I think it is very important for that purpose.

I am not against money laundering--I think it is a bad thing.

before the chairman leaves the Chamber, I wish to thank him for his leadership as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He has done an extraordinary job of bringing people together to really come up with a solution to this problem. This is…

I hope that if--the report takes as long as a report takes, but I hope that we have other information that is instructive to Congress so that, to the extent that regulatory or legislative action is required, we are able to move more…

when we pursue tax reform, invariably those impacted will voice concerns along the way. I know this from experience, having done tax reform in North Carolina. Everyone was for tax reform until it came to protecting their individualized…

I congratulate Andrew Murray on his investiture as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Andrew graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor of science in political…

Thank you for your service to our veterans and our men and women in uniform.

Senator Blumenthal and I and others on the Veterans' Affairs Committee are worried about PTS and TBI.

Can you give me an idea of the cost, the timing of the tests, and where these tests can be administered?

I want to thank all of the panelists from the first and second panel for being here.

I think this has been a very informative hearing, and it is one that we need to focus a lot of attention on.

When is the test administered? After somebody has experienced an injury that you are testing for? Or is it something that you do on a recurring basis to a larger population?

I think that holistic approach is probably going to produce the best result.

Is this a sort of test that could be reliably administered in a battlefield situation?

the tax cuts we passed last week--whether they are in North Carolina or North Dakota, working families are going to benefit from them. Over the course of the next days and weeks that we negotiate with the House on a final package that will…

I want to thank Chairman Grassley for his leadership on this issue and for his willingness to sit down and talk to a diverse group of people who think we have a problem that we should solve and that we must solve. Senator Grassley just did…

I just want to thank you and your staff for your willingness to hear a bipartisan, commonsense, regulatory reform idea.

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the Presiding Officer for his comments just before mine, and thank him for presiding so that I can step down and speak briefly. I wasn't sure if I was going to speak. I don't have any notes. But I was…

the two things that really combined creates a great economic activity were tax reform and regulatory reform.

I thank the Senator from Georgia and my colleague from Colorado for their comments--and the future comments of some of my colleagues who are in the class of 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk a little bit about facts and fiction…

I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Bradbury nomination?

I appreciate the kind words of Senator Hoeven and his affinity toward veterans. I am here to talk about our veterans as well. I come at it from three different perceptions. I chair the Military Personnel Subcommittee in the Senate Armed…

I fully associate myself with the comments just made by the Senator from the great State of Alaska. We have to get to work here.

today I wish to recognize Robert Higdon, Jr., and congratulate him on his appointment as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Bobby earned both his law degree and undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University…

while Senator Enzi is on the floor, I want to thank him for his leadership in the Budget Committee and taking us through this very important vote today. I want to talk a little bit in terms that maybe people can understand what is going on…