I thank my colleagues from Missouri and Florida for this very worthwhile amendment. I will certainly be supporting it. The plan is to have this in the second set of amendments for votes, absolutely, as soon as we can proceed to votes. That…

I again thank my colleagues from Arkansas and Oklahoma. I support their measure. I thank them for coming down and laying out the argument explaining their measure even before it is formally presented because that will help expedite the…

I join my colleague in rising in support of this strong, bipartisan, reform-oriented Water Resources Development Act bill. In doing so, I thank and salute Senator Boxer for her leadership. More than anyone else, she got us to the floor…

I just want to end by thanking you again for your service, and in particular your refusal to bend to, quite frankly, political pressure to use Fannie and Freddie as a piggy bank for things that would be popular in some forums short-term…

I want to echo your thoughts and thank you for the clear statement, which I think is a clear bipartisan consensus, that significant reform does have to happen to GSEs and now is really the time to focus on that.

the Army anticipates a minimum 2-year slip in the delivery of 25 RDPs to the COCOMs

the President's fiscal year 2014 budget request does not address the $50 million cut to the Radar Digital Processor (RDP)

I think that is required and appropriate.

The process is broken and has been abused for some time.

We have these big regs. Are we measuring spikes in energy costs? That would be a big factor.

the central functions of the agency, quite frankly, have been obfuscated by ideology, frustrated by, yes, a severe lack of transparency.

Are you completely confident that that recollection is perfect?

The nominee recently stated that 'information is power.'

I have made five specific requests related to transparency at the agency.

Shouldn't an affected group like the States, for instance, on the regional haze issue, shouldn't they have a seat at the table?

I think John is exactly right. You can give us all of this data once it has been scrubbed of personal, identifying information.

The EPA plays a critical role in the status of not only our environment but our economic competitiveness.

Have you ever changed agreements based on comment?

So from what I am understanding of your answer, that certainly includes not using your personal account to correspond with anyone else about EPA official business?

This whole side of the aisle has focused on a lot of transparency concerns.

the EPA plays a critical role, not only in protecting our environment and health, but also impacting our economic competitiveness.

Regulations must be based on sound science--science that is publicly available and open to examination.

Richard Windsor, that sounds pretty monarchist. Now, a lot of folks would say that is appropriate for EPA, but I personally vote for tofu.

this amendment would require photo IDs to participate in Federal elections, which is allowed now by States. However, the Justice Department is trying to virtually shut down this practice unreasonably by opposing it in many States. This…

we believe this is an important matter, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? At this moment there is not a sufficient second. There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on…