Good morning, Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Hutchison.

Remember who MEBA is. They're our guys that run those ships. They're the ones that were on the ship when the pirates attacked, and they're the ones that fought back.

I am proud to rise today to support the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike of 2012. I cosponsored this bill because it extends the current interest rate of 3.4% for subsidized Stafford Loans for the next school year. This interest…

I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for her well-known advocacy on this issue. Her advocacy was well known in Minnesota. Her work as a prosecutor brought her in contact with many of these women and making sure they got a fair shake in…

I want to salute Senator Durbin on his thoughtful amendment and thank him for his collegiality in negotiations. We think it helps us. But we have been misled, manipulated, and disregarded in our attempts to get information from the Postal…

I rise to speak on the postal reform bill and to offer constructive suggestions. I know Senator Collins was scheduled to speak. I am going to take this time. She is in a meeting, and it is agreeable to her we follow this sequencing. There…

If I may respond to the Senator, first of all, I do thank the Senator for the substitute. I think it does make substantial improvements in the bill. It demonstrates that the Senator is listening to colleagues and also to people who are…

I will take no more than 5 minutes. I support the Buffett Rule because I do believe in fundamental fairness that if people live in the United States of America, if they benefit from the United States of America, both its national security…

I rise to speak on the Buffett rule. How much time is allocated to me? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 18 minutes remaining on the Senator's side of the aisle.

Maryland is the home of life science jobs.

I am going to welcome our panel.

In summary, we should have a sense of urgency and adherence to our own timelines and compliance issues?

So I say, Mr. Chairman and colleagues, if we are talking about RIF notices in July, we know that people will begin to worry in May and April.

I am excited about moving the user fees process forward.

I'm troubled that the budget does not invest adequately in future missions, the highest science priorities that are identified by the National Academies in their decadal surveys.

I was stymied in this institution, okay? I was stymied in this institution on taking a look at this.

If there are no further questions, Senators may submit additional questions for the official record.

I am troubled that the budget does not invest adequately in future missions.

That's got the biggest applause going yet.

The subcommittee reserves the right to hold others should the need arise.

But why gang up on them? Why try to single them out?

the prevention money has been used as a bank to fund other things

Military family members already make incredible sacrifices to support both the soldier deployed and the wounded warrior at home.

I think there is growing frustration and skepticism about this.

It cost us $50 billion to build ISS.