I am very disappointed that last night the Land and Water Conservation Fund expired, and so it has lapsed. I just offered a unanimous consent request to extend this fund for 60 days to make sure there was not a lapse in this important…

I come to the floor today to ask for an extension of a very important program to my State--the Land and Water Conservation Fund--and because of that I ask unanimous consent that the Energy and Natural Resources Committee be discharged from…

We've got to change this dynamic, because we've had the leaders of all of our military rightly come in here and testify about the impact of sequestration.

I have great respect for the senior Senator from Tennessee, but I disagree with him on his objection to extending the Perkins Loan Program for 1 year. This is why I disagree. I very much appreciate the work he has laid out and the goals he…

I thank the Senator from Montana for his incredible support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. I love the picture showing the Senator from Montana and his wife because, just like Montana, in my home State of New Hampshire, there are…

I hear from employers directly, many of them in the manufacturing field, that they have many unfilled positions.

We should change that, absolutely.

Senator Kaine and I actually have a bill... that would allow you the flexibility, if you need your Pell grant, to take a short-term skills program.

I rise today and join my colleagues, and I wish to thank Senator Baldwin from Wisconsin for the speech that she gave and for her leadership--as well as yours, Mr. President--on the resolution to extend the Federal Perkins Loan Program…

These are very technical jobs. They require obviously an understanding of how to use computers.

I also like this idea--you mentioned it--of skin in the game for the colleges and universities.

The Commission has no jurisdiction over pipeline safety or security, but actively works with other agencies on safety and security responsibility.