However, when compared to the last budget submission, this request reduces ship procurement from 57 to 41 ships.

Our men and women in uniform deserve opportunities for high-quality medical care.

It's a very impressive report and we congratulate you on the initiative and also the leadership in all of our healthcare centers throughout the armed services.

Let me ask about a program that is designed to help ensure a broader base of financial support to research institutions.

I do want to congratulate our panel for the leadership you're providing for our Armed Forces.

I am concerned about the elimination of the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.

I'm asking, what do we need to do, use different wording, put a star by the provision in the bill that these are funds that are intended to be used.

We cannot support is taking that money off the shores of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

I would hope that you could give this your personal attention to be sure that the obvious intent of the rules and the laws are fairly applied particularly in an area that is a very popular area for job creation activity and business…

I strongly disagree with the policies of this administration.

That money cannot leave the gulf coast.

In DeSoto County, Mississippi, which is our northernmost county in the State, and adjoins the State of Tennessee...

I am pleased to rise in the Senate today to congratulate Eli Manning and the New York Giants football team for their great victory in the National Football League championship game. As most Senators probably know, Eli is a graduate of the…

I am pleased to join the leader and other Senators on both sides of the aisle as we congratulate Alan Frumin on his impressive service as our Parliamentarian which was characterized by the dutiful and trustworthy performance of his duties…

I rise in support of both the omnibus appropriations bill and the bill to provide funds for disaster relief. They have been approved by the other body by overwhelming, bipartisan votes. I urge the Senate to approve these bills. They fully…

let me say I am pleased to join the chairman of the committee, the distinguished Senator from Hawaii, in urging approval of the Omnibus appropriations bill as well as the bill to provide funds for disaster relief. These bills fully comply…

this conference report contains agreements between the House and Senate on three appropriations bills. These bills support a wide range of important Federal Government activities. It also includes an extension of the continuing resolution…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result…

I think they have added to our understanding of some of the challenges we face in putting reality into the mix.

I just think it is something that needs to be known.

These provisions included in the ACA were originally in the Congenital Heart Futures Act (H.R. 1570/S.621, 111th Congress), which garnered bipartisan support in both the House and Senate and was championed by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL)…

today, the Senate mourns the death of the former United States Senator of the State of Oregon, Mark Odom Hatfield. He was elected to the Senate in 1966, and served for 30 years until his retirement. The U.S. Senate lost one of its most…

I am pleased to commend Dave Johnson for 23 years of service to the Federal Government. I am very grateful for his effective and dedicated leadership as chief counsel of the Senate Agriculture Committee during the time I served as chairman…

We applaud Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker for their leadership on this important piece of legislation.

I think all of that has gotten sorted out, and there is not as much suspicion now as there used to be with Federal money coming into the State.