Thank you for your time. I want to thank both witnesses for being here.

Do you have a feel for it?

I would be surprised if there is anybody here in this room that hasn't at one time or another been subject to a telemarketing call.

Congress has been looking for ways to limit unsolicited telephone calls since 1991 when the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was passed.

OK. OK. I will probably ask the next panel the same question.

I guess the bottom line with this particular hearing is, should the FTC and the FCC be given enforcement powers or additional enforcement powers, or can this be solved through the private industry itself?

Madam Chairwoman, thank you.

I rise today to discuss S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. From the very beginning of this debate, I have said that our Nation needs immigration reform. I have also urged Senate leadership…

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside so I can call up amendment No. 1227. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The…

the debate we are having in this Chamber is incredibly important to our Nation's future. We simply cannot afford to waste this opportunity to bring meaningful reform to America's immigration system. We have a chance to enact commonsense…

as I said in my remarks this morning, I hope this commission is never required because if it is, it means the border still is not secure 5 years down the road. If that is the case, then the commission will need to be fully representative…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To include a representative from the Southwestern State of…

I can't think of an industry today that has more potential for growth than any other industry in America today: technology.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Barbara Vucanovich

Monday was a sad day for my home State of Nevada. This week we learned that Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich passed away in Reno just a few weeks after her 92nd birthday. As the first woman elected to represent Nevada in Congress, Barbara…

there is very little disagreement about the fact that America's immigration system is broken and in need of reform. For far too long, our immigration system has punished those who come to this country to pursue the American dream and play…

S.430 Veterans Small Business Opportunity and Protection Act of 2013

S.674 Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013

I appreciate the consideration given to all these measures and the time today to discuss them.

It is not unimpressive that over 50 percent of the servicemembers who are leaving the Armed Forces now are, in fact, enrolled in the VA.

To say that patience on this is thinning is probably an understatement.

It is no secret that the middle class is struggling, and what we are talking about today is on the mind of every American.

If you worked hard, you would succeed.

Unfortunately, Nevada has been ground zero of our economic collapse.

It is absolutely unacceptable that the unemployment rate around the country remains so high because these are not just numbers.