I think they are spending about $1.4 billion on that effort.

I understand Senator Toomey has objected to my unanimous consent request, but I do think it is important to point out that in fact the amendment he has proposed would essentially undermine the program. That is why I say that is not an…

I thank my colleague from Oregon for pointing out the fact that people who want to hold up legislation that has broad bipartisan support are supposed to make themselves publicly known. It took us months to figure out who was actually…

Reserving the right to object to the modification, let me point out that Senator Toomey's objection to this bill is not only wrong, it is inconsistent. The Senator is not objecting to Senator Risch's bill, S. 552, which is also being…

I come to the floor this afternoon to ask the Senate to take up and pass two bipartisan no-cost bills that will help small businesses with one of their most urgent needs; that is, access to credit. Specifically, I am referring to Senator…

The support for this bill is so broad, as indicated by this chart and as indicated by these letters, because the need is so great. There is no reason we shouldn't take up and pass this bill. It has been approved by the committee--the small…

It is always a woman who is spearheading and leading the delegation.

I wonder if you could talk a little bit about the role of women in Tunisia and compare that to, say, Morocco and Algeria, and what we can do to support a positive role for women in those societies.

Is there a reason why those societies have served as fertile recruiting grounds?

When you talk about 'there are lots of reasons,' how do we determine what those reasons are?

Clearly, Russian propaganda has become a strategic export, designed to promote the agenda of Vladimir Putin abroad.

There is extraordinary distrust from top-down information.