Kelly Ayotte

One thing that I think--obviously what brought us to this position where the guidelines were issued, there were a number of Treasury IG reports that were appalling.

I do not have a sense of how much that actually happens.

It seems to me that I see the value in a participant survey, but I think that we need to go beyond that.

Can you give me a sense of how much that is happening now?

How do we ensure that we have a permanent change in this culture of responsibility?

I thank my colleague from Indiana. As he said, I, as did my colleague from Indiana and my colleague from Ohio, moved to allow this bill to go forward for debate. I thought it was important that we have a debate on obviously the situation…

I come to the floor to talk about an amendment I will seek to offer on the pending bill, amendment No. 2603. We all sympathize with those who are struggling to find work in a difficult economy, and I want to see people get back to work…

I hope in your new position you will take very seriously that this investigation... should not be swept under the rug.

I thank my colleague from South Carolina. I picked up an editorial this morning from the Washington Post that calls the cuts to the cost-of-living adjustments to military retirees minuscule and demeans this criticism. It calls the cuts…

I could not agree with the Senator from South Carolina more. I heard the chairman of the Budget Committee say the fact that disabled veterans are included in this, those who have had a medical retirement--we have talked about them; we have…

Of all the people who deserve our effort, doesn't the Senator think we could stay here as long as we need to before the holidays--a little bit of inconvenience for us--to fix this? Because one thing I see from this is we are saying to our…

I thank the Senator from South Carolina for his leadership on this important issue. What I want to ask the Senator is this. Some have come to this floor and said: Pass this budget agreement, and we will fix this later. Does the Senator…

I come to the floor today to talk about an issue about which I am deeply concerned. While I certainly appreciate the work done by Congressman Ryan and Senator Murray on the recent budget agreement, in my view there is a provision in this…

I was very pleased last month that DOD, NTIA, and the FCC announced an agreement to get the 1755 to 1780 megahertz band ready for auction.

We think we are unique, but we----don't want a separate New Hampshire band.

I think that we ought to encourage the agency not to be shy.

I think it sat around here for a long time. We all knew that it needed to be done, and there wasn't the impetus to move it forward.

I want to thank you all. I know my time is up, but I just have to thank Mr. Berry for mentioning my legislation on the reform of the Universal Service Fund in his written testimony.

I applaud Chairman Wheeler for taking a step back and saying, you know, we are going to do this right.

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania Senator Casey for his leadership on amendment No. 2172, which is very important. I appreciate what he just said on the floor--the cases of the bravery of Afghan women, the leadership they have shown…

Would the Senator yield for a comment? Looking at the facts, the evidence we have reflects that commanders are bringing more cases, are pursuing more cases than those recommended by their JAGs in sexual assault cases. We received a letter…

So under the situation where the Senator says we have commanders who aren't going to ignore what is brought before them in an investigation from their JAG lawyers, particularly on a sexual assault, let's assume they did do that. Even…

I rise today to talk about a very important issue I spoke about on the floor yesterday; that is, eliminating sexual assaults in our military, making sure victims are supported, that they get the support they need. Yesterday on the floor I…

I rise in support of amendment No. 2255. Let me just say what we cannot afford. What we cannot afford is to read terrorists Miranda rights and tell them they have the right to remain silent. Why can't we afford that? Because if we lose the…

I would agree with Ranking Member Inhofe, and I want to thank him for his leadership. Absolutely, these are not common criminals. These are not people who have robbed a bank. These are people who have attacked our country and who seek to…