We expect at the end of the day these projects will move forward.

The Army Corps must move quickly to finalize the Great Lakes-Mississippi River Inter-Basin Study.

last week the Senate passed legislation that had already been approved in the House that extended the debt ceiling until late this summer. It was the right thing to do. It was the right thing to extend the debt ceiling of our Nation…

Keeping our port open and the channels dredged is essential not just for Maryland, but for the Nation.

We are not going to be as competitive as we need to be.

The economic impact of the work that we are doing here is clear: this is jobs, jobs.

The high quality jobs associated with maintaining and building our infrastructure makes reauthorizing WRDA all the more important.

The urgency here is clear.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today to discuss the importance of America's ports and the work the Corps does to maintain the economic viability of our ports.

We need the projects to maintain the dredging capacities for this to work.

I appreciate and share his interest in reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act and I am grateful that the two of you are not wasting any time in getting back to work on the 2013 WRDA bill.

Where is the fairness here? The moneys are there.

We have to get it done. We have to get this to where it needs to be done.

We have to do a better job.

There is a sense of urgency here.

I would like to join with Senator Menendez and Senator Corker in urging our colleagues to promptly confirm Senator Kerry as our next Secretary of State. It is a great honor to serve in the Senate. It is a great privilege and honor to…

I ask unanimous consent that the period of morning business be extended until 6:30 p.m. today, and that all provisions of the previous order remain in effect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

first, let me compliment Senator Harkin for his incredible leadership in bringing to the attention of this body something I think everyone understands; that is, with the procedures of the Senate and the way it is operating today, there is…

Could I inquire because I want to use the two Senators as the example. They did that on the Defense Authorization Act. They were able to get the bill to the floor. They started on the bill, had a little rough start, but started on the bill…

A long time. Certainly, I have not been in the Senate since that happened. But I do think now we have a better opportunity. If our committee could mark up a Defense authorization bill--and maybe it would take a week or two. Maybe we would…

I certainly agree with my friend from Arizona. They may not have understood what caused the problems, but when they see the type of gridlock where the Senate can't take up amendments for 1 week or can't take up a bill for 2 weeks or…

today I am proud to introduce the Justice Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act. The elementary school that Justice Marshall attended, known as PS 103, located in my hometown of Baltimore, is a place of national significance…

I believe the world is safer today because America is better understood around the world.

Benghazi was a tragedy. We have all acknowledged that, the loss of American life.

I thank Senator Udall for taking the time and for his commitment to this institution so that it operates correctly. I thank Senator Merkley for his leadership. I agree with both Senators. If you are going to engage in extraordinary action…