And we have fun doing them. One of the things we are going to do--a great idea from a brandnew Senator to Delaware about a year ago--is to have a ``Taste of Delaware.'' In fact, we are doing that this afternoon. It is not something paid…

Would my colleague yield? Madam President, I want to follow up--we are supposed to talk about tomorrow being Delaware Day, if I could do that. But I wish to follow up on Senator Coons' remarks on the fiscal cliff. A friend of mine who has…

We have this beautiful center of Georgetown, with all these beautiful old brick buildings, courthouses and other buildings, and as we gather there in the circle of Georgetown--and the Senator may have said this and I just missed it--but…

We just want to say very much, thank you for being neighbors and treating us like--we're a Nation of neighbors.

My hope is that others will see that, too.

Sandy didn't spare Delaware by any measure. And we have real needs that are beyond our State's ability to provide.

I want to thank President Obama for the disaster declaration for Maryland that allowed FEMA to be available for public assistance.

Perhaps most importantly, this hearing will help Congress to understand what we must do to help our States come back stronger and to better protect us from other storms in the future.

In this case, there was really a team. And as I like to say, there is no 'I' in the word team.

We as a nation have come together to communities that have been impacted by these types of events.

Massive impacts of Hurricane Sandy continue to be felt by many people up and down the East Coast and to the Northeast.

Today, the shoe is on the other foot. We need the help of our neighbors, not just in Delaware...

Though the subject of today's hearing is investing in water infrastructure, including ports and navigation, waterways, flood control, and environmental restoration, I think what this hearing is really more about is job creation and…

I am pleased to hear the leader say he would be most willing to allow the minority to offer five relevant, germane amendments to the cyber security legislation. Literally within the last 30 minutes we have had on the floor both the leader…

this is the first opportunity we will have had since returning from the election to cast a vote on a meaningful piece of legislation. As legislation goes, it is about as meaningful as any we are going to come across for a while. If we were…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We need to take steps to ensure that the people and communities who depend on Corps projects... are built to withstand the stresses of stronger, more frequent storms.

I believe that one of the key roles of government, as I said earlier in my opening statement, is to create a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

I am excited to hear your enthusiasm for a bill.

Investment is critical.

Find out what works, and do more of it.

I trust myself, Senator Feinstein. I trust Senators and Members of Congress who know the ground on which they live to make these decisions.

We must take steps to ensure that the people and communities who depend on Corps projects can have confidence that those projects are built with rising seas in mind and are built to withstand the stresses of stronger and more frequent…

We must continue to invest, but we must also to invest more wisely.

Today's hearing is about the job creation potential of investing in water infrastructure.