Kelly Ayotte

Something has to change. We all have to be focused, and I hope that this election provides us with an opportunity.

We look at compromise as a positive attribute for our leaders.

I come to the floor to talk about an amendment I have to the Defense authorization legislation. Americans who volunteer to defend our country deserve our utmost support and great credit for their uniquely honorable, difficult, and…

It just strikes me as such a common-sense step that even if you did not have an Executive Order that this would be something that would be a valuable tool in terms of trying to tackle the properties that are underutilized and obviously…

on behalf of Senator Kirk, I withdraw amendment No. 1986. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. cloture motion Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for amendment No…

on behalf of Senator Kirk, I send an amendment to the desk to the text proposed to be stricken by amendment No. 1463. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Hampshire [Ms…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1986 (Purpose: To reauthorize and reform the Export-Import Bank of the United States)

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to talk about an important amendment that was offered by Senator Kirk, which I cosponsor, and that is the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. I can tell you that in my home State of New…

I rise to speak about an amendment-- amendment No. 1628--to the Defense Authorization Act. This is an amendment I have submitted with Senator Peters, and it has strong bipartisan support. This is about the threat of tunnels--tunnels used…

I would like a commitment from you that as you engage with the employees in the organization... you will fully support them.

you let us know and that we make sure that a fix like that that is so obvious and so immediate

September 11, 2001 was all about connection and communication.

It takes a lot of courage to speak out, and it takes a lot of courage to go outside your organization to do it.

I think that is a priority.

I think all of us are quite shocked by this in terms of just basic common sense...

I think that is part of our function here as well.

And finally, I hope that any time the IRS knows that someone's information is being misused, that they will notify them and that will be something that is adopted for all taxpayers.

Not to have to deal with it. Who wants to deal with the IRS, right?

Right, because once you've been victimized once--I have to say, my uncle was a victim of tax-related fraud too, and he wasn't just victimized once. It was twice.

This issue of the pilot, you notified 25,000 taxpayers when you learned that their Social Security number may have been misused.

Taxpayers need to know and be comfortable that they're going to get treated fairly no matter who they are and no matter what political party they belong to.

Just so we're clear, when we're talking about filters, or we're talking about how do we stop up-front...

I'm starting to feel New Hampshire is a hotbed, unfortunately.

I have legislation filed on that piece, and I think we'll save billions of dollars if we take the step that TIGTA has recommended on that.

I think it can also help you understand what you need to do to protect yourself, too.