That's why Senator Hassan and I introduced the AIRWAVES Act to free up more license and unlicensed spectrum and to invest in the buildout of rural broadband networks.

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his remarks on American energy and American energy independence, particularly the work we have done in Wyoming and Colorado. When you think about the opportunities we have to free up markets for…

yesterday America witnessed another great tragedy in the State of Florida, and of course our souls ache with what must be unimaginable grief. As we turn to comfort those who lost so much in Florida, I come to the floor of the Senate again…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate…

This legislation is a mutually beneficial conveyance for both the Forest Service and Dolores County.

I rise to speak about a horrible tragedy that occurred in Adams County, CO, on January 24, just last week. Adams County sheriff's deputy Heath Gumm was pursuing a suspect when he was shot and killed in the line of duty. Heath was 31 years…

Unfortunately, I've been told that there may have been a bill he signed on the last day he was in office.

That's pretty incredible.

We have a lot of other countries that are making faster progress than we are.

I think the U.S. basically contributes about .7 percent of our GDP toward research and development.

About 27 percent. Very good, very good.

I believe we need to invest in our future through science and technology.

42 percent of their time filling out administrative paperwork.

What more should we do? Did we get it all right? Did we get something wrong?

I think it was finally signed--Senator Peters and I thought that this bill would go down in history as the last bill signed by President Obama before the inauguration.

Would we be less competitive if we repealed and reversed the tax cuts that passed?

American energy dominance I think is a great, great thing to be proud of, to support, and to pursue.

I understand that people are bitter that we cut taxes and that people are upset that we actually reduced the burden on the American people.

It is as if the Government is now run by a bunch of Eeyores who are complaining about pay increases.

I just do not understand an economic policy that would actually take away bonuses, take away wage hikes, and slow American growth as a result.

We have got to find a reform that can actual hold stick and work for the American people.

We are debating a very important solution. There are hundreds of thousands of workers legally right now in Colorado that are going to be affected by the decisions this Senate makes.

I realized a long time ago something unique and unfortunate about the way Congress can work. It seems sometimes that in Washington, and only in Washington, the more people agree on something, the less likely it is to get done. In the real…

when we were kids, we learned a song that I think Herman's Hermits made very famous around 1965. It was the ``I'm Henry VIII, I Am'' song, and it went on for a while about Henry VIII, and then it had a little phrase in there that as kids…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Veterans Improved Access and Care Act