Dan Coats

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 1, 2015, at 2:45 p.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

the Presiding Officer has been in the chair before when I have done my waste of the week. This is my 27th ``Waste of the Week'' this year, where I come to the floor of the Senate and take a documented waste, fraud, or abuse within the…

I do agree we should be debating what is happening in the world, particularly on the issue of ISIS and its impact not only on America, not only on Europe but on the world, and that is what I intend to do. We have all witnessed the horrific…

I am back on the floor once again for my ``Waste of the Week.'' I have been doing this for well over 20 weeks-- highlighting waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayers' money. It is said we cannot afford to cut another dime, that programs are…

do I have a limitation on speaking time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no limitation.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are not in a quorum call.

I thank the Chair. Waste of the Week Madam President, this is my weekly ``Waste of the Week'' speech. It is time for another one. Let me just say up front this involves Department of Defense spending. Now, I am a strong advocate. I am an…

I particularly want to thank our witnesses. I thought it was a very constructive discussion.

First, I want to thank Senator Cotton for asking the Committee to examine how we can improve the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

There appears to be a lot of dysfunction.

Either you can work, or you cannot work. Either you are disabled, or you are not disabled.

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for up to 20 minutes and that Senator Sanders be recognized immediately following my remarks for up to 15 minutes.

having previously served in the Senate, I came to the floor once again for the second time as a freshman Senator, in the early months of 2011, full of optimism and a sense of purpose. Back for a second time as a newly elected freshman, I…

I amend that to 20 minutes for Senator Sanders, if there is no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I return to the floor this week for my 24th edition of ``Waste of the Week.'' I have been coming down every week that Congress has been in session during this cycle talking about waste, fraud, and abuse of hard-earned taxpayer dollars…

first, I want to commend my colleague, my partner on the Senate Intelligence Committee, for his recent remarks delivered here on the floor. It was our Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Clapper, who said that in all of his 50-plus…

as many of my colleagues know, I have been coming to the floor for 22 weeks now--every time the Senate has been in session during this cycle--to address another waste of the week, and that is what I am doing here this afternoon. The amount…

I do a waste, fraud, and abuse speech on the floor every week to point out some of the money that we could save the taxpayer.

Addressing the estimated $385 billion net tax gap will require strategies on multiple fronts, and one of those you say is tax code complexity.

I am disappointed we have not been able to get there, even though there is really an understanding of the problem and a commitment to do something about it.

I am very pleased that Congress in the most recent legislation on payments to physicians mandated that they remove the Social Security Numbers from the Medicare cards.

When you look at recent graduates with student loans, it really gets ugly really fast. If alumni don't feel they're getting their money's worth, we risk this tidal wave of demand for higher education crashing down.

The results from the Gallup-Purdue Index ought to give all of us pause in terms of how we can provide better value for the cost that is being endured by students and their parents.

I think this is one of the more instructive, constructive hearings that we have had on this Committee.