I hope you would concur with me that this should be one of Congress' highest priorities, to deal with this cyber-threat and develop our cyber-strategy.

General, I just hope what you said today and that analogy is a headline tomorrow, because we have to deal with this issue.

I think that also is a recruiting poster for them, if we do that. This cannot be a war between the West and Islam.

Interestingly, illegal immigration from Mexico has declined over the last several years, mostly because of improving economic conditions in Mexico.

This is a very important deal, one based on verification and sound science.

Economic development and jobs is what unites us in this body. That is what we all want. That is what everyone here is striving to achieve--jobs and opportunity for the people of this country. There are many factors that contribute to that…

I wanted to speak very briefly, because as Senator Manchin pointed out, I am the most junior person in the place. I want to say a couple of things about Carl Levin. As has been said here repeatedly, Carl is a man of immense intellect and…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute be agreed to, the Rockefeller-Thune substitute be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 490, S. 1353. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1353) to provide…

I probably have known Tom for the least length of time of anybody in this Chamber, and I want to offer some comments from the perspective of only 2 years and really more like a year and a half since we became friends and colleagues. I have…

I ask unanimous consent that James Reeve, a defense fellow in Senator Kaine's office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 113th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I also want to address the report that was released this morning by the Chair of the Intelligence Committee. I come at this in a slightly different way than some of my colleagues, because I came to this process late. I joined the…

Senator Kaine has spoken eloquently about events of today. I wish to speak for a few moments about events of 200- plus years ago. On Tuesday, August 17, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, the delegates debated the…

It is at the heart of our democracy and our system, and public confidence is so important.

I remember from the fifties we had the containment strategy of George Kennan, that really worked with the Soviet Union.

We cannot simply kill these people and call that the solution to the worldwide terrorism problem.

There shouldn't be any doubt in our mind that there are nation states and groups out there that have the capability to forestall our ability to operate our basic infrastructure.

ISIL has shown a pretty good capability with the Internet.

We've got to put out the fires, but we also have to be thinking long-term, it seems to me.

in my view, with the terrorist threat intelligence is the first line of defense.

I rise today to speak about ISIS--the threat, what we can do about it, and what we must do about it. Why are we having this debate? Why are we conducting airstrikes? This is a clear and present danger to the United States of America. This…

I believe, along with Senator Kaine, that stretching the AUMF from 2001 or 2002 to cover this situation renders the constitutional clause a nullity.

I am delighted to join my colleague from Nebraska to introduce what I think is an important and commonsense and workable bill that could be passed in the next several weeks, and I think there will be broad agreement across the political…

I rise to address the highway funding issue we are discussing today. Four or five years ago, Tom Brokaw wrote a book called ``The Greatest Generation.'' He was talking about the generation that sacrificed--I repeat sacrificed--on our…

Friday, July 25, marks the 40th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). In 1974, Congress--with bipartisan support, including that of President Nixon-- established LSC to be a major source of funding for civil legal aid in…