I am concerned about aspects of the system that may serve as magnets for additional immigration--illegal immigration.

We will continue to work. And my final question is on the cybersecurity education.

the issues of solvency and affordability are two equally important goals, and that is what our new law attempts to secure.

Over the past 6 months, they have grown by 72 percent compared to the same time in 2013, and again, one of the increases that is troubling is unaccompanied children.

I have got 400,000 people in Louisiana, 500 million across the country affected by this.

I think we have done some extraordinary work in the last couple of years securing our border, building a smarter fence, not just a higher fence, but a smarter fence.

This is a priority to deal with cybercrime that is being committed to try to reduce it.

I noted in the President's budget the $400 million in Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants was included not as a part of the base budget because of restrictions, but as part of the aspirational budget.

I was so pleased to recommend this nominee to President Obama, and I am very happy and proud to introduce him to you all today.

Johnny really stepped up as a leader in the legal community to help all of the many lawyers that were dislocated from their homes.

I appreciate that because if people cannot afford to be in the program, then you will not have a program, and the debt will increase, and the program will collapse.

There has been story after story about the impacts one agency of this Department is having in particular: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This Committee was very aggressive in making sure that we were screening people smartly for their safety.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at 1…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday…

I am just very proud of your leadership on that and very proud of your leadership on this Committee.

The United States is at our best when we have everyone on the field helping to grow the economy.

Senator Cantwell will bring an outreach to Native Americans, who are also left out, forgotten.

This partnership focused on providing counseling and training to entrepreneurs over 50 who wanted to start or grow a business.

I think it is such a promising subject to be explored and to be supported.

Small business is the engine of job growth in America and innovation, so therefore, we need a champion.

If we are going to continue creating jobs and compete with our foreign competitors, this mindset needs to change.

I do not think we are doing enough to reach them.

Carl Levin was particularly focused on helping us.

As you know, this week Senator Risch and I introduced S. 2008, the 'SCORE for Small Business Act.'