the House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 749, the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015. I am pleased to see the House take bipartisan action on this bill. Intercity passenger rail is a critical part of our…

Is my understanding correct that it is the time for the minority? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. There is 24 minutes remaining.

when 47 Republican Senators signed a letter sent to the Ayatollah Khomeini, it was a letter that although supposedly instructive of the constitutional provisions of the separation of government in the United States, in effect, it was a…

I am proud to have been an early supporter of the legislation that eventually created FirstNet.

That is unacceptable. FirstNet will address that disparity.

Let's remember the reason for FirstNet: To have all the first responders to be able to talk to each other without the hindrances that we've seen in the past.

We must prioritize the needs of our first responders.

I think it's essential to harden against cybersecurity because other than your everyday natural disaster, but when it's not a natural disaster, whoever is attacking us is going to be attacking us with cyber simultaneously.

I first wish to say to the Senator from Connecticut that this Senator agrees with him. It should never come down to this. The whole purpose of that section of the Affordable Care Act is in fact to provide insurance to as many people as we…

I was necessarily absent for yesterday's vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to go to conference on the House message to accompany H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. I would have voted nay. As…

the commitment we must make to our nuclear deterrent, which as Secretary Carter so aptly described as the 'bedrock' of our national security strategy.

4,000 deaths a year are occurring as a result of truck and bus accidents. And this is serious business.