I strongly believe that we don't need to wait for Pearl Harbors and data out--you know, dead bodies before we decide in anticipation to regulate something, right?

We made an important commitment to public safety.

FirstNet will provide first responders mission-critical data use for the first time.

There is really no reason that a 16-year-old with a smartphone should have more technology at their fingertips than our first responders.

One of the things I look at FirstNet is if it's good for the city cop, it's got to be good for the rural cop, firemen, and EMT.

I thank the Senator from Connecticut. I believe firmly-- and I really appreciated the conversations between him and Senator Kaine about the Second Amendment. I am a Second Amendment Democrat. A lot of us are. I believe firmly that as…

I thank the Senator from Connecticut. I would like to ask a question specifically about the terrorist gun loophole. It seems obviously straightforward to everyone that we would want to prevent terrorists from getting guns, and yet we can't…

I thank the Senator from Connecticut and the senior Senator from Connecticut for their leadership. Before I ask my question, I want to read something I received just about a half hour ago from a constituent: Dear Senator Schatz, I am…

I really appreciate the Department's focus on transportation generally speaking, that it's not the Department of Highways or the Department of Rail, it is the Department of Transportation.

I wanted to follow up with you on TIFIA financing for transit-oriented development.

I think the key is implementation at the sort of administrator level.

I want you to take a look at that rule from that perspective.

Obviously, from an expertise standpoint, from a time zone standpoint, and from the viewpoint of logistics and relationships with local civil defense officials, media partners, it makes a lot of sense to keep the Central Pacific Hurricane…

I have heard reports that NOAA is or was considering relocating the Central Pacific Hurricane Center to Florida in an effort to reduce staffing levels. Is this true?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It is ironic to me that so-called 'small government types' want a Commerce Department bureau to oversee the technical underpinnings of the Internet.

If a faction within GAC makes a recommendation that is contrary to the United States' interests, ICANN doesn't have to do anything with it.

A successful IANA transition will ensure that the global community continues to benefit from an open Internet.

what we do next on Zika is not an ideological test; it is a test of our basic competence. It has nothing to do with one's views on the size and scope of the Federal Government because, after all, if you believe the government should do…

if this isn't an emergency, then I don't know what is. Zika is a public health emergency. It defines a public health emergency, and we really have to act now to fund the administration's full $1.9 billion supplemental funding request. I…

Thank you, Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 17 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Portman). Without objection, it is so ordered. Zika Virus

I first want to talk about the Zika public health emergency that is coming to the United States of America. We have to act now to fund the administration's request of $1.9 billion in supplemental funding. Zika is a disease carried by the…

I wish to thank the chair and the vice chair of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee for their great work, and especially their staff, who were instrumental in finding offsets to increase funding for a great, successful…

I wish to call up my amendment No. 3802. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.

this year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1946 tsunami disaster in Hawaii. Early on the morning of April 1, 1946, an undersea 8.1-magnitude earthquake off the Alaskan coast triggered a tragic event 5 hours and 2,400 miles away…