I am also concerned that the Department has failed to publish a draft regulation to require a comprehensive oil spill response plan from the railroads.

Passenger rail is critical to our overall national transportation strategy, and fixing our network and investing in state of good repair I think is essential to reducing congestion, improving efficiency, and to connecting towns across…

I also want to associate myself with the comments of the Senator from Arkansas about slow payment to physicians and hospitals. This is a problem in my State as well.

I really think this is something that should be finalized and should not have taken 6 years and still be pending.

There may be some sort of middle ground here because in the case I gave you where the facility is not even a CBOC, it is a mobile unit that is open only 2 days a week, it just does not seem like a reasonable interpretation.

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my colleague from Maine. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. JOB CORPS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

I rise to introduce a bill that would prohibit the IRS from the targeting any U.S. citizens for exercising their constitutional rights under the First Amendment. The history of the IRS offers abundant examples of the Agency trampling on…

I am pleased to join Senator King in recognizing the Job Corps program on its 50th anniversary. Job Corps helps at-risk young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training. On August…

I wish to speak in support of the Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act, which I have introduced with my colleague Senator Cantwell. Few issues are as important to the American people as the availability of good jobs in our communities…

I believe, just as you believe, that there are two solutions to this problem, consumer education and putting them in jail.

Let no one think there is a dime's worth of difference between the Chairman of this Committee and the Ranking Member about the refusal of agencies of this government to participate in oversight hearings.

I know her. This does not mean she will go away, and by the way, I have got her back. I will not go away, so let the word go out that it is a bad idea to avoid a hearing in the Aging Committee.

Today, our Committee continues its fight against the fraudsters, swindlers, and con artists that plague America's seniors.

I offer this amendment on behalf of myself and Senator Hirono. Our amendment would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand access to higher education for some of our neediest students through the Pell grant program. The amendment…

there will be very little time later today when we start voting for there to be full explanations of any of these amendments, which I think is very unfortunate. I do want to let my colleagues know about some of these amendments, and I am…

I want to thank my colleague and friend from Illinois for his comments. I happened to catch his speech yesterday. There was a sea of purple at our hearing--purple representing the Alzheimer's cause. I hope one day purple will represent…

I am happy to withhold the request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii. Amendments Nos. 877 and 878 En Bloc

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up my amendments Nos. 346, 425, 426, 427, 442, and 810 en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments are called up…

the fact of the matter is that if you like sequester the House budget cuts below sequester on discretionary nondefense spending by nearly $300 billion.

A lot of that stuff is pretty disgraceful on the merits.

I commend Senators Collins and Klobuchar for introducing the resolution to double the funding for Alzheimer's disease research.

This figure pales in comparison to what we spend on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular disease.

We have it within our capacity here in this country to make that difference, and I want to be a part of it, not just for her but for the future Tylers in this country.

Do you know how many tax loopholes either the Senate Republican budget or the House Republican budget closed to address the deficit or closed to address national security or closed to address medical research? Zero.

I do not believe in big government. I believe in good government, and I know that what is happening in this Committee is going to change the face of the Alzheimer's community.