I think it is being politicized for the hedge funds, the bottom feeders who bought cheap and now want to maximize their profits.

I hope we can prick the conscience of the Senate to move on this issue, Mr. Chairman, because this is really consequential to millions of people.

I just have a real fierce sense of urgency, and I cannot, you know, elaborate on that enough to drive that point home.

But even those most basic standards were struck down by a Federal appeals court in 2014, which ruled that the IRS did not have the statutory authority to regulate those paid preparers.

3.5 million American citizens, and I underline that, American citizens who have fought in our armed forces in just about every conflict this country has had for the last century.

This legislation was also an implicit recognition from the administration that strategic patience has failed and it was time for a new policy of strength.

The idea is simple: make sure that those who are handling sensitive financial information and filing returns on behalf of taxpayers have some training and actually know what they are doing.

We need to hold firm on some of the core principles: the restoration, ultimately, of Ukraine's national sovereignty.

We need to keep Crimea, quote, 'in the back of our minds,' and the key to dealing with Russia was getting the NATO piece right.

It is the nature of the accommodation that is very important.

They are seeking to divide the union, using NGO monies, energy as a form of blackmail.

I come before the Senate to express my enthusiastic recommendation for John Michael Vazquez's nomination and confirmation to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, which the Senate will be voting upon shortly. Mr…