We know that there is a $2.6 billion request for fighting what is the traditional role of the FBI.

Predatory lenders continue destroying families and communities across the United States and undermining faith in our financial systems.

We want to congratulate the FBI on what it is doing in mortgage fraud.

I rise to the floor to speak in morning business and to comment on the terrible situation we find ourselves in. We are in a terrible situation. The Republican leader is exactly right, the clock is ticking on a shutdown. But I have a couple…

We're going to just recess now, and reconvene in SH-219, for classified testimony on the national security budget of the FBI.

But what are we doing where we are?

They are calling my office because they need help accessing services, not knowing where to go.

For every year you are deployed, you need 2 years at home to stay connected to your family.

I so admire what you have done and the leadership you have provided.

I think we have got to keep this in mind.

my colleague has talked about the disease in Washington, but I want to talk about another disease that seems to be running rampant in the House Republican caucus, and that is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy. The reason I say that is they say one…

Post-traumatic stress is contagious.

I say to Senator Hutchison, the time is allocated as 5 minutes, but I know you want to speak and were a very dear friend. Please proceed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak for 5 minutes each on the subject of Geraldine Ferraro: Senators Boxer, Hutchison, Stabenow, Shaheen, Snowe. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I yield the floor to Senator Snowe. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

I think this is really a big deal.

We come to the floor with a heavy heart and great sadness. Geraldine Ferraro, a former Member of the House of Representatives, a Congresswoman from New York who was the first woman to be nominated by a major party for Vice President, has…

I am terrified that the lights will go out at Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland.

a government shutdown, NIH cuts, or delayed appropriations, individually or in combination, will have far-reaching consequences.

we are on the brink of a catastrophic situation

I rise in reluctant support of another short-term CR because I am absolutely against a government shutdown. But enough is enough. We are 6 months into the fiscal year and no closer to having a budget than the day we started. The American…

I just want to note to the committee, this is a banner year for Maryland.

I think when I go around Maryland, one of my key messages is, we will succeed only insofar as we keep health care affordable, and the Affordable Care Act is an important set of tools for us, but we've got to keep moving forward on a whole…

Thank you, very much, Mr. Chairman.

In other words, the market and its disciplines, which are significant, are only one of the tools for cost containment in discipline.