I would rather have a solid agreement that reflects the confidence of the Congress in this...

I will continue to fight to expand Medicaid in each and every State.

Medicaid is absolutely critical to my constituents. It is especially important to children, since 75 percent of children who live in poverty in this country depend on Medicaid.

Our hope is that the Senate will quickly pass this legislation and provide Congress with another tool to ensure a transition will meet our nation's--and the world's--needs.

My hope is that this committee's oversight will continue to strengthen the process, raise important questions, and improve the outcome.

I was pleased to see Assistant Secretary Strickling's testimony states that the transition timeline is flexible, and will extend beyond the September 2015 expiration of the ICANN contract.

As you know, over twenty-five years ago, the people of California enacted a landmark ballot measure known as Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires persons who expose individuals to certain chemicals that are known to cause cancer or…

And just to be clear, the waiver provision in Section 18(b) of current law, which could protect additional state laws, is not changed by this bill?

We salute you, we thank you for your service, and I will never forget how you were really the backbone of the effort moving the legislation through.

Thanks to the success of the recently completed AWS--3 auction, FirstNet will soon have the funds it needs to deliver on the first-ever, nationwide interoperable public safety communications network.

A lot rides on this effort. A lot rides on this effort, and we got the money for you, and did the legislation.

I remind everyone that this was the one recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that the Congress had not made good on, but we did for the American people.