Daniel Inouye: “I would like to compliment President-elect Obama on making an excellent choice in naming you as the Secretary-designate…”

We may have our roots in Japan, but we are committed to the United States and we are prepared to fight for this country.

this CR funds the government for the next 6 months at a level agreed to by the Budget Control Act. It contains a minimum of anomalies and allows adequate funding for disaster relief. This is an inefficient way to fund our Federal…

I implore you to honor treaty obligations and to exempt all tribes and programs serving tribes from the current and any future sequestration.

I believe the record should show how much we appreciate the work of the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the vice chairman of the committee, Thad Cochran. We have demonstrated to our colleagues that bipartisanship works in this…