Jerry Moran

The professionalism, the quality of the personnel is terrific at Walter Reed and at Bethesda.

We have this year in the fiscal year 2013 budget a request for $1 billion in reset costs.

It is conceivable it could be counterproductive.

Well, it bears noting, Mr. Chairman, that at Fort Belvoir it is actually working quite well. We have not received one single complaint.

I thank my very good friend, the distinguished ranking member of the committee, for yielding me this time to rise in strong opposition to an extension of the current pay freeze for Federal employees. This legislation is a cynical attempt…

This is a wealthy country. Corporate profits are at record highs. By the end of last year, the private sector was expanding at a healthy 4.5 percent annualized pace. But why, then, wasn't economic growth in the most recent quarter even…

But what is the significance of that point?

It is loans not investments.

the debt is an important part of this conversation.

the most important thing that the Senate could do right now is to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill and bipartisan atmosphere that surrounds this issue of startups.

I would indicate to you that in my short period of time as a United States Senator, trying to get a regulatory environment in which community banks can lend money to creditworthy borrowers has been a cause of mine.

It is the community bankers who believe that they, in most instances, had nothing to do in causing the problem but yet still are in the bullseye for additional regulation.

Whether or not Mr. Cordray was confirmed had no effect upon the consequences of Dodd-Frank to Wall Street.

I cannot imagine that there is not a constitutional issue about what Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution means.

I appreciate so much the remarks of the Senator from Oregon, Mr. Wyden. It was a significant moment in my brief time as a Member of the Senate when, 3 months ago, Senator Wyden and I had a conversation here on the Senate floor about this…

I too want to join the chorus in commending Chairman Rogers, Chairman Simpson, and our ranking member, Norm Dicks, and the phenomenal work of the appropriations staff on both sides. Rich Healey and Shalanda Young, for example, have been…

I want to say this. This is the way things were meant to be done in this body. Politics was meant to be the art of compromise, with people acting in good faith for the betterment of their country. That's what this omnibus appropriations…

One of the beneficiaries of growing up on a family farm in Kansas is somebody I would also like to mention briefly this morning. As Members of Congress, we surround ourselves with bright minds and fellow natives of our home States. I have…

I wish to explain my absence from rollcall votes 230 and 231 on Thursday, December 15, 2011. I was unable to vote yesterday because I was back in Atchison, KS, paying my respects to slain police sergeant David Enzbrenner. Officer…

I know we are all anxious to reach a conclusion on significant legislation that is pending. It determines many things important to Americans and it creates the opportunity for Members of the Senate and the House to spend a little time at…

earlier today, I submitted a resolution with my colleagues from Ohio and Massachusetts, Senators Brown and Kerry, to recognize the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and to reaffirm our Nation's strong…

I thank the very distinguished former chairman of the Judiciary Committee. This Republican bill is neither effective nor responsible. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, eliminating Federal agency rulemaking as we know it is a solution that is…

I wish we would do more of this in which we take a broader picture.

the key element for addressing too big to fail is that bondholders take losses.

a few weeks ago, in November, in communities across our country, our Nation's men and women in uniform were honored on Veterans Day for their service to our Nation. I wish to share a story with my colleagues of one exceptional Kansas…