government should invest in our seniors. And that starts with making sure that the Social Security Administration offices are fully funded.

One of the central aspects of the military culture is an inability to say no.

I worry that the Pentagon is just not set up either to be able to help guide careers or to be able to attract people.

It is not that we make it permanent. It is that we open up the possibility that you can do it and you can make it permanent if you choose to make it permanent.

I think you want to have a way to perhaps retain some more of those people who may be at the peak of their professional abilities.

I am concerned that as Chair of the Fed, Governor Powell will roll back critical rules that help guard against another financial crisis, and that is simply a risk we cannot afford. While big banks have bounced back from the 2008 financial…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote against the confirmation of Alex Azar to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. When Congress confirms somebody to be HHS Secretary, they are putting that…

Here is how I see it: Social Security and Medicare are contracts that we make with each other.

All the children are above average.

I believe, though, we need to look beyond the bare minimum and to stop lurching from crisis to crisis just to try to keep the lights on.

I would force 'excellence or out.' Every 2 years, you are recompeting for a position you are in.

I would consider giving the Department somewhat broader authority for special compensation for officer communities.