The law aims to make agencies and agency leadership far more accountable for the expensive mistakes they make.

The best player on the team is the one who makes everybody else better.

The Senator from Louisiana is correct. The UC I am requesting simply takes us to conference so the House and the Senate Members can agree--Republicans and Democrats alike--to work toward a bipartisan solution.

I adamantly believe it's the wrong policy, wrong time. It needs to be replaced.

Madam President, I just wish to talk for a moment. I have heard a lot from my constituents that they are very tired of the dysfunction in Washington, DC. They are tired of political gridlock that impacts their businesses, their children's…

There is a UC before the Senate. If no one objects, I would be happy to answer a question.

The Senator is correct. Mr. McCONNELL. Parliamentary inquiry: Are we making a speech?

Madam President, reserving the right to object, and I will in a moment, we considered over 100 amendments on the Senate floor. All of those kinds of amendments were brought up, debated, and considered as part of the resolution, as we do on…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Louisiana. I just have to say I am frustrated and shocked at the reaction of our Republican counterparts who have repeatedly--repeatedly--said to the Senate: You need to pass a budget. We did so…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I speak in morning business, followed by the Senator from New Hampshire, Ms. Ayotte. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Murray and Ms. Ayotte…

Mr. President, I come to the floor because I believe the great strength of our military is in the character and dedication of our men and women who wear the uniform. It is the courage of these Americans to volunteer to serve. That is the…

We believe that chain of command needs to change, so that someone can file a claim and not be fearful of being demoted, losing their job, not getting a good assignment, all the things that goes along with that.

The issue in the fact that 62 percent of the sexual assault victims were retaliated against means that, when they said something, their chain of command officer made sure that they paid the price. That's just wrong.

Having represented Eastern Washington and Fairchild Air Force Base in the Senate for more than 20 years, I know that a unique combination of resources makes Fairchild one of our Nation's top military installations.

One of the great advantages--obvious advantages--of the submarine force is its stealth.

I think we on this panel, maybe every Member of the U.S. Senate at this point, could do the denunciation of sequester in our sleep.

I would appreciate that. I expected it that might be the response and I do appreciate it.

Shifting now to the payload module, I understood either from your testimony or from other briefings that there was an effort underway to extend the size of the payload module and that that issue was going to be under study, but that the…