We continue to look for ways... as we cut nonessential services, overheads, consolidations, continue to try to find savings.

Flexibility is key here.

Madam President; I rise today for a moment of bittersweet reflection and the celebration of a dedicated public servant who has contributed greatly to the State of Maryland and our entire Nation. June 21st marks the final day that Susan…

Madam President, I rise today to speak about the 2013 farm bill that the Senate just passed. I want to congratulate Chairwoman Stabenow and ranking member Cochran for their work and success on this bill. I am proud to support this bill…

I do think it is time that that become understandable in public because otherwise how in a democracy do you have a debate if you do not know what the plain language means.

I believe that what you just said is you want that information to be declassified that explains how you get from these standards of law to the conduct that has now been presented publicly.

the standard for collecting phone records on Americans is now all phone records all the time all across America.

I had an amendment last December that said these findings of law that translate the requirements that are in the law into what is permissible needs to be declassified so we can have the debate.

The Spouses of Heroes Education Act would grant post-9/11 era widows and widowers the same educational benefits that Congress has authorized for their children.

Mr. President, this afternoon we will have an important vote, some might say even historic vote, on the motion to proceed to the immigration reform bill. I was here in 2007, the last time that subject was on the floor of the Senate. It…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 84, nays 15, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Alaska (Ms…

The President has issued an Executive order. But just because authorizing has not happened does not mean that nothing is happening.

We are already under attack. This is the new, enduring war. We are in a cyber war every day.

If I may quickly, Senator. It is my understanding you have the metadata.

Director Mueller of the FBI said that cyber crime will eventually surpass terrorism as our number one threat to America.

The President of the United States in his budget message to the Congress has asked for $13 billion in order to execute the cybersecurity strategy across the agencies of the Federal Government.

Cyber legislation is needed for that. We need to be able to share that information, and all of us need it because we all will have a role there.