Seniors are counting on us to protect the benefits that they have earned through a lifetime of work.

Only smart, strategic and focused investments will keep our America great.

Only smart, strategic, and focused investments will keep our America great.

We spent, in some examples, over $100,000 or $150,000 just to get them the benefit of a $60,000 to $90,000 new permanent home.

Maintaining the Mississippi River will LOWER SHIPPING COSTS.

I have reintroduced the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011.

We must invest in our waterways.

Congress should support pending legislation which provides the expedited and increased assignment of radio spectrum for public safety purposes.

Do we have an industry standard or is there a published standard that these companies have to have in relation to protecting their electronic health records?

Do we have, in the event of a cyber attack, a clear chain of command with defined roles and responsibilities within Government?

But under HIPAA, have they--I hate to put it this way, have they gotten to the level of sophistication to address cybersecurity in terms of protecting those health records?

Fifty percent go back. That is 7,500 crimes we know that will be committed.

I think radicalization and what we are doing in our prison system should be a concern.

I just hope that we are not being desensitized to the victims of murder in the United States as opposed to who they are.

It is abundantly clear now that radicalization is a problem, that all of our youth are targeted.

Do you think that is something we need to address in terms of making sure that those cockpits are secured?

So for at least domestic or United States, we don't have a standard--we don't have a rule.

My Republican colleagues came down here yesterday, and will do so again today, like a well-rehearsed choir singing the same song: Repeal the 1099 provision, repeal the 1099 provision. They sang it in perfect harmony. However, they…

Thank you, Ranking Member Levin. Madam Speaker, I agree with the Republican chorus that we've been hearing now for 2 days, which is let's repeal this onerous provision of the 1099 requirement. However, even as a freshman member of the…

The other thing I would just like to add, especially as States start to deal with major budget problems, especially Louisiana, and we deal with our own budget problems up here, the grants for emergency preparedness, for event planning…

We are having an issue in Louisiana that I think rises, in my opinion, to a Homeland Security issue, especially when you talk disaster response.

I would like to thank the distinguished gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, who I have the pleasure of serving with and who has done a remarkable job in planning our hour today, which not only celebrates and reflects but which also charts…

President Obama challenged us to out- innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world in order to compete globally. We can and must educate our way to a more prosperous future. Through the continuing resolution, congressional…

How safe are our rigs? Give me an assessment on, for example, our LOOP, which supplies a lot of oil and stuff for the rest of the country.

As we talk about trade deals, I guess my question to you, Madam Secretary, is that, is there a way to evaluate or to inform us of, for example, South Korea and their port security?