Well, I think we definitely had a cultural problem in region 9. Probably tied to a leadership problem.

Camp Lemonnier is vital to our national security and is used by four different commands, and as such may deserve special consideration.

The Future Years Defense Plan contains very specific 'Pacific Engagement Wedges,' even though the review for the Pacific region has yet to be completed.

We know the Visa Waiver Program works.

Get it right or get out.

I strongly support the deployment of fixed and mobile broadband to increase economic development, productivity and America's global competitiveness.

I am the co-chair of the Veterans Jobs Caucus in the Senate, which is working to ensure that our veterans have access to and information about available jobs especially as they return from overseas.

USAID has made substantial progress in recruiting veterans.

we have two other provisions that are in the National Defense Authorization Act that I want to briefly mention. First, we have a modified Brooks amendment in the conference report that says if there is any plan to deliver classified…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.

I wish to rise in support of the Feinstein-Leahy-Lee legislation. We are taking up the Defense authorization bill with the controversial provisions in it, somewhat protected already by the Feinstein language. But this legislation locks in…

I'm particularly worried about their lives being lost.

I would like you to have increased powers.

the United States needs to adopt a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. It was a good idea when Thomas Jefferson backed it and it is an even more important idea today. What we are seeing in Europe is a collapse of government…

too often we have set-piece speeches in the Senate without any resort to the traditional debate, where two sides are equally dividing time without a set script on a critical issue before our country. I would like to restart the true Senate…

What we see now, today, though, is that we are awash in $15 trillion in debt and that since the creation of the triple A credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the United States has now lost that rating. When young Americans are born today…

The job of each generation is to make sure the Constitution deals with critical problems facing the country, so we amended the Constitution so we could prohibit slavery. We amended the Constitution so we could grant women the right to…

I would close by saying the Senator and I agree. I think the Simpson-Bowles plan is the right way to go, and my hope is that we join together on a bipartisan basis to reduce expected Federal borrowing by $4 trillion along the lines of that…

I agree with Senator Blumenthal that the Klobuchar legislation is good, but I would argue to go one step further.

I think it's a nonstarter for the Congress to order a private concern to produce a pharmaceutical which it does not want to produce.

I applaud Senator Klobuchar's legislation.

What I would like to do now, in sort of a chess clock style, is take 10 minutes, with unanimous consent, to be equally divided between me and the Senator from Delaware on the subject of the balanced budget amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I would argue that we should then go further and say if you find that the drug is vital to the survival of a patient...

I rise to talk about the balanced budget amendment. It is obvious America's government is spending, taxing, and borrowing too much. That is why Congress should approve the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. It was a good idea…

I wish to speak as in morning business to talk about the big issue pending before the Senate, which is the potential legislation by Republicans or Democrats to cut contributions to Social Security. I am very worried because in the…