I know we will be offering amendments throughout the afternoon, and we look forward to ample debate and discussion on them. I want to reiterate my appreciation to Senator Burr for the way we have worked together on this bill. He was very…

I reiterate Senator Burr's request. People wanted an open amendment process. We are open. Come on and amend. We are looking forward to it. While we are waiting for our Members to come careening to the floor to offer amendments--by the way…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I note that on the floor are three outstanding Senators who wish to speak on this bill: Senator Cantwell, Senator Murkowski, and Senator Collins. They come as the deans of the Republican women. I ask unanimous consent that they each be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee on Economic Policy be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

Poland is an important strategic ally to the United States. It is important to show faith with a longtime friend that has shown faith with us, standing by us in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The President and I support Poland's accession to the Visa Waiver Program.

I rise in support of S. 1917, the Victims Protection Act of 2014, and S. 1752, the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013. I have worked on this issue for years, and I am tired of lip service and empty promises of zero tolerance…

I rise to join my colleagues to bring attention to the important issue of climate change. It is time to wake up and take action--we owe it to our planet, to our country, and to generations to come. I thank the organizers of this event…

I come to the floor today in support of S. 1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014. I believe we must keep the promises we have made to our veterans. We can do this by giving…

If we can find our path forward, Madam Chairwoman, to that kind of a stable support for medical research in the United States, it would make a huge difference.

If we had stayed on the 3-percent growth initiated by Arlen Specter, where would we be now? At about $40 billion?

It is very special to me because my own very dear father died of the consequences of Alzheimer's, now 25 years ago.

I think we all do need a sense of urgency about how we can come to grips with this and accelerate what we're going to do.

Young people are discouraged from coming forth because they don't think that there's going to be the money there to fund their project.

This is an equal opportunity epidemic. It hits people at all income levels.

I come to the floor today in support of S. 1963, a bill to restore the 1 percent COLA cut for military retirees. We must honor the sacrifices our military men and women--and their families--have made at home and abroad. We can do this by…

We, the Democratic women have joined together to say, let's give the American women a raise so they can raise their families.

I really do think we have to make use of existing programs and have them work together.

We need a real commitment.

We need to make the highest and best use of what we have.

I'm not so sure we need new programs. I know this might surprise everybody, because I'm a good Democrat.

We need to build on existing programs, like Head Start and the Child Care Development Block Grant program.

Should we mandate those councils?