Mark Pryor

back in 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating the week of May 15 as National Police Week. Since then, law enforcement officials from all across our country have gathered together to honor to those killed in the…

I thank my colleague who allowed me to jump in front of him in the line. I appreciate that. I am sorry for my voice today. I sound a little bit like Daffy Duck, but I have a cold, and I am working through that right now. I rise today to…

I mean, we just see a high value, and they are all very young, let us just say.

I have sponsored a bipartisan bill, S. 896, to kind of solve this problem.

Does anyone want to respond to that?

We have to wait for them to retire. Then we work to fill the position.

In my case, teachers are getting penalized left and right.

So, it has passed but they are not using it.

Part of my view is, give them their money back, then, with interest, if you are going to take it away from them after they earned it.

We would double-fill it, which would be an economic issue.

It has been a long time that this has penalized Federal employees.

I come to the floor with a psalm and a story. The psalm I want to read is one of the most famous passages in all of Scripture. In times such as this that Arkansas has been through, a lot of people go to Ecclesiastes or one of the gospels…

Given the importance of distance learning in my State, I would like to work with you to focus efforts on collecting this data in an effort to improve delivery and outcomes of online and distance learning.

I am concerned that the Department has not prioritized these costly projects yet based on the value of services they provide to the core mission of the agency.

The program gives selected communities a seal of approval intended to signal to business and industry around the world that the community has been chosen by the Government, by the Administration, as worthy of investment.

Making sure the Patent and Trademark Office is strong and that patents are high quality, and that they are being issued in a timely and appropriate manner is a real concern to me.

Without this data, weather forecasters would be unable to do their jobs and the safety of millions of Americans could be in jeopardy.

I believe it must maintain a focus on these projects that ensure weather forecasters have the data and information they need to protect life and property.

The President's health care law has increased uncertainty, raised taxes by nearly half a trillion dollars, undermined the medical device industry that is so important to my home state of Minnesota, and caused millions of Americans to lose…

I'm confident that there's bipartisan support in Congress for trade agreements today.

the thing that concerns me is really the packaging and the attractiveness to children.

I think, again from my standpoint, I think of maybe seniors don't, typically don't always have the technology other people do.

My understanding is there's a new therapy that's in the pipeline that shows some promise.

I think it has taken too long to move the deeming rule forward and we are pushing very hard to get it out as a proposed rule.

This is a real challenge, is these vapor shops.