They are one of the few things we can do around here that is permanent, as permanent as anything can be.

One of the realities here is that none of us can really predict where the technology will go.

I rise in support of this amendment and in support of the United States finally joining the civilized nations of the world in providing for family leave for our citizens. I know this amendment doesn't go as far as some would like, but I…

I rise to support this amendment. This simply simplifies the repayment options for students under the present student loan program, which is, frankly, very confusing--up to nine different programs with confusing names and confusing terms…

I would ask Senator Barrasso to come to Maine and tell the people of Maine the virtues of higher oil prices.

It could very shortly turn into a true disruptive technology.

The only thing we can say for sure about any of our predictions is that they will be wrong.

In my experience having good data is what drives good policy, and if people can share an understanding of the data they can generally get to the policy conclusions without that much difficulty.

Lower oil prices... comes to $770 for every man, woman and child in the state.

I join the senior Senator from Maine in congratulating Job Corps on 50 years of service to our country's youth. Across the Nation, Job Corps provides training and career skills to economically disadvantaged young adults, helping them…

It seems to me, Mr. Chairman, this has been brilliant, and what we need to be thinking about is a broad strategy to deal with a very rapidly changing circumstance similar to the containment strategy but a different strategy.

I rise to urge my colleagues to support the Burr-King amendment No. 622, which creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce overlapping student loan repayment programs. The student repayment system is a mess right now. There are nine…

They have to decide that ISIS is a bigger threat to them than the loss of Assad.

Abadi is the key right now.

It seems to me that what we are seeing--you mentioned the phrase, 'I've seen this movie before.' And we have seen this movie, the whole movie before.

I certainly hope we'll use our influence to the maximum, because if that doesn't--if that inclusion doesn't happen, then this whole enterprise is for naught.

It took 40 years but it succeeded.

We keep just trying to slap a band-aid on the problem and hope it goes away.

It appears that these recent moves, they've simply said, 'We're going to shore up Assad, no matter what.'

The opposition will never push Assad out as long as Russia and Iran are all-in.

Abraham Lincoln once said if he was given an hour to split a cord of wood, he would spend the first 15 minutes sharpening his axe.

We cannot allow Europe to continue to create these problems for the world and for us.

We had a little matter of a civil war here.

Perhaps there's a way to assure that without necessarily guaranteeing the presence of Assad.

It seems to me time of day pricing is something that we ought to be thinking about.