Dan Coats

There ought to be some rules that the world community of trade engages in.

It is clear then that we can do some things at the beginning to, hopefully, alleviate that issue.

Trade enforcement needs to be a continued top priority.

tomorrow morning, a joint meeting of Congress will welcome the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. It will be the first time Mr. Netanyahu has addressed us in a joint meeting and only the second time any Israeli Prime Minister…

I appreciate the remarks of my colleague, Senator Levin. I just caught the tail end, but it is a good segue into what I wish to speak about today. Today is May 16, an important day for me, because it happens to be my birthday, although I…

I've been trying to encourage a so-called 'Coalition of the Discretionary' that will encourage Members of the Congress and the executive branch to broaden the look in dealing with the real drivers of our deficit and debt.

We face the kind of debt and deficit situation today that I think none of us had anticipated.

I always viewed the Coast Guard as the fifth service. But it's as essential as the first four.

morale and quality of service are directly related to the quality of life that is provided for family and children.

Well, it is interesting that the Senator asks that question because I just left my office and a meeting with Pete Domenici literally 15 minute ago.

Because he came in to express that same urgency and burden. As former chairman of the Budget Committee here for so many years, he certainly understands the current fiscal situation. His views echo the voices and views of people across this…

I join the Senator from Massachusetts in saying also we don't have more time on this. We all want more time. Each of us would like to spend more time on this important issue, but we want to give everyone the chance to speak and this is why…

reserving the right to object--and I do not intend to object--but I am just wondering if the Senator from Massachusetts would be willing to amend his request to allow subsequent Republican speakers to also have 15 minutes to make their…

I just wandered onto the floor hoping we were coming close to some type of an agreement. I very much regret that we have to careen from week to week, from period to period funding our government on a temporary basis. I think all of us were…

I continue to reserve the right to object. If the Senator is willing to amend his request, I will not object. But if he is not, then I agree with the Senator from Virginia. There is a long list of Republicans and Democrats who would like…

today, along with Senator Wyden, we introduce bipartisan tax reform legislation, a piece of legislation that we believe, and hopefully we can gather a consensus in this body to believe, is necessary to be a component of addressing the…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Coats pertaining to the introduction of S. 727 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

maybe this should have occurred to me before I last spoke and I should have addressed this. But since no one else is on the floor seeking to be recognized, it occurred to me that the Presiding Officer of the Senate represents the State of…

my understanding is that we are in morning business and I have 10 minutes allocated to me. I may not take that much time. ____________________

I am here to essentially support the hard work of a colleague, Senator Johanns, in bringing to the floor tomorrow a vote to repeal the 1099 provisions in the current health care bill. As I campaigned throughout the State of Indiana over…

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for arranging the opportunity for me to speak. I intended to do this in morning business, but that time was running out, so she graciously arranged time for me to speak as we took the bill back up…

I must admit, I was--there were times when I was grumbling about the role of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee.

returning to the Senate is in many ways like having a chance to relive part of one's life; yet doing so with the benefit of experience, experience that I gained in serving in this body before and also from service in the private sector. It…

We all know that we're focusing exclusively on about 15 percent of the total budget.

We're going to be able to deal with the deficits and the debt and the need for infrastructure and high-speed rail.