you have stood firm on the issues of sequestration.

I am pleased with the reforms that are underway now.

It has been good leadership. It has been a great strategic plan.

I want to join all Americans in mourning the loss of the four brave and dedicated American public servants who died as a result of what we consider senseless attacks in Libya last week.

At my request, I want to tell the panel, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report last week that highlighted troubling vulnerabilities in the security of radiological materials used at medical facilities across the…

I will miss all of this and the friendships and the work here, but I know you will carry it on.

I want to thank the two of you for your excellent work that you have been doing for our country.

you have always believed that collective bargaining was the right way to go for Federal employees.

you stood firm and said, no, it is about protecting Federal employees.

We all owe a debt of gratitude to those that have made essential contributions to fighting terrorism.

as Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, I am introducing legislation to make technical corrections to the National Native American Veterans' Memorial Act of 1994. The 1994 Act honors the profound contributions of Native Veterans by…

I have been working with the Indian Tribes and many Tribal communities are concerned about the financial literacy and financial empowerment of their Tribal members.

What I have been trying to do is to reduce the numbers of unbanked and underbanked and have more of them work with the institutions.

I must say that in its first year, the CFPB, the Bureau, has made great, great strides in educating, empowering, and also protecting our consumers in the financial marketplace.

I was disappointed, of course, because of the increase, to learn the number of unbanked households increased by more than 800,000.

the negative impacts of the Carcieri decision and how I feel, it has been staggering.

one of my top priorities is passing a clean, a clean Carcieri fix this session.

Thank you so much for having Mrs. Holy--Holly Petraeus come to Hawaii.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 13, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a business meeting to consider…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 14, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing on the President's…

today I wish to urge my colleagues to allow an up-or-down vote on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 3414, and to support my amendment to further strengthen the privacy safeguards in this important legislation. National security experts…

Unfortunately, key pieces of this foundation have serious cracks that need to be fixed.

I think that the Senate should promptly confirm the five nominees for the Federal Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

I think government transparency is critical but publishing employees' personal financial information on the Internet does raise some concerns.

I think it is important to look closely at these issues and make any changes that are needed to protect our national security and employee safety.