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

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.

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.

I rise to memorialize the life of my Washington, DC, scheduler who passed away yesterday, Lisa Radogno. This is a picture of her. I am going to give these remarks as if I am talking to Lisa because this blow was such a severe one that we…

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Not a single Senator stood with your position on this issue.

You do understand the kind of shock that we all have that the administration would do this?

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.