It is crazy and unacceptable.

I commend the people on this Commission for the intensive effort that they have put into satisfying this statutory mandate.

The Commission on Wartime Contracting was created by legislation sponsored by Senator Claire McCaskill and Senator Jim Webb to investigate our reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I still do. I support the aggressive rebuilding efforts in both of those nations, and I still do.

Last month, the Commission issued its final--and I would say to me very disturbing--report because it says that at least $31 billion, and maybe as much as $60 billion, have been squandered in waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan…

I think we have learned a lot, and I think we have a sense of mission about what we can do with you to make sure we do not repeat mistakes that we have made in the past.

How well we execute wartime contracting helps to determine how well we build the peace.

I thank you both for your continuing public service. I appreciate it a lot.

I rise today to join my colleagues in urging the Senate to adopt this resolution and replenish the disaster relief fund without further delay. To so many people struck by disaster this year, this fund is a life preserver to help carry them…

I rise today to commend my friend and colleague, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, on the outstanding speech he delivered yesterday at the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, NC. I share Senator Rubio's conviction that America is at our best in…

today I pay tribute to the memory of Elmer B. Staats, one of the great civil servants of the post-World War II era. A former Comptroller General of the United States and head of the General Accounting Office, as GAO was then called, Mr…

the attacks of September 11, 2001, certainly had a profound impact on all Americans. In addition to the sadness, anger, fear, and, ultimately, resolve, we all felt in the aftermath of the attacks, many were also infused with a renewed…

I thank the Chair and thank my friend from South Carolina for his generous words. Obviously, what turned the tide in Iraq was a vision, a commanding vision by General Petraeus about what had to happen to succeed with a new counterterrorism…

I want to say in response to something Senator McCain said, somebody in the military said to me: If we are not going to leave enough to do the job, we might as well not leave anybody there. Of course, we don't want that to happen. There…

on August 8, 2011, in the small town of Dharamsala in northern India, a modest ceremony was held to inaugurate the new Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration. The new Prime Minister's name is Dr. Lobsang Sangay, and I had the…

I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Senator Mark Hatfield--a lifelong Oregonian, a genuine statesman, and a dedicated public servant. With a career in government that spanned nearly five decades, Mark leaves behind a legacy of…

I yield. Mr. McCAIN. I ask unanimous consent for an additional 7 minutes past 12:30. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank my friend. At one point somebody indicated to us--we were in Baghdad--that the American Embassy, which is already the largest U.S. Embassy in the world in terms of personnel, could go up as high as 20,000. It could be that high…

In 4 days, we will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 and mourn anew the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost that day.

There is no question that, although I think we knew it then, we can certainly look back and say now that we understand that on that day, we were drawn into a war which is increasingly global.

The situation is dire. But I would just add it is not hopeless.

I hope we go well before that.

I am not sure if there is a way to structure through negotiations, not mandated by the Congress but through negotiations between the Postal Service and organized labor to find a way to continue 6-day-a-week delivery and at the same time…

The major solution to the financial crisis should be found in tackling more significant expenses that do not drive customers away.

More than 80 percent of the Postal Service's expenses are workforce-related.