Jerry Moran

Did the CFTC have a role to play in those decisions?

I am here this evening to express concern about the developments of the day in which I thought we were going to be addressing the issue of postal reform with the goal of making certain that this Senate, this Congress makes decisions in…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Postal Service Reform

If we have the unwillingness or inability to deal with those things in regard to spending and revenues, maybe we can address this issue on the growth side.

I am trying to figure out how I can play a greater role in moving Congress in the direction of visas for highly skilled, trained, educated workforce.

Were any of the rooms available for $93 a night?

So when you say a referral, that doesn't necessarily mean an individual is under consideration for criminal charges by DOJ. It could be something broader than that.

I was appalled, as you said you were, to read the accounts of the inappropriate actions of some GSA employees outlined in the inspector general's report of abuses connected to a regional conference held in 2010.

I wish you well in your new position at what obviously is a very difficult time.

I don't understand how, for example, Mr. Miller, the rooms got paid for.

How is it that a Federal employee is able to be reimbursed for the room?

As members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, our oversight of spending by Federal agencies, in my view, is our most-critical responsibility.

We pick up the Politico today, and the headline is: ``Republicans Ax Aid to the Poor.'' It goes on to explain that there's a $33 billion cut in food stamps in the Romney-Ryan Republican budget that passed the House so that the average…

I want this to be over the top. I want this to be the best and most lavish sort of conference.

over the weekend the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany returned to the negotiating table with Iran for the first time since January 2011. Reports indicate modest progress was made, and a second round of talks has…

This conduct on the part of these few Federal employees is an unacceptable abuse of the American taxpayers' trust.

I think that the conversations that occur here may be more useful than the hearing setting.

That would be a change in policy at GSA.

Notwithstanding the statement of my very good friend from Alaska, I rise in support of Mr. Peters's amendment. It would remove a provision that would allow for the importation of polar bears killed in Canada, but the provision only…

I think we need to put in place an upgrade of the technology system which has been kind of old and antiquated.

there has been a lot conversation, especially here in Washington, D.C., about reforms or changes, if we are going to reauthorize the Bank that we need to 'reform'--it is actually a word I have tried to take out of my vocabulary because…

We have to be careful about that word 'reform.'

In the absence of the Bank, is there any other option you have to go to for that guarantee that would enhance the chances of sales to foreign countries or consumers in foreign countries?

What is the extent of the problem that this, at GSA, that this report covers?

Would we expect additional inspector general reports in the near future?