I believe that there is a real commitment on this subcommittee, and people like Senator Tom Coburn had excellent ideas.

We think the FBI has the right stuff. We want to make sure that we have given you the right resources.

Do you feel that you have enough resources to be dealing with this magnitude of caseload and also with the fact that this is now involved with international activity?

We want to have a chance for you to amplify the needs that that unique unit has.

I am proud today to support the student loan reform provisions in the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. I've said this often, we in this country enjoy many freedoms: the freedom of speech, the freedom of…

this is indeed a great day because we are passing real health care reform for American families, for American workers, for American small business, for seniors, and our communities. Health care reform will save lives. No longer will dreams…

I think it's often underestimated and it's undervalued because it does come in under everybody's radar.

I strongly support his nomination to lead Cyber Command and I urge his quick confirmation.

This job, to head up CYBERCOM, is going to require expertise, leadership, and know-how.

I would like to re-echo Senator McCain's sense of urgency about another war that we're fighting south of our own border.

I rise to vehemently oppose Senator Lieberman's amendment to reauthorize the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program. This amendment would extend a program that impacts fewer than 5 percent of the District's public school…

Most recently at the March 11, 2010 HELP Hearing on Pay Equity, Senator Mikulski raised the critical issue of EEOC backlog and pressed for confirmation of permanent leadership.

I would like to thank Senator Mikulski for her leadership and her help in getting us the resources we need to rebuild the agency.

I think you have been given an enormous responsibility. And even if this law doesn't pass--which I hope it does--if we give you more responsibility, we have to give you more resources.

Thank you to This Subcommittee for Fiscal Year 2010 Funding and to Senator Mikulski for Statements at the Recent Help Hearing Regarding Backlog and Need for Confirmation of EEOC Nominees.

So, yes, we should enforce the laws on the books, but we need to have--don't you need, No. 1--I mean, you are doing a great job as an acting director. But don't we need a director?

My problem has been that the EEOC has been leadership starved, revenue deficient, and expectations that they have been unable to fulfill.

I think having a permanent chair will help move the agency toward fulfilling the expectations that people have.

One hundred thousand cases. Now, one of the arguments against our bill that was being discussed here is, enforce the law on the books.

See, I am observing a pattern here, which is not only with the EEOC, but a variety of agencies.

Congress originally passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963. It was to end, and I quote, 'serious and endemic problem of unequal wages.'

I am here this morning wearing two hats--one, the authorizing committee and one of the original co-sponsors of the paycheck fairness.

the Paycheck Fairness Act is a modest, common-sense reform that closes numerous longstanding loopholes in the Equal Pay Act.

DOD has a critical shortage of mental healthcare professionals.

I rise today to submit a resolution urging the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal stamp to help raise money for Alzheimer's research. A semipostal stamp will fund new research while also raising public awareness about this…