tax reform--because what we are talking about, we need the extra revenues. Where would you get them? Who pays taxes?

I would hate to be sitting there with a tin cup looking for other people to help us.

the real fear is not that you are going to pay too much; it is that you are going to make a mistake, and somehow you are going to come under greater scrutiny.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak briefly about two pieces of legislation that I have introduced. They are the Educational Accountability and State Flexibility Act and the Early Intervention for Graduation Success Act. I intend to speak…

Mr. President, let me start by complimenting the Senator from Nevada on his concerns with regard to staffing at our ports of entry, airports, and seaports. We have similar challenges, even at our land ports in Texas where legitimate…

Mr. President, what is this--the third day this bill has been on the floor? There has been no scoring of the bill by the Congressional Budget Office, so no one knows what the official scorekeeper of the Congress has to say about this bill…

It is $8.3 billion. They allocate some of that money for the purposes set out in the underlying bill. My amendment reallocates some of that same trust fund for other purposes, including additional personnel. There is no additional money…

If I can explain to the Senator from Arizona, this is the trust fund created by the underlying bill on page 872. Mr. McCAIN. With a finite amount of money in it.

It comes in the same trust fund that is created on page 872 of the bill. Mr. McCAIN. There is a finite amount of money that is authorized. If the Senator takes money from one and adds money one place, it has to come from someplace else…

If I can respond to my friend, it comes from the same trust fund the underlying bill uses. It reallocates the money and does put some more money toward personnel. One of the problems is that there is so much that technology can do. I am…

Mr. President, while the Senator from New York is still here, I would like to respond briefly and in a nonconfrontational way. But I would hope that on something as important as this, we are all operating from the same facts and not based…

Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question? Mr. REID addressed the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

I expect we will hear more from our witnesses today about the important link between promoting religious freedom and combating religious extremism.

Religious freedom should be a nonnegotiable tenet of life in our modern world.

Religious freedom, as we know well, is a core American value.

It is clear that he has become a lightning rod that has sparked what I think is a very important debate in this country.

Edward Snowden has been characterized by many, as a villain by some. His actions have been called courageous or heroic.

I know you all are working hard to be able to resolve some of this.