Jack Reed

The Military Lending Act has been recently strengthened by the Department of Defense with new regulations to close loopholes and to prevent unscrupulous lenders from preying upon servicemembers, men and women.

I assume you are familiar with the Military Lending Act, so if a servicemember would prefer to go to court to enforce his or her rights, instead of being forced into arbitration, do you think that servicemember's choice should be protected?

Do you think the European Union is a foe of the United States?

So none of this good news we are talking about today is a result of this tax bill, it is too early?

The issue of wages has been discussed by several of my colleagues and yourself.

I think they rise to the level that not only questions his support of our basic -- his basic responsibilities to preserve, protect, to defend the constitution and the United States, but, again, I think the issue here is how do we move…

I think, in effect, he has done that today. That long discussion privately with Putin, who knows what has been said and what inadvertently might have been leaked that reveals our source, our methods or information that we don't want Putin…

What was heard was someone who is making indefensible statements, in my view, completely undercutting his intelligence services and supporting Putin, who has his whole career has been undercutting democracy.

It was unprecedented and outrageous. So, the President of the United States on foreign soil standing next to a Russian autocrat, undercutting his own intelligence service, the men and women who risk their lives to protect this nation, and…

Cybersecurity is something that is not a passing fancy.

Mandatory disclosure requirements were previously shown to incentivize firms to adopt better cybersecurity measures.

I fear that months, weeks, years from now, there is going to be a cyber disaster, and we are all going to look back and say, 'Gee, if only we had done something.' Now is the chance to do it.

This Act is bipartisan. Senator Collins, Senator McCain, Senator Warner, this is something that is absolutely critical.

Cyber is the number one threat to the U.S. Transportation Command, but I believe it is the number one threat to the Nation.

I think great teachers need to be supported. I think they should be better compensated, and I think they should be treated as professionals.

Finally, the TEACH Grant program has had tremendous servicing issues.

I am talking about prospective recruits which would rely upon or could benefit from the loan forgiveness, but if it is taken away, they might decide that going into the service is not their best option.

But it is a big part of education from the perspective of most people that I know, students, teachers, and other people.

Should you not be advocating that the President incorporate it in his infrastructure plan, that this is absolutely critical to education success?

Without Federal support, they will not be effectively addressed.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gives our school facilities a D-plus rating, about a $38 billion gap between necessary repairs to bring them up to standard.

Indeed, this legislation is not prescriptive. It is simply, 'Tell us what you are doing.'

With the support of another tremendous woman, Senator Capito, we were able to pass the STAR Act.

I really think what we need to do is look instead of short funding, continue to work with Amtrak to find ways to be more innovative and find ways to increase and improve efficiency.

The Administration's fiscal year 2019 budget proposed deep cuts to Amtrak funding and asked States to put more skin in the game.