I have investigated a lot of examples of wasteful federal spending and I have never seen waste on this scale. The magnitude is just incredible. And it seems to be a bottomless pit.

For example, FEMA did not verify the identity of all of those seeking assistance. So we had people in jail applying for FEMA aid for rental assistance, believe it or not.

A hundred percent of the Democratic caucus believes it's time for change. And 100 percent of the Republican caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

A hundred percent of the Democratic Caucus believes it's time for change and 100 percent of the Republican Caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

It just says we're going to return this issue back to the congress where it should have been to begin with. And it says these exact words, 'The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United…

Frank Lautenberg called this politics at its worst.

We don't need a September or October surprise with a president and Republicans proclaiming victory and announcing troop redeployment just in time for the midterm elections.

It is clear that Congressional Republicans stand alone in opposition to troop redeployments, apart from the American people.

We don't need a September or October surprise, with the president and Republicans proclaiming victory and announcing troop redeployment just in time for the midterm elections.

It's clear that congressional Republicans stand alone in opposition to troop redeployments, apart from the American people.

Regrettably, the Senate leadership is returning again and again to using constitutional amendments as election-year rallying cries to excite the passion of voters. That's wrong.

Choose some other form of expression of their freedom of speech, but do not trample or desecrate Old Glory.

All states have pretty heavy veterans populations. And they're not going to forget it this time. They know that we are very close to this.

The amendment doesn't ban anything. It does not amend the First Amendment. It does not prohibit speech. What it does is simple. It restores the power of the people's representatives to protect the flag from acts of physical desecration…

I think Harry Reid really sort of summed up the whole issue today when he said, I think that even though we have at least two positions, I think, if you look at them closely, they're basically the same.

It says by the end of this year, in the next six months, begin the phased redeployment of American forces from Iraq.

There is no other reason to be in Iraq a year from now than standing up the Iraqi forces or chasing al Qaeda or protecting our facilities.

I do not believe that it is a wise policy to set a specific date for withdrawal from Iraq. I do believe it makes sense to begin to redeploy our forces sometime this year.