Dan Coats

There is an interesting debate going on without achieving any results. Let me take a crack at trying to make a more persuasive argument to see if my colleagues across the aisle would agree. We can disagree on what is an essential function…

I am not able to modify the request that has been made, as I understand it, by the Senator from Illinois, because he goes beyond what he listed as being needed to just address natural disasters and threats to homeland security. He listed a…

I thank the Chair. Can we not at least fund those agencies that are looking to protect us from terrorist acts, that are in place to keep the American people safe? How can we reject that? Finally, let me mention a fourth--and there are…

As did my colleague from Indiana, Senator Donnelly, I also wish to take a moment before I deliver my remarks here to thank the Capitol Police, all of law enforcement, and first responders who have put themselves on the line to protect…

today is day 2 of the ongoing government shutdown, and negotiations to find a resolution to our differences remain at a stalemate. Actually, I don't think we can use the word ``negotiations'' because you really can't negotiate if there is…

there has been a great deal of confusion over what has been happening in the Senate this week. I know Hoosiers want a clear explanation, so I wish to take a moment to explain exactly where I stand on the issue before us. Let me start by…

I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania for listing those companies. Many of those same companies have facilities in Indiana. In fact, Cook International was founded by Bill Cook in Bloomington, IN, initially working out of his study in his…

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for his efforts here. We very much share the same sentiment and the same concerns going forward here. We are going to vote sometime today, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps on Saturday. We have had a…

I want to yield back to my colleague here. I regret that we are not able to take this up. I regret that we are not able to have a debate or a vote on this matter. We are going to do all we can to continue to address, to work for, and to…

I certainly do not think we have been wasting time. We have been talking about an issue that is on the minds of every American as we are careening toward implementation of the ObamaCare health care plan. We have heard from Senator Cruz and…

I think there is light at the end of the tunnel if we can just make sure the trend lines are correct in terms of the growth of government versus the growth of the productive sector of the economy.

yesterday the President indicated that we need to pivot back to the fiscal issues facing this country and facing Congress. This comes after a year with little sense of urgency on perhaps the most pressing and challenging domestic issue…

I appreciate the passion of my colleague, and I know that he spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort trying to pull together bipartisan support for putting together the larger plan which would incorporate a number of factors that…

Entitlement reform is necessary. Tax reform is necessary.

By the time you get to 2017, if you assume things stay as they are now, that means there will not have been a single program that you can identify that needs to be downsized.

I ask unanimous consent to speak to the issues the majority leader just addressed. I don't anticipate speaking for more than 12 to 15 minutes. I know the minority leader is delayed in being able to be here. I would be happy to defer to him…

President Obama will finally make his case to the American people tomorrow, explaining why he wants to take military action against Syria. His explanation is long overdue. I think I have a pretty good idea of what I expect he will say…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and let me start by commending you and Senator Thune for your bipartisan leadership on the cybersecurity issue, and by congratulating you on the introduction of S. 1353, the Cybersecurity Act of 2013.

We know that we need to spend upwards of a trillion and maybe even more dollars to address this infrastructure problem.

we have had to turn to public/private partnerships. That has been very successful for us.

I want to take some of those quotes that you just said.

It is clear that there is a consensus that infrastructure is crumbling all across America.

When the political process intervenes in the decisionmaking process, it distorts the market.

we have to understand the realities of the fiscal situation we are in.

we are about to vote on a new Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. I have a real problem with the individual who has been nominated to direct that Agency. I will cast my vote shortly, but I want to take the opportunity…