Unfortunately, that vote failed, as I understand, 58-38.

If we create new cross-functional teams, what parts of the Pentagon bureaucracy should be eliminated?

I would agree with that description.

I rise today to say to my colleagues who are here that I hope that we can stop the politics and really focus on a result that will make a difference for the American people. All of our hearts were broken across this country as we woke up…

I would like us, as a Congress, to come together and declare this for what it is.

We're also facing a heroin epidemic.

I know your initial testimony about the important work that the Coast Guard is doing on drug interdiction and disrupting transnational drug networks.

I was proud to be a lead sponsor of, in March, called the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, so dealing with both sides.

I come to the Senate floor to talk about an issue I have worked on for a number of years and something I feel very strongly about; that is, our detention and interrogation policy. Since this administration has gotten into office, based on…

I wanted to follow up, one of the amendments I had on the FAST Act was focused on additional steps for NHTSA to take to support states and emphasizing the public dangers of drug-impaired driving.

Thank you for that, for the I-93 improvement project.

I wanted to follow up, too, there have been health and safety concerns that have been raised related to the flammability standards for children's car seats.

I'm sure states would like to have a Sherpa. That would be great.

the program is only as good as the information we have, in terms of how this vetting happens.

first of all, we have 10 GAO reports that have found this to be duplicative and wasteful. For some reason, there is a special office for catfish but no other fish species. The USDA normally inspects meat and poultry, not fish, so to waste…

I think it is really important for this Committee to understand whether any of the individuals that we know were involved in Paris--that have been identified in Brussels--were they on the 'terrorist watchlist?'

So, this is a really important question. And, the reason I think it is a really important question is that we are only as good as the information that we have.

I rise today in support of what, frankly, is an egregious example of why folks get very frustrated with Washington and what happens here; that is, what has been described as one of Washington's most wasteful programs--the duplicative USDA…

we should have that already shored up and resolved and make sure there's a clear contract

Well, this sounds to me like an important congressional oversight function, given the security functions of that site and what we need to do.

I rise today in recognition of National Police Week to honor and thank the men and women in uniform, law enforcement officers in our great State of New Hampshire who do a phenomenal job every single day keeping us safe. When I worked as…

I am not sure what could be worse than a blackout where we are handing people a sandwich and a bottle of water and giving them a map.

I serve on the Armed Services Committee, and we have Iran testing ballistic missiles right now. We have North Korea testing ballistic missiles.

I just think as we look at the big picture, these are tools that we need to look at.

MEP funding should be increased to $260 million annually and the program authorized through 2020.