Congress has never seen a legitimate problem that needs to be dealt with, an opportunity to overreact.

I think one thing that--when we discussed this with the breach, I think one thing that the credit reporting agencies need to demonstrate is that they do not make their problem the consumer's problem.

Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate the opportunity to speak today. Like last week, I didn't plan on speaking on this subject, so my staff is probably wondering once again what their boss is going to say. But I was thinking that maybe…

I was presiding when the colloquy started with my colleagues here to talk about tax reform. I had not intended to speak today, and I am sure my staffers are scrambling, wondering what the boss will say. I want to weigh in with this…

I believe the President has a real commitment to veterans in accelerating some things and frankly did not move as quickly as I would have liked for them to have in the past couple of years.

It is time for Congress to give you more tools so that you can provide more veterans with care.

Shame on any Member of Congress who advocates for moving something up ahead of line where the data does not say it is the best way to provide care to the communities that need it.

the SEC and our regulatory regime has made it less attractive for medium-sized companies, companies that are in their growth phase, to enter the public markets.

I am glad that we framed this as really a response to disaster.

It raises a question about how well we track evacuees through the life cycle.

I think one of the reasons that we have a challenge with evacuating seniors is they just have a fear of the unknown.

we really have to get Congress to be more aware of how our actions or inactions are a root cause to some of these problems.

I think, sooner or later, we've got to start demonstrating that some of--Admiral Richardson's always here to say he's going to get the job done, but, at some point, because that balloon bursts, you simply can't get the job done.

Secretary Spencer, does Congress need to help you and the other military services by reevaluating DOPMA and other related personnel laws in order to ensure our officers are managed in a way that allows them to focus on warfighting and gain…

I would like to express my support for the ongoing deliberative process to address the very valid concerns raised with sections 881 and 886 of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Earlier today, I filed an amendment…

I am honored to represent over half of all U.S. Special Forces. I would like to address the topic of working to close a growing gap in understanding, assessment, and prediction between traditional and nontraditional strategies for human…

I cannot imagine any reasonable Member in Congress seriously considering cutting the State Department budget.

So the President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel. We would just want to make sure that it had merit and had that back in the judicial process. And if there is a termination, we just want to make sure through judicial…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and…

I ask unanimous consent that the time until 8:30 p.m. be equally divided between the managers or their designees and that at 8:30 p.m., the Senate vote in relation to the Schumer or designee motion to commit, which is at the desk, followed…

If you really do want to help the little guy, you better stop passing the regulatory costs down to them by adding a regulatory burden.

I have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I think the key here is so that when we move forward on things that I happen to agree with as a matter of policy, that we provide sustainable, predictable funding, so that a crisis does not emerge, which causes us to make some sort of…

I think that is critically important. The therapeutic value of that alone means that we have to maintain that full circle of care and visibility, and I think most of the Members here get it.

I want to make absolutely certain we were talking about that with the veterans treatment court that we are doing it in a way that pays for itself, not at the expense of something else that you all have fundamentally supported.