in the last few minutes, we have made a little bit of progress. I am doing the best I can to work with both sides of the aisle to simply get a list of amendments that are not controversial. There are approximately 230 amendments pending on…

I know the staff is working hard to figure out the best way forward, and there are lots of views about different amendments that may be controversial, but I am going to stay here and work for the next hour or two tonight to see if we can…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a speech I delivered on June 1, 2013 in New Orleans, LA to commemorate the commissioning of the Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter Margaret Norvell. There being no objection, the material…

I come to speak on S. 415, the ``Small Business Disaster Reform Act of 2013.'' As Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, as well as a senator from a state hard hit by disasters, I am proud that yesterday our…

I offer this amendment. It is a technical amendment, three technical but important changes to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. Senator Coats, Senator Blunt, and Senator Klobuchar have helped lead this effort. I have explained it numerous…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will meet on June 17, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mansfield Room of the Capitol (S-207) to hold a markup on Committee legislation. Committee on Small Business…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 428A Russell Senate Office building to hold a roundtable entitled ``Sequestration: Small Business…

I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 1222, the Child Citizenship Act, for lawful adoptees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Ms…

I am going to speak about this amendment in just a minute, but first I want to respond to Senator Thune. I wish we could get a vote on my amendment as well as this one because I would like to vote and strongly express my objection to his…

I would just simply respond by saying I know the Senator is quite sincere, and he is correct. I voted for the dumb fence once. I am not going to do it again because I learned from my mistake. I went down there to look at it and realized we…

I suggest the absence of a quorum, and I ask unanimous consent that all time be allocated equally as previously agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative…

I thank the chairman and the manager of this bill for his support of this particular amendment, which I hope is going to be noncontroversial. It has to do with clarifying some technical parts of the law dealing with adoptees and how they…

Unfortunately, the report falls short of providing Congress an understanding of the DHS and National Guard's capacity to respond to a cyber attack jointly.

U.S. Cyber Command says there are 250,000 attacks on U.S. Government networks every hour, 6 million a day.

I am so proud of you for being in charge of this because your demeanor through this whole hearing has, once again, proven to me that you are the right person for this job.

We are not in a scrimmage. We are in a war.

I have every confidence in this chairman to provide leadership.

I have written you several times about it. I am going to write again to clarify their role.

I do not think there is a Member of the Senate in either party that would question her integrity on this issue.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will meet on June 13, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 428A, Russell Senate Office Building to hold a markup of pending legislation. ____________________

the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee will soon bid farewell to our congressional fellow, Coast Guard CDR. George Kovatch, who has served the Committee on Appropriations over the past 3 years. Unfortunately, Commander Kovatch…

I think that she made an excellent point earlier about really focusing, Secretary, on the academies.

I am going to submit my final question for the record and that is about the role of the National Guard, Mr. Chairman, in our cyber fight.

I do not want to sit here as a member of this committee like some people did in the 1940s and closed their eyes to what was going on in Germany.

I am a co-sponsor of the Cyber Warrior Act of 2013, which requires the creation of National Guard Cyber Response Teams in every State.