It is a tough job you have. So I am the last to try to find major fault with it.

I would give the IRS a failing grade, and I suspect that the nearly 40 percent of taxpayers whose calls go unanswered would probably agree.

I want to thank you all for coming this morning. It means a great deal that we could have your expertise in this area.

Mr. Speaker, the Government Accountability Office says that cyberattacks have grown by 650 percent in 5 years and that the annual cost of these attacks is estimated to be $388 billion. Allowing these trends to proliferate is bad for job…

Madam President, week after week, I have come to the floor to give a doctor's second opinion about the health care law. I tell my colleague from Tennessee that I should have him join me on a weekly basis in these second opinions, because…

I have never been a fan of John Edwards but it is time for the gov't to focus on more important things. @johnedwards

Mr. President, it is an honor to follow my senior Senator, Jack Reed, who has been kind enough to preside now for me so that we may deliver these remarks together. The State of Rhode Island has lost two men in recent days, two men who came…

Madam President, I call up amendment No. 2032. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Montana [Mr. Tester], for himself and Mr. Pryor, proposes an amendment numbered…

Madam President, I rise to speak about an issue that affects everybody in my community. Although it is hard to imagine right now, some of the people we serve fear for their own lives, not because of a terrorist attack or a natural…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To appropriately limit the pay of Postal Service…

Madam President, this amendment is pretty simple. I thank Senator Pryor for joining me on it. It basically is an amendment that reduces compensation for the senior executives at the Postal Service. It limits the six most senior Postal…

It is housing that brought us into this recession, and certainly, depending on how we manage it, it is either going to lengthen the time that we are in the economic ditch or it is going to help us find a path forward.

We ought to be investing like crazy.

If there was a cyber attack that was issued on any one of us anywhere in the country, I am terrified of what would happen, and what that could do to destroy commerce in America.

I think all we are asking here, Mr. Chairman, is what can we do to do things smarter, and how can we do these collectively with taking the rhetoric out.

we are just losing electrons because of old infrastructure. There has to be a smarter way to do it.

If people call my office and ask a simple question, something as simple as, How much did this cost?, it is difficult for even a Member of Congress to be able to track down all the details. How much was allotted for that grant? How much was…

I thank Chairman Lieberman and Senator Collins for their help on this amendment. It is a simple amendment. One of the goals of this process is to encourage retirement expected for 100,000 members of the Postal Service. Unfortunately, now…