Jack Reed

I do not share your confidence in Commissioner Koskinen. I have been here for 7 1/2 years and have never seen a more arrogant witness in my time here.

I would hate to get to the point where we make a policy decision that we are going to go ahead and somehow help students refinance and discover that the mechanics do not work.

I think everyone has commented that high frequency trading has provided some significant advantages to marketplace liquidity...

Final question. It's just the leverage that we had, given the fact that we were trying to communicate serious concerns about their military capabilities...

But have you, through General Austin or others, communicated consistently the operational consequences of these political decisions, that they are in danger of their--they are endangering their own security?

One of the issues here is that, and it's becoming increasingly important, is our cooperation with allies.

The total number of ships that you would like to see by fiscal year 2019 is 43

Maybe there has to be a consistent effort of identifying servicers who are consistently not just, you know, negligent but doing worse.

The counseling for graduate school has to be more focused, more intense, and more effective, because there you are really talking about big sums of money.

Thank you and Senator Warren for your extraordinary leadership on this issue, which is critical to not just individual progress but to our economy overall.

Today I am pleased to introduce the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act along with Senators Kirk, Murray, and Isakson, and also the Improving Trauma Care Act, which includes burn injuries in the…

Diverse, accessible, and affordable places for every American to get outdoors and enjoy healthy lifestyles are crucial.

The strength of our national economy is directly linked to the treasures that are our parks, forests, waterways.

Now, more than ever, is the time to prepare our public lands and waters for the next century.

Our national outdoor recreation system produces exceptional economic value and jobs in communities across the country.

Lead poisoning is a completely avoidable childhood disease that can cause irreparable damage to children.

I want to stress my disappointment.

We have to get rid of sequestration.

This issue of the right metric, of the right measure, which we all agree upon, is going to be absolutely critical going forward.

Some of these savings, if they are realized, will help alleviate that pressure. It will not end it, but it will help alleviate that pressure.

If you did not have it, the other was important but not as critical.

I would ask that you look closely at this item.

I would ask you to avoid cuts in the future, but also to look at ways that we can invest in a partnership through the labs with the fishing men and women and the fishing industry, not just in Rhode Island but all through the Northeast.

Given the tightness of your budget, and that's being mild, the idea of generating $20 million to do something that, frankly, could be done as well, and I would argue better, by simply moving the ship across the bay would make sense to me.

I would just ask you to seriously consider the option of not taking the ship out of Narragansett Bay and spending $20 million for it elsewhere but spending very little and simply transferring it across.