The trade of ivory and rhino horn, sourced in Africa but fueled primarily by strong demand in Asia, today contributes to this ongoing challenge.

There's got to be oversight on how public monies are spent.

I really do appreciate what you do every day.

you need a comprehensive strategy. You also have to deal with public awareness and demand, you have to deal with supply.

First, let me thank Senator Coons for the suggestion to hold this joint hearing. I think this is the right thing to do.

I just want to make sure I get this into the record.

I do think it has gotten a lot more visibility.

We still do not have enough information.

What the TIP report has done is institutionalized it. It is now part of the agenda because it is there.

when we bring this attention to the public, they become outraged, they get involved, and there is political support to take more dramatic action.

I take this time to urge my colleagues to find a way to proceed with the EXPIRE Act that Senator Wyden and Senator Hatch worked on. I am proud to be a member of the Senate Finance Committee, where this legislation was passed by a unanimous…

I want to follow up my first round of questioning in which we talked about the similarities between trafficking in wildlife and other forms of trafficking.

I do think there is a lot of private-sector interest in helping us in this regard.

as I think my colleagues know, this is National Police Week. I know I express the sentiment of every Member of this body who wishes to show their appreciation for the 900,000 Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers who literally…

this is a global matter that the Nigerians must handle, but they should seek help from the international community.

this is not about what we read in the paper, this is about getting the girls back safely.

These Nigerian girls were not in the wrong place at the wrong time, they were in the right place at the right time.

This is a matter of urgency globally, as I think has been expressed here.

we do not want the safety of these girls confused with the outrageous terrorist acts.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Improving Financial Management…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on Crime and…

We have to make the pediatric dental benefit as seamless as possible.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building…

CBO announced last month that, due to lower-than-expected premium rates, the Affordable Care Act will reduce the deficit another $104 billion over the next 10 years

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on May 13, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…