$14,000 is enough for somebody to live on today?

nearly half of people in their fifties today don't have anything more than $25,000 saved for retirement.

So it just underscores how important the Older Americans Act is, given the retirement savings crisis that we are currently living in today.

you are on the verge of an absolute crisis.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Syria

there is so much good flowing through the veins of this country. We are, by and large, a compassionate, just people. It hurts us deeply to see pain and suffering in places that don't enjoy the relative safety and security of America. We…

I appreciate the great work my colleagues, Senator Durbin, Senator Schumer, Senator Rubio, and others, have done on the immigration bill. I am going to be pleased this week to support their work. But I came to the floor, as I have most…

I am sorry that I missed some of your testimony, but I read most of it.

Is measurement of violent crime enough? And if not, what do we look to in between just the mere measurements of dollars and personnel trained?

I join my colleague from Connecticut on the floor of the Senate to commemorate a sad day; 6 months since the shootings in Newtown took the lives of 20 6- and 7-year-olds and 6 of the teachers charged with protecting them. I know you share…

Mr. Putin is no longer guarantor of the constitution.

One particularly egregious example of the Russian Government's overreach has been its recent treatment of NGOs.

The Russians are acutely looking to see which of those we are funding.

We need Russia to be an ally, but it cannot be if the government is constantly continuing this pattern of scaring off or locking up political opponents.

peaceful protest is an only way for Russia.

The Russian Government is on weak ground, internationally, in trying to repress support for civil society.

What we are witnessing today in Russia, as President Putin cracks down on political dissent and shutters much of civil society, is not yet 'The Great Purge,' but this hearing will draw light on the dangerous trendlines in Russia that are…

the Presidency in Russia, de facto, is the executive branch and is very politicized.

first let me congratulate Senator Flake on his maiden speech. It was very thoughtful and I think a challenge to this body to get back to the work it has been given by the American people. I come to the floor to once again talk about the…

I would like to thank the chairwoman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for her great work in bringing a bill to the floor today that does a lot of justice for families in Connecticut and across the country who are…

The system has made it that everyone is so scared of having a bad project.

I think it hurts U.S. influence and our ability to get results.

The United States could not provide any foreign aid to any nation that voted against the United States at the United Nations more than 50 percent of the time.

As the Arab Spring turns into the Arab summer and fall and winter, and as we continue our withdrawal from Afghanistan and transition our role in Iraq, we are going to be in a position in which we are providing more and more economic aid…

it has now been almost 6 months since the horrible shooting in my State of Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary where 20 6- and 7-year-old children lost their lives, and another 6 adults, who were protecting them, perished as well. We all…