I'm very proud of the work of this subcommittee. It's doing important stuff.

Mr. President, in a few minutes, we are going to vote on the confirmation of Dava Newman, the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA. This little Agency happens to be one that I have some personal fondness for, having participated with…

Mr. President, while the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee is here, I want him to know of my admiration for him for trying to work together in a bipartisan way on an especially thorny issue, this Iranian nuclear negotiation. I…

They are the responsible party. They are accountable for removing that oil.

The offshore patrol cutter is my number one recapitalization priority.

General Kelly, the Commander of SOUTHCOM, doesn't have enough Coast Guard out there to stop the drugs.

The key to our future operational success is stable and predictable funding.

We owe a lot to this public service, and we need to modernize some of their equipment.

How do you build that unity of command when, in fact, of necessity, you are dependent upon the culpable party, in this case BP, to assist?

The memories still linger, 5 years ago, Deepwater Horizon.

Investing in 21st-century Coast Guard platforms and people is a smart choice.