We want to protect the environment for future generations, that is the responsibility.

My point to you is, there is a reason why we want cost-benefit analysis, there is a reason why we want to be able to understand the impact.

I just really want you once again just to assure this Committee that in implementing the laws that Congress has passed, we passed the laws, we passed the Clean Water Act, we passed the Clean Air Act, we did that because we thought we had a…

I would like to address the current situation in Ukraine, an important country in the heart of Europe, a bellweather for democratic development in the region, and the current Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE. Let me first welcome the release…

the most important stakeholders, as Chairman Baucus has pointed out, are taxpayers in this country and the families that depend upon the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program.

I do not think we intended that families would not have coverage.

It is very difficult for them to travel; many of them do not have automobiles.

Senator Inhofe's amendment will cut money from the Environmental Protection Agency that has already gone through, I think, three rounds of cuts from sequestration, and then prevents it from carrying out its mission to regulate our…

we have two amendments that are going to be considered, one I am offering, one Senator Inhofe is offering. Senator Inhofe's amendment is a rather extreme amendment. It cuts the funds to the Environmental Protection Agency and basically…

this amendment would set up a deficit- neutral reserve fund. I ask unanimous consent that Senator Heinrich be added as a cosponsor of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

let me point out that the framework that is set up to protect our health has to be based upon best science, it has to protect low-income and middle-income families, and it has to be done in a cost-effective way. That should be our mission…

It would improve the oral health care for our children who are Medicaid-eligible. We still have major problems. The majority of our children who are Medicaid-eligible have untreated tooth decay, which affects their general health. Let me…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

Let me last point out, in an effort to make sure that no small businesses are disadvantaged, there is a small business sales exemption of up to $1 million, so we are not talking about very small sales. We are talking about a great deal of…

Let me thank my friend from Delaware, Senator Coons. The Senator is exactly right, as he talks about balance. Senator Murray is absolutely right about the balance we have and the budget which has come out of the Budget Committee. Yesterday…

let me first thank Senator Enzi and Senator Durbin for bringing forward this amendment. I agree with Senator Alexander for his comment as it relates to this bill. Let me talk about one of the objectives we want to see in taxes. We talk…

Senator Rubio and I have met in order to plan a mutual agenda for the subcommittee during this Congress.

History has shown that there simply is no substitute for transparent, accountable, and responsive government.

We both thought that starting with the Rebalanced to Asia policy was the right way for the subcommittee to get the background we need in order to carry out the very important work of the subcommittee.

I want to thank Senator Menendez, the chairman of the committee, for his cooperation as the subcommittee is starting its important responsibilities here in the 113th Congress.

If we are successful in dealing with that threat, and I expect that we will be, long-term stability depends upon North Korea changing its political system to respect the human rights of its citizens.

the military runs and operates their businesses, and that is not a good situation either.

I am worried that the administration has moved rather quickly in removing its sources of leverage, lifting sanctions well before national elections or a constitutional amendment that would reduce the role of the military or enable Aung San…

I simply think that engagement without consequences for rights abuses is not very effective.

The gender equity issues have been a very high priority of the Obama administration and will be a very high priority of this committee.