How in the hell do we expect them to perform at the highest level of quality and execution, when it's, in fact, our regulations that stand in the way of doing it?

I thank Senator Daines and my colleagues who have come to the floor and spoken. It was my intention to come and ask unanimous consent for the Senate to consider a 60-day extension of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in terms of its…

I wish I could hold Secretary Mabus in the same regard that you do, but if there has been an epiphany that has happened lately as it relates to his concern over whether the appropriate documents were available, and many cases they have…

Congress must ensure VA health and benefits policy is based on fact, not conjecture or emotion.

VA should operate as an occupational health care system that researches and diagnoses and treats maladies.

the Secretary has already decided that he is going to create a presumption regarding three of those.

we are here today to engage in an honest and open debate about the nuclear agreement that the administration has brokered with Iran. Let me at this point commend Chairman Corker for the way he and his committee have handled a very…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``JCPOA: Non-Proliferations, Inspections, and Nuclear…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``A Way Back…

I am pleased to yield for a question. Mr. McCAIN. In light of recent events that have dominated the news, including the breach of millions of Americans' privileged information, which could be used in ways to harm them, do you think it is a…

I thank the Senator for the question, and I think he knows the answer. We should dispose of this. The easiest way, as I shared earlier, is that if we get on this bill and we process amendments, if we really wanted to, we could finish…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committtee on finance