Yanukovych may think that he can have it all, here, that he can keep Tymoshenko in jail...

Once you are in the Customs Union, you are locked in, and you have essentially sealed your fate as to essentially tie your economy to one country, and one country only.

I just think that is important to point out, is that a decision to join yourselves with the European Union not only opens yourself up to the benefit of that association, but does not foreclose your ability to continue to negotiate trade…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gun Violence

we have been trying to figure out all day how to fit five numbers on this poster. I have been bringing it down nearly every week since the anti-gun violence bill failed here in the Senate due to a Republican filibuster, and this is the…

I am very proud to be here today speaking in support of historic legislation that will move us one step closer to the day when who you love has absolutely nothing to do with the rights that you are afforded as a citizen of the greatest…

I think at some level this should be an exercise in setting the right expectations, that when you undergo this kind of effort to reorder a healthcare system that everyone on this committee agrees is broken, there are going to be some…

While this is a disruption to a large section of the economy, my confidence that, in the end, there are going to be far, far more winners than losers is rooted in part in Connecticut's experience.

Their problem wasn't that they got dropped from coverage. Their problem was that they couldn't find any coverage, and their story can be told millions of times over.

yesterday, I voted to confirm Alan Estevez to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. In this important position, the second highest ranking acquisition official at DOD, Mr. Estevez will help oversee hundreds of billions of…

But we cannot survive as a nation if we continue to spiral upwards over $1 trillion in student debt.

We have not delivered a more affordable product to our students, even though we are an innovative State.

I wish to speak today about an effort long championed by my predecessors in the Senate, Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and to express my commitment to carry on their work. That important project, the National Liberty Memorial, will…

I think part of accountability should be affordability.

If we move in the direction of competency-based learning, which I would love to do as a Nation, because I think it is one of the ways to deliver a much more affordable product with better results and metrics.

I think this is maybe the most, or one of the most important hearings that we have done all year because we, today, have a generation of young families that are just absolutely drowning in college debt.

The situation of those American citizens who served in these potentially dangerous positions during World War II should have been corrected many years ago.

S. 1361 is a bi-partisan, no-cost bill that expands and clarifies the types of documentation for determining veterans status of certain 'coastwise merchant seamen' (Merchant Mariners) during World War II.

And any time you cut that string, it essentially stops or greatly curtails service along the entirety of the stretch.

If you are on the train going to work, you're probably a taxpaying citizen, and you should get a fair deal.

we feel like we're more often than not Peter.

I would just respectfully disagree with you, Mr. Permut. I understand maybe the discomfort that comes with proposing a policy solution as an operator.

I want to thank you for convening this hearing and having what has been a laser-like focus on protecting Connecticut consumers and repairing and upgrading our infrastructure.

But it shouldn't come out of the pockets of the people who have paid for a service and don't get it.

What we're really talking about here is the fact that we have a string that runs from Boston to Washington, D.C.