are we out of time on the Democrats' side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Twenty seconds remain.

I rise today in support of the cyber security information bill introduced by my colleagues, Senators Burr and Feinstein. I want to commend my colleagues and their staff for their leadership and for their tireless efforts on this extremely…

I appreciate the yielding by Senator Whitehouse. Let me just say that if your provision, Senator Whitehouse, does not end up in this bill and we actually do pass it, I am sure we will conference with the House. There will be an opportunity…

I have come to the floor--I don't come to the floor every day, but every day that I come here you are presiding. Either I am coming here more often than I thought or you are presiding more than most people do. Maybe you just drew the short…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Transportation Funding

It seems that none of the people who are coming are going to join in the fight with ISIS.

There is a real tension here, as you know. We are trying to do the right thing, and at the same time, we are trying to do the other right thing.

I am big root cause guy.

We are always asking Secretary Johnson what we can do to help. He is always good to give us a to-do list.

Refused to go down without a fight.

We have spent less than 1 percent of that to try to figure out what the root causes are.

There is a moral imperative here.

We have to be on guard. We have to be ever vigilant.

these threats that we face in the Nation are real. They are not diminishing. They are not receding. They are actually growing.

I understand you have established a new Office of Violent Extremism.

We have to be discussing this in a very serious and honest fashion.

We have a moral obligation to continue this tradition by taking a reasonable share of Syrian refugees.

to enhance the economic and national security of America.

We have this need to make sure that as those 10,000 Syrian refugees come to agree that they are not embedded by a number of folks from ISIS who wish us harm.

I applaud both the House and the Senate for the good work that has been done on cybersecurity legislation.

We need to do both. And the question is: Can we walk and chew gum at the same time? I think we can, and I think we must.

the root cause of our unsecured border is literally our insatiable demand for drugs

I am pleased to follow my colleague and friend from Missouri. I just want to mention--although I didn't come to the floor to talk about what we are doing for veterans, let me take a minute or two to talk about what we are doing that we are…

I just do not want you to waste my money.

the reason why we have the Earned Income Tax Credit is because we want to incentivize people to work.