Mark Kirk

There should actually be two aircraft shown on this board. There is a Russian jet coming that is called the Superjet that will also compete in the 737 space.

We want to make sure that just as the C919 hits the market in 2018, as we expect, we have an Export-Import Bank to finance sales of U.S. aircraft overseas.

So let's keep U.S. aviation going and make sure it is always made in the USA.

I expect to get your votes, guys.

I think we should treat this ecosystem with the reverence that it should enjoy and make sure we ban sewage dumping in the Great Lakes.

The reason why Senators from various States should care about this is the Great Lakes are the source of 95 percent of the fresh water in the United States.

S. 571, that would propose a total ban on sewage dumping in the Great Lakes is already backed by Stabenow, Levin, Durbin and Kirk.

Does 5 percent seem small to you? And are you willing to review your internal processes to make sure that there aren't any problems in the way radiation oncology proposals are reviewed that is leading to such a low funding rate?

As you remember, in Chicagoland, we increased the learning time for Chinese to make sure that people could get some sophistication in that language.

We need to cultivate our future workforce to be prepared to master the skills of the 21st century information economy.

I wanted to give you this chart, which shows countries that have all-year schools substantially outscoring the United States.

I want to make sure the essence of accountability to American values for an institution that we have built continues with First Amendment values surging through the Internet.

I would like to thank our own Senators, Hon. Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk, who have supported the mission of Erie for years.

You should really be commended by all parties in the Congress for your 10-point plan to eliminate the VA disability backlog.

I am concerned that the aggressive construction schedule for the FRF at Camp Schwab may be unrealistic.

I wanted to follow-up on what I identified to our witnesses when they visited me, my missile defense priorities for coming funding.

I wanted to directly thank you for all your work with me on the stroke agenda, an affliction that you and I know all too well.

We want to be strategic in the way in which we use the resources that we have.

I would say that's a very good model that the public can get behind, taking out a whole gang.

I would say top priority, in coming budgets would be the missile defense, bricks and mortar that we need to make sure we carry out our commitments to build missile defense sites in Poland, and in Japan, and in Turkey, and in Romania to…

I would say how strongly I am backing missile defense in Guam with the $21 billion in investments that the administration has laid out for that place, now within range of almost the entire Chinese missile force.

I wanted to give you this chart, which shows countries that have all-year schools substantially outscoring the United States.

I just wanted to--could I follow up and thank you for honoring my political mentor, Congressman John Porter.

Tim Johnson and I have a belief that we could set a national standard of returning those stroke survivors to work.

We have two members--senators on this committee who are stroke survivors.