The Senator from New Hampshire is exactly right. It is in the United States' interest that we care about the Balkans, that we care about Bosnia and Herzegovina. We owe it to the U.S. troops who were deployed there in 1995 and later, who…

Senator Wicker has a keen interest in this, and we thank you for that.

this may be the most important hearing we will have all year.

I would commend to everyone's attention a simple straightforward bill that I have introduced called the Patient Focused Impact Assessment Act.

I think this is a very sensible approach.

It seems to me that if you have a 10-inch rise in sea level and more water pounding against the roadway, the sensible thing to do is exactly what Senator Whitehouse said, make your roadway a little higher and compensate for that perhaps…

Senator Carper, when I first joined the First Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1982, at the end of the service, we would all join hands and sing, There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I, too, would like to speak on this National Defense Authorization Act and observe that we just, I think, had a very important exchange between the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the Senator from Illinois. They…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Governing Through Goal Setting…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 2 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I rise in support of the national defense authorization bill and would point out to my colleagues that this is a piece of legislation which for half a century has enjoyed bipartisan support--during Republican administrations, Democratic…

it is my privilege to ask unanimous consent that Capt. Matthew T. Reeder, a U.S. Marine Corps national security fellow in Senator Ayotte's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

We want eligible people to participate, and we want to be able to prevent ineligible people.

There are 12 participants, and we have no idea how many are ineligible?

we are going to make a dash to the floor to make this cloture vote.

I harshly criticize the administration for not sending in a draft authorization over right when they started this legal action.

If you're not winning in this kind of warfare, you are losing. Stalemate is not success.

This appearance of success only enhances ISIL's ability to radicalize, recruit, and grow.

This is a group that conducts mass murder.

Is the President steadfast in having a goal that includes Mr. Assad being removed from power?