Roland Burris

But how do you reconcile that with, we will begin to assess it?

In July 2011 we believe--I am comfortable it is his intent we start to reduce the overall number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Thanks to the same old political games.

Although we do not always agree, as the debate on this floor will often show, I am always struck by the passion that drives each and every Senator to stand in this singular place in the world and to speak their mind. It is this passion…

We cannot have disgruntled TSA personnel trying to protect us on these flights.

Have our personnel received adequate training?

Please take care of the TSA personnel. Some of them do not have health insurance. Some of them are working part-time.

I do not have much longer in the Senate, but we ought to look at these private contractors.

Because those packages were headed to synagogues allegedly in Chicago.

We have to stop putting everything out in the--I am sorry.

Let us not abandon those men and women.

It is certainly my belief that we must take care of the veterans.

There is no price that we can put on what we can do if those veterans suffer from those chemicals.

I agree with Senator Sanders, who indicated that the cost of war is costly.

Will we miss strategic opportunities, given our current focus on today's wars, one particular region, and the current adversary?

I am here to speak about the small business legislation. The legislation before us is crucial to the recovery of our respective communities with this recession. As a public servant, I have been a strong advocate for American small…

So, the educational GI Bill, is not impacting this problem?

So if I have got a bad knee and I am living in Chicago or even Carpenter, Illinois, and I got $20 a month in Chicago and $20 a month in Carpenter, that is what you are saying.

Our veterans, especially in Illinois, are having all kinds of problems and I am concerned about the history that was there.

I have been telling the veterans in Illinois, oh, yes, we are improving our claims processing, things are improving, things are getting better.

I find the timetable just a little--well, I have a great deal of concern about the time that we are talking about.

Secretary Gottemoeller, why are the other 35 sites, previously inspected under START I, now off limits?

Can you describe why these reductions are in our best interest?

Secretary Clinton, where is Russia in the ratification process at this point?