Thank you very much.

The new 1,600 mental health providers that you allocated and the information that we got from the Department yesterday on where that was going to go is not supported by any concrete facts or evidence.

You better take a very hard look at some of the other areas of care for similar disconnects.

Mr. President, I wish to commend the Senator from Wyoming for his great work on the subject. As Americans know firsthand, we continue to struggle with an economy that is not performing well or meeting the needs of workers. The unemployment…

I am a strong supporter, as are other members of this Committee, of repealing DOMA, the respect for marriage act, which would provide a comprehensive solution.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, for your service and for your very steadfast and effective work on behalf of our national security.

Only federal comprehensive immigration reform can accomplish the three objectives most Americans want to see achieved with regard to immigration.

Some in Arizona might wish to take credit for this, but the study shows this is a national trend based on increased federal enforcement.

As a result of this bill, Arizona's 373-mile border with Mexico is now patrolled by over 5,200 Border Patrol agents and 300 National Guardsmen.

Mr. President, on this day, almost exactly at this hour, 25 years ago in Bridgeport, CT, the L'Ambiance Plaza became a scene of devastation and destruction and death. Almost every year in these 25 years we have commemorated that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tragedy at L'Ambiance Plaza

I have been trying to combat waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid downstairs for the last hour or two.

We like to say it is the place they like to stop for lunch.

It seems like we would not need a very complicated detection system to look at that and say, 'You know, that just seems strange.'

is it possible to have economic growth and job creation and still protect the environment?

I think when you look at how much money we invest, the Federal dollars that we invest in protecting the Delaware River Estuary, I think it is pretty modest by Federal standards, by like $1 million.

We really appreciate your giving us a chance to talk a little bit about the legislation some of us have introduced.

NFWF is a true--not rhetorical--investment in that $1 of Federal expense returns multiple dollars back from the private sector.