I never had an opportunity to ask him a question where he had to answer.

I am going to ask Mr. McDowell to comment on something that was in Mr. Burnham's testimony.

I am highly skeptical about the prospects of expansive FCC regulation over every aspect of the Internet.

The Internet has been successful precisely because of a hands-off approach.

Do you believe that raising taxes on alternative energy and raising their cost of doing business will lead to job losses?

Then for the two of you again--and this will be my last question--in your opinion, has there been any widespread anti-competitive behavior within the Internet ecosystem that would warrant a prescriptive regulator solution imposed by the…

Employer-sponsored retirement plans are an important component of any retirement plan.

our current tax savings system is more progressive than our progressive income tax.

as we all know, we are discussing a constitutional amendment sponsored by 45 members of the Democratic Party to restrict free speech. This constitutional amendment pending before the Senate is a real threat to one of the two most vital…

on Thursday this country will commemorate the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. We learned many lessons from that day. One key lesson was that terrorists can and will exploit our immigration system and policies to…

the proceedings on the amendment before us show just how broken the Senate is under the current leadership. Yesterday the majority leader stated: We're going to have a cloture vote to stop debate on this. [Republicans] say, well, great…

I have no opening statement. We do not believe, at this point, any of these nominees are controversial.

with all the problems facing the country and the world, the majority has decided the time has come to cut back on the Bill of Rights to be amended for the first time in our history. We hear from the other side repeatedly that they revere…

So based on your recent statement, I assume it is your view that Ms.

You have been a leading voice against legalization of recreational marijuana. First of all, I would thank you for that.

One of its goals was to reduce deaths associated with these drugs.

All right. Mr. Marti, your predecessor made significant progress in bringing stakeholders together to address the problem of Internet piracy through voluntary initiatives.

Ms. Lee, I get a lot of information and ask a lot of questions from IG reports.

would have required political courage

if heads do not roll, nothing really changes.

the majority leader has brought a $3.5 billion emergency supplemental spending bill to the floor at the request of President Obama. This bill, while it shaves off $1 billion from the President's original request, is still a blank check…

I ask unanimous consent that Kelli Andrews and Carter Burwell, who have been detailed to my staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

today I come to the floor to speak about the unconscionable way in which the Drug Enforcement Administration treated Daniel Chong, a San Diego college student, back in 2012. Unfortunately, the American people still do not know all the…

I request the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

last week I explained why I oppose the nomination of Pamela Harris to the Fourth Circuit. I wish to raise several other aspects of her record that I find troubling, but before I address the specifics of this nominee, I need to place this…