Joe Donnelly

today I rise to recognize Bosma Enterprises on the 100th anniversary of its founding. I commend Bosma for remaining steadfast in its mission to decrease the unemployment rate among those who are blind or visually impaired. Since its…

I wish to tell you a little bit about Gregg Keesling, a dad and small business owner from Indianapolis. I have gotten to know Gregg over the past few years because Gregg and his wife Jannett lost their son Chancellor to suicide while…

I wish to begin my comments on this year's National Defense Authorization Act, S. 1376, by thanking all of the members of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee. I would especially like to thank the subcommittee's chairman, Senator Sessions…

Yesterday, one of the witnesses talked about how the Ex-Im Bank was creating $140 billion in taxpayer risk.

Well, I just want to conclude by saying that in Indiana, those over 100 businesses appreciate what the Ex-Im Bank has done.

As you know, I am from the State of Indiana.

I will fight, and fight nonstop, to try to make sure that the Eximbank survives because it is critical to jobs.

We are all here up in Congress because we were elected by our constituents, the ones who showed up and voted.

This is not about a theoretical exercise. This is about whether or not they have work to do and whether or not they have products to export.

Vanderbilt has long been a citadel of open thought and openness, and that is why the nondiscrimination policy is important.

It does not seem to make any sense to me.

This is about jobs. This is about Indiana jobs. This is about American jobs and whether we stand up and fight for them.

The Sunni tribal leaders--they have a tremendous value for the relationship they have established over the years with the United States, established in blood and treasure.

Thank you for taking the time to go visit them this Fourth of July weekend.

That is the only way to get the humanitarian situation turned around either in Iraq or in Syria.

When you are hungry, your stomach does not tell you want Iraqi food or United States food. You just want help.

we have stood with you. We have faith with you, but we have people who are now eating grass in our town.

One of the side spin-offs, when it is successful and Ramadi is taken back, is that ISIS will then look for a quick PR claim somewhere else.

I wish to honor the city of South Bend on its 150th anniversary and to recognize the many contributions of South Bend's citizens to the great State of Indiana, to our country and the world. South Bend's history stretches back to the 1600s…

Memorial Day is next week, so I wish to take a moment to remember and recognize the courageous men and women of the Armed Forces who lost their lives serving in the line of duty this past year. Indiana lost two of its own, Army SSG Matthew…

I rise today to congratulate Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IPFW, on its 50th anniversary. I also want to recognize the outstanding faculty and staff for the extraordinary impact they have had on the education and lives…

And when we run folks down, you know, when we see it in papers and we see it on radios and we see it on TV, and they create less of a value for those positions, it makes it so much more difficult for these men and women who are--that is…

the positions need to have that same respect come back.

One of the things that has bothered me over the last year or two, or, actually, over the last number of years, when people have even questioned whether the Federal Government has a role in building highways or in transportation systems…

That is the way the Cuban people benefit, that our products are able to go directly to the Cuban people.