the ongoing failure to spend more than 2 percent of our GDP on infrastructure investment

It strikes me as an example of how possibly there are costs to lack of recognizing the importance of investment and smart policy.

solving this threatened impasse or crisis on the West Coast is necessary to America's near term and longer term competitiveness

My understanding is that both TIFIA and RRIF are under utilized. In fact, billions of dollars have been left on the table...

What accounts for that imbalance?

I would agree with Senator Blumenthal that the estimates for trade volume growth are probably low.

This issue is hardly a partisan one. In fact, it is distinctly bipartisan, involving stronger protections for sensitive consumer data.

I am troubled by the failure of retailers to take responsible steps to protect their consumers.

In fact, that concept of narrow protection is that there should be preemption only if state laws are inconsistent with Federal law and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.

Thank you. First of all, my thanks to Senator Moran for his leadership, and in a very bipartisan way.

The extensive breach reporting requirements currently in place for banks provide an effective basis for any national data breach reporting requirement for businesses generally.

first do no harm. That is do no harm to the state protections and state enforcers who every day are seeking to protect their citizens from the scourge and spreading problem of data theft.

Why are the retailers disabling their terminals, for example?

Consumers expect retailers collecting their sensitive personal information will do everything in their power to protect that data.

I would suggest that that approach to preemption is broader than this committee should consider.

I am disturbed that these major retailers have in fact moved to block innovations.

Why have they not done anything about it?

I worked with Secretary of Defense Hagel to revise the rules and allow these veterans to petition to correct their records.

He directed a public messaging campaign and outreach effort.

No one joins the Marine Corps to fail. That's for sure.

I'm a strong supporter of small business set-asides and the American shipping industry and our country's domestic merchant marine sector.

Senator McCain has really been a champion. I've been very proud to work with him on this issue.

we are patently vulnerable at the moment.

I would like your commitment that enabling better transition will be a commitment of yours.

the next Pearl Harbor may well be a cyber attack.