I want to thank again Sergeant First Class Medina, for being here today, for your courage in serving our Nation.

I am in total agreement.

I will withhold my request, and I will just add, while we are waiting for my colleague to take the floor, that I want to join a number of my colleagues and speak on another matter. Remembering Beau Biden Mr. President, I join many of my…

The so-called digital divide really threatens to become a digital chasm or canyon, as access to this really critical service diminishes as people become faced with the inability to pay for it.

I feel my speaking at this moment is appropriate because much of what I have to say follows logically from the last words of the Presiding Officer when he spoke recently on the USA FREEDOM Act because I agree with the Presiding Officer…

It should not be an impediment to broadband access under this program.

They are capable of doing two things at once, and they have, by the way, Mr. May.

Access to broadband is every bit as important today as the availability of phone service was 30 years ago.

Defending this vital lifeline--it really is a lifeline--I think ought to attract unanimity from this panel and from the U.S. Senate.

These steps really represent profoundly significant progress toward eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse; would you agree?

I thank all of my colleagues for the progress we have been making on a very bipartisan basis. I particularly wish to thank the chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee for working so diligently on an immediate and temporary solution to…

I join my friend and colleague from Colorado in celebrating and saluting on this historic day the service and sacrifice of so many of our military men and women who have given their lives so we can enjoy the precious freedom all of us will…

there is a huge gap between the goals and missions that we've outlined for the United States and the actual action that we're undertaking.

An Authorization for the Use of Military Force is absolutely essential. The reality is, we are at war.

the reality is, we are at war.

I remain dissatisfied that the number of Special Operators on the ground may be insufficient.

I thank my colleague from Kentucky for giving me the opportunity to ask a question. In the preface to that question, I would like to make a couple of remarks if he will yield to me for that purpose. My colleague from Kentucky has taken the…

I am asking you for a commitment to develop time lines for implementing.

The special commission investigating 9/11 urged vigilant protection of, and I am quoting, 'Neglected parts of our transportation security system, like rail and transit, just as much as we protect aviation.'

I think that is a pretty reasonable request.

We have only to look at the consequences of the Philadelphia tragedy to see the losses that can occur when our rails are shut down, $100 million a day to the Northeast region alone.

Our country's public transportation and passenger rail systems are used by tens of millions of people every day, and they are the backbone of economic activity throughout our Nation.

I am asking for a commitment that you will give us some time lines as to when there will be compliance with the law.

I appreciate your commitment to come to Connecticut.

American values are directly and inevitably linked to stopping human atrocities.