Kay Hagan

Mr. Reid, al Qaeda and affiliated violent extremist groups work hard to appeal to local populations.

Mr. Reid, once a 1206 program has provided equipment or training in response to an emerging threat, when should that security assistance be handed off to more traditional security assistance programs like FMF?

Despite a significant and concerted international effort which includes various U.S. agencies and the U.S. military, piracy in the northwestern Indian Ocean and the approaches to the vital sea lanes through the Gulf of Aden continues…

Somalia is a unique problem set as it is a failed state.

What would be the pros and cons of personnel contributions to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

I rise again today to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and on both sides of the Capitol to move beyond the unnecessary and distracting partisan bickering and come together to fund our government through the remainder of the…

Senator Hagan. Mr. Reid and Dr. Shear, during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 7, General Carter Ham, the Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), suggested that DOD needed to take a more regional…

I do think that community banks are crucial to the success of this economic recovery.

So many of these small businesses cannot get further extensions on some of their lines, and this is such a burden to many of these smaller communities.

We all come from States, many of us, with large urban centers, but obviously small rural centers, too, and our community banks play a huge role in both of those areas.

I rise today to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join together to prevent an irresponsible government shutdown. The American people did not elect us to shut down the government. Democrats and Republicans in both the House…

I, too, definitely agree that General Qadhafi needs to be removed from power.

It would seem that under such circumstances, if the family earned that median income, it would take them a great deal of time to save $34,000 to put toward a home.

What would the impact be on U.S. banks that hold mortgage-related securities relative to their competitors abroad, and would our banks be required to hold comparatively more capital?

I want to do everything possible to be sure we can detect as many and, obviously, prevent this ammonium nitrate as the base.

I think this is troubling, especially since communication needs to be a two-way street.

In my opinion, when Federal dollars are involved, there needs to be oversight.

I think that the cost of education is something that students are obviously concerned about.

I think that is important.

I think most people would be aghast to hear the unbelievable compensation figures that I have read today.

The application for the small business funds that we passed last September is still open for... small and independent community banks to file for that.

I am always looking for additional ways to help our returning soldiers, and my question is, do you have any insights on why this number might be so high versus the rest of the employment figures?

I also rise to speak for women and children across this country but especially in North Carolina. Prenatal and postnatal maternal care translates into healthy moms and healthy families. Children who receive regular well-child visits to…

We have also got to ensure that Federal contracting preferences designed to assist disadvantaged businesses are not subject to fraud and abuse.

I was very pleased with the bill that we passed, the Small Business Jobs bill with the Small Business Lending Fund.