With the economy still far from fully recovered, the last thing job creators need is another expensive regulation likely to drive up energy prices.

the real impact to a consumer is the dollar amount that they have to write on the check that pays the bill

the idea of going out of the fence line, it just seems to me, as my dad would say, that just seems like common sense.

I believe these claims are without basis in fact.

I want to make sure that we treat West Virginia fairly. I want to make sure that we treat Delaware fairly.

sometimes when I travel, people ask me what I do, and I tell them I am a retired Navy captain. And then they say: Well, what do you do now? And I tell them I am a recovering Governor. Then they say: Well, now that you are recovering, what…

Cuts this large could hurt our security and stall many initiatives at the Department.

I see the Senator from Pennsylvania, my old friend Mr. Toomey, standing up like he wants to offer something. There are a couple of us who want to have a colloquy for a few minutes, Senator Durbin, Senator Blumenthal and myself, on an issue…

We may want to do something to help facilitate their economic recovery in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

I would just ask the Senator, if he could take closer to 15, that would be great.

Again, our thanks to you for being here with us today and for your leadership.

If I can add just one thing, Mr. President, 5 years ago, 6 years ago, our Federal budget deficit hit $1.4 trillion. It has come down since, bit by bit. Now it is down by about two-thirds. But it is still a lot--like $400 billion or so…

I thank the Senator from Illinois for yielding. Madam President, I don't know about your family, but my dad and his brother served in World War II. They were both combat veterans, one in the Navy and one in the Army. On my mom's side of…

I think the Administration has asked for about $41 billion.

We must remember that the Department of Homeland Security is also a vital part of our national security efforts.

One of the reasons why it takes a while to process these claims and get people moving is because we do not sufficiently fund this particular area.

The collective efforts of a lot of people on both sides of the bill have taken this legislation so much farther down the road.

I hope we will today, either with or without this amendment.

People want us to work together, they want us to get things done.

This is an issue that is important to me on a personal level and to my family.

I think the concerns pointed by Senator Vitter are not without substance.

That is just morally wrong.

I wrote to our colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this year urging them to fund the President's request for 55 new immigration judge teams.

Let us take a look at the problems. Let us take a look at the conflicts.

Their bill, S. 961, the Data Security Act of 2015, sets a national data security standard that recognizes those who already have one under the GLBA.