Thanks so much, Mr. Chairman.

for some time, including times on this floor, I have said that the choice between a clean environment and a strong economy is a false one. Some people say you can't have a clean environment and a strong economy at the same time. I just…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

I want to take a minute and just commend Senator Inhofe for his leadership.

Sometimes EPA can't win for losing.

We did a great job, and thank you for your leadership.

I think we are blessed with the leadership that you provide.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . .

If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together.

When you have a problem--when you face a problem in your State as Governor--do not make a 1-day problem a 1-week problem or a 1-month problem or a 1-year problem. Own the problem. Take responsibility for the problem.

I think that is a good idea.

I believe that many of the problems we have witnessed at some of our airports are eminently solvable.

Do you still believe that is going to be needed?

One of the ways I have always found to improve employee morale--whether it is in the Federal Government, the State, or some other regard--is training.

I thank them as I go through--as I try to do.

What do we need to do, in our jobs, to enable all of you to be more effective?

I ask unanimous consent that the following people, Marian Gibson, Debra Prescott, Eric Hanson, and Tim McCrosson, detailees to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder…

as the Presiding Officer knows, he is stuck with this Senator on the floor on many late afternoons. It seems that when everybody is packing up and heading for home, the Presiding Officer has to listen to this Senator, hopefully waxing…

I want to take another few minutes--I think I have the time. I don't see anybody waiting to speak. I want to take a minute and say something about a fellow named John Koskinen. John Koskinen is the Commissioner of the IRS. In 2013, at a…

If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together.

We stand ready to work with you both--and your colleagues both--to make sure that your Departments have the resources that you need to combat these threats.

Every person who has been killed by a jihadi terrorist in this country, since 9/11, has been killed by an American citizen or resident.

Soft targets have been an area of our focus for quite some time--the airports, specifically--even before Brussels.

Securing our borders and our immigration system is, obviously, a key element of keeping us safe...

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the people of Belgium and the people of France...