Dan Coats

I think all of us can agree that victims need to know that they are victims.

today marks my 38th edition of ``Waste of the Week.'' With our Nation $19 trillion in debt, I am going to continue coming to the Senate floor every week the Senate is in session to highlight verified and documented examples of waste…

I think we have a lot of work to do.

I am once again on the floor for my 37th edition of ``Waste of the Week'' speech, where I disclose wasteful spending, fraud, and abuse of taxpayers' dollars. It seems it is never ending because after 37 weeks I feel as if I am just…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott). Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending

as I said, it is obvious that safe areas in Syria would require rigidly enforced no-fly zones authorized by the U.N. Security Council. I suggested that with its planning and leadership capabilities and massive resources, NATO should take…

today marks the 36th edition of my ``Waste of the Week.'' For those who have been listening I have been down here every week, while the Senate is in session, addressing what has been documented as waste, fraud, and abuse. I took on a major…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending

We ought to be putting pressure on the administration here to do something about it.

What is the recourse here? What should the administration be doing to address this?

Working together is the only way we are going to solve this.

But the question is, do you have to have the pistol at the temple of the politician in order to get it done?

I want to thank my colleague from Minnesota. I am here to talk about opioid abuse as well, although I am trying to combine two speeches. Since we are now talking about the opioids abuse and drug addiction, I am more than happy to listen to…

I am on the Senate floor for my 34th edition of ``Waste of the Week.'' As you know, I do these speeches each week to highlight waste, fraud, and abuse and simple ways that we can save the taxpayers' dollars from being misused. Last year…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending

Senator Dan Coats, currently a Senator, was on this committee then, and he said at that hearing 25 years ago many of the States are way ahead of the Federal Government in terms of opening themselves up to more innovative solutions in…

Our State is not exempt from this scourge that is affecting every State across the country.

this week the President unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2017, and it landed here in the Senate with a big thud. This is not the first time that has happened. In fact, when the President's budget has been brought up for a vote by the…

the mandatory spending and interest will consume 99 percent of all Federal revenues. Obviously, that is unsustainable.

But regarding the major issue that we all face, both sides, mandatory spending, over the last 40 years we have not addressed that.

We have caught on to this shell game that goes on in Washington.

I do not know of an economist out there who says the way to prosperity... is to raise taxes $3 trillion over the next 10 years.

When you bring forward a budget year after year after year and it gets zero votes from Democrats or Republicans, does it ever give you pause that maybe your vision for the future is not selling with the American people?

It is a failure on all of our parts, not without trying, but the bottom line is, it is a failure.

This is a bunch of gibberish going on up here in Washington, and we want something different.