I agree that it is an international problem with international solutions. But we provide the main solution.

This is a topic that I think ought to be front and center for the administration and for the Congress.

What is being done to protect our servicemembers and counter Russia's intrusions? What are you doing to educate our servicemembers?

Tough rhetoric must be supported by tough action and practical measures.

What concrete steps have been taken to fortify our election systems? What will be done differently for the 2018 elections?

This cash flow ought to be priority number one.

we have been here before. We have been here in the wake of Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Orlando, numerous other mass shootings, and now Las Vegas. We can all agree that our hearts and prayers, mourning and condolences go out to the families…

I am here for the third time in as many days to talk about this Nation's response to a humanitarian crisis affecting millions of Americans--the people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It is similar to the situation in Florida, in the…

Congress acquiesced to the airlines' request--maybe I should say demands--to eliminate their responsibility to contribute about $400 million.

I respectfully suggest that maybe you can ask your organizations whether they should take a position, and that they should.

Do you agree that the airlines themselves ought to pay for a portion of TSA's costs?

in the last 24 hours since I came to the floor to talk about Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, there has been progress but far less progress than is necessary at this critical time of humanitarian crisis, when the people of those…

When we talk about the effectiveness of TSA, we're really talking about what it does with the resources that it has.

I thank you, by the way, in the meantime for the work that is being done on the Wi-Fi Internet connections, which is very important there and at VA facilities around the country.

I have sponsored legislation with my colleague, Senator Blunt, to--it is called the Veteran PEER Act, legislation that would establish peer specialists in patient-aligned care teams within VA medical centers to do this kind of outreach.

And you are committed to fully funding the research necessary to get to the bottom of these questions. Correct?

I would like you to study it before you are confirmed for me to vote for you. I need to know what your views are on that issue.

I thought it was wrong that we were not providing access, we are letting them out there.

I think that the knowledge about them is also lacking.

I want to talk about the terrible humanitarian crisis faced by the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as the gulf coast and the people of Florida, who have endured the fury and ferocity of Mother Nature at its…

I am concerned that by enforcing regulations on only one part of the world's seafood supply, the market is really placed at-risk as a result of fraudulent and illegal activity by leaving space for wrongdoing and perpetrators of seafood…

I hope I can be generous in pushing West Haven to a higher level on the list.

I am concerned with the serious safety concerns surrounding PHMSA's inability to get moving on its pending rulemakings.

To voluntarily follow it would lead to poor public policy decisions by ignoring the many necessary benefits provided by consumer protections that save lives and protect all of America's families.

I want to just give a shout-out to the very dedicated men and women who work for the VA in Connecticut.