I assume there is a great deal of concern about South Sudan, just the events of the past couple of days and the impact of that.

The death of two French troops just in the last couple of weeks, how has that affected the French Government's ability?

I applaud the United Nations for moving expeditiously and for our representation there for prodding the action that is been taken.

My concern is being held accountable for somebody who worries about being held accountable after this episode and after the democratic government comes in might be more inclined to try to consolidate his own power.

Madam President, I rise to address the nomination and some other issues. I want to say a few words about nominations. The Senate just confirmed President Obama's third nominee to the DC Circuit this year, and did so without the support of…

Mr. President, I am pleased to take the floor today and join my colleagues in opening the mailbag. All of us have received a lot of mail and email and faxes and texts from individuals who are being harmed by this law. For example, Steve…

I just think we have spent a lot of money there, obviously--$683 billion, total, in Afghanistan, and in military and economic aid.

Mr. President, we are now at the halfway point in the countdown to the next budget deadline. By December 13 the budget conference committee has to report its plan for the remainder of this fiscal year 2014 and beyond. We are already 2\1/2\…

Mr. President, it is interesting in terms of the money being used where it should not be. I gave the example last week, and I am coming down every week and speaking at least 5 minutes on waste and duplication in government. I talked a…

The Senator mentioned the problem we have of the Defense Department running schools which ought to be run by local school districts. It goes even beyond that. Just in the past couple of years we have absorbed into the defense budget a…

I believe they are, which is why I cosponsored this legislation with Senator McCain.