Watson Coleman

I have seen the value of neighborhood preservation programs where you go into a neighborhood that is kind of declining, you have got nice homes and then you have got a few homes that are in real trouble, and you apply those resources to…

It is imperative that the Coast Guard holds these leaders accountable for retaliation and ensure survivors are made whole.

We agree that these employees are entitled to greater protections, greater dignity and respect for the work that they do.

They are confronted with all kinds of possible dangerous situations; but they show up, and their purpose is to keep us safe.

I think that, by and large, there is bipartisan support for what we are intending to accomplish on behalf of these front-line employees.

We ought to be willing to listen to those things and to incorporate those considerations as we move forward.

I strongly support this legislation. I co-sponsored it last Congress and look forward to having an opportunity to move it forward this Congress.

The best way to determine whether or not someone was being discriminated against was this pair testing.

What are the consequences of not getting someone to do the right thing?

Although I doubt that anyone would disagree with making sure that Federal firearms are secure, this hearing seems to me to be a bit of a red herring.

I really don't know where to begin here because the picture that seems to be painted from the discussion and from the questions and answers is that this is a dysfunctional organization with very little accountability and not very good…

I give him all due credit for being probably one of the smartest people in DHS, and he is the right guy to lead TSA.

Today, TSA lacks the senior leadership courage to make the necessary changes so that the agency can accomplish its mission.

It seems to me that the decision by the Governor's emergency manager was one of the worst actions in this entire debacle.

You know, the three States that have created a regulatory framework to allow licensed online gambling operators have already greatly reduced the risk of collusion of money laundering due to regulated sites.

I believe that if we look at this in a very realistic way, we will see that there is a half-full opportunity here to support the economic growth in the State of New Jersey and jobs.

All these pieces fit together. Again, there is no silver bullet at the end, but if we can come closer to addressing the full range of concerns, I think that would be positive. I think we already moved, with the leadership of the chairman…

If a mortgage was $150,000 and it was taken down to $100,000 by agreement, in the past that $50,000 was a taxable gain. I believe recently--again, this little piece--we took that building block and said: Hey, if you knock it down to…

I absolutely believe Americans should hear both sides. Absolutely. But I believe--strongly believe--the Government should not be in the position of deciding and dictating ``now here is the other side.'' In the world of communications…

Most of the fuel we consume, I think over 60 percent, is gasoline. But the issue is dependence. Our concern is not just about gas. It is about oil, oil dependence. So we push a little further on the large issue. I certainly agree with my…

Is there a sense that the Senator from Oklahoma has in terms of decisions that parents and others are making about the kind of life potential of those 97 percent that are not being discarded, that are being frozen for future attempts at…

I believe the Senator from Oklahoma earlier introduced a RAND study that talked about the number of embryos. I believe there are nearly 400,000 that may be in IVF clinics. Apparently, only 2.8 percent have the potential to be discarded. Is…

This amendment deals with veterans. Many States have first-time home-buy programs. They have tax-exempt programs that allow people of low income to get access to mortgages at low interest rates. By the wisdom of the Congress in 2006, the…

If you voted for the Conrad amendment before, if you believe in wind energy and biomass and renewables, then you should vote for my amendment. The argument of the Senator from North Dakota is this will never make it out of conference…