I have an amendment at the desk, No. 771, offered on behalf of myself and Senator King, and I would ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to laying aside the pending amendment?

I rise today to discuss a serious problem confronting the American traveling public and our economy, and later today I will be introducing a bill to remedy this problem. I am very pleased to be joined by several of my Senate colleagues as…

let me express my frustration and dismay over the objection that has been lodged against considering a very reasonable amendment to this bill. This is a bipartisan amendment. It is offered by the Independent Senator from Maine, Mr. King…

In many ways, Alzheimer's has become the defining disease of my generation.

It really is a win-win for the Navy and for the taxpayers as well.

I could not help but be struck by Ashley's poignant comment when she said her father is having a hard time remembering her name.

Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family.

What we are going to hear is the question, can it be spent wisely? If the current funding level is around $470 million, that is a huge leap, and we do not have--we cannot waste a single dollar nowadays.

When I look at the research levels, it seems to me that there are two areas that are really underfunded, and diabetes is one and Alzheimer's is another, when you look at the costs that they are imposing on Federal health care programs, not…

Is there a neurological reason why music can have such a powerful effect on a patient with dementia?

We risk throwing away significant savings on the order of hundreds of millions of dollars.

A strong and sustained research effort is our best tool to slow the progression and ultimately prevent the onset of this disease.

And, fortunately, and in part due to the investments that we have made in research for those diseases, we do have some treatments, means of delaying the onset, even in some cases cures, and that is what is so troubling on the Alzheimer's…

I completely commend the President for increasing Alzheimer's research by $100 million in his budget and paying attention to the caregiver side, as well.

If nothing is done to stop or slow this disease, Alzheimer's will cost the United States an astonishing $20 trillion over the next 40 years.

I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you have called this very important hearing to examine the enormous toll that Alzheimer's disease is taking on our nation and to assess the progress since the enactment of the National Alzheimer's…

Section 231 of title 10, United States Code, requires the Secretary of Defense to provide the Annual Naval Vessel Construction Plan.

I am hoping for everyone here, for all of us, that there are some promising developments or good news on the horizon.

Well, it is also why we should not be cutting home health care, because that can help people stay in their homes and avoid far more expensive institutional care, as well.

I have worn this purple suit for many years during the annual day that the Alzheimer's advocates come to town, and I fear I am going to have to keep it around for many, many more years and I would like us to get a cure so that I can retire…

I just want to thank Ashley for her very moving and compelling testimony.

There can be no excuse for excessive or wasteful spending of VA resources.

So for the small airports, overall, there's an estimated decrease of $121 million from fiscal year 2013.

I want to recognize your very strong leadership on the contract tower issue.

I am pleased that the FDA issued the final guidance in November 2012 for the development of artificial pancreas systems.