we passed the NASA authorization bill out of the Commerce Committee yesterday. Sadly, I must report that it is the first time the NASA bill has been a partisan vote that I can ever remember. NASA--this little program that is such a can-do…

I rise to eulogize a great American about whom Senator McCain has just spoken. It has been said it is the soldier who has given us our most important freedoms over the course of our history. That is certainly a true statement in the case…

what we have seen is a recognition that these are tough times and we need some belt-tightening. But to go back to this level of sequestration is not the right thing to do because that is taking a meat cleaver approach, across-the-board, on…

passenger and crew safety must be the industry's top priority.

We are going to bring attention to this, Senator Rubio and me.

All of us here have a responsibility to ensure that cruise passengers are safe, that ships are well maintained, in top condition, and the crew members onboard these ships are well trained and thoroughly prepared to handle any situation…

I want to remind the colleagues that--and NOAA that we have agreed on an expedited process for questions for the record.

We need to make sure that we are taking advantage of the talents that exist throughout our country.

What the Bureau found is precisely what Senator Nelson and Senator Collins were describing

Now, we have enough trouble in Florida with dead zones of polluted water being dumped out of Lake Okeechobee.

One in four users of the bank payday loan known as a deposit advance, one in four, 25 percent is a Social Security recipient.

I have been out on that river 6 years ago when it was, in fact, a dead river.