I ask unanimous consent that Michael Martin and Jeremy Gelman, fellows in my office, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of this session of Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I rise in opposition to the budget resolution that the Senate will vote on this week. We are nearly half way through the fiscal year, and the Republicans have offered this budget resolution not to set a path forward for spending for the…

I join with my fellow Senator from the State of Rhode Island, Senator Whitehouse, to urge this body to confirm Mary McElroy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Ms. McElroy is an eminently qualified and dedicated…

I ask unanimous consent that the Army defense fellow for Senator Tom Udall, Mr. Shawn Brown, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I want to take an opportunity to salute and thank and commend my colleagues who are departing. Mark Kirk Mr. President, Senator Kirk, my colleague from Illinois, just finished his remarks. Mark and I had the opportunity and the privilege…

I am pleased to support the 21st Century Cures Act, which includes a number of critical mental health provisions, much needed funding for medical research and innovation at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug…

I rise to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act. After several months of debate and negotiation, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have arrived at a completed conference agreement. This will be the 55th consecutive…

today I am introducing the Bankruptcy Fairness Act, with the goals of bolstering financial stability in the United States and requiring the necessary analysis to assess the consequences of potential changes we might make in the future to…

It is up to the Navy to explain to this committee and to the American taxpayers why it makes sense to continue pouring money into a ship program that has repeatedly failed to live up to its promises.

Again, just to get my perspective, it appears that the LCS Program is morphing into the frigate program. Is that fair?

The LCS continues to experience new problems, but it is not a new program.

Is it going to morph into frigates? Is it going to be a new design for a surface combatant?

Let me be the first to say that Congress belongs on the list of those responsible.

The administration's goals in this area are worthy and should continue even as a new administration takes office.

We have to deal with that.

Well, thank you, Chairman, very much. I agree with Mr. Brubaker; computers don't get tired, they don't get road rage, but they open a whole new dimension of cyber security which we have to deal with.

That's exactly right. I was in Niles a few months ago, right outside of Youngstown.

What remains unanswered is how this transportation revolution will evolve and what steps regulators and industry should take to foster and harness the positive aspects of this new technology.

We can't do that with regulation in any kind of effective way.

I think we need to do everything we can to bring mobility to people who are currently underserved by our transportation system.

I know this is wonky, this is what RAND does, but there are market distortions in our transportation system.

Thank you very much, Chairman Collins, for your leadership on so many issues, but particularly for holding this very important hearing on the future of self-driving vehicles.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on important emerging opportunities and risks related to autonomous vehicles.

When we have pollution, whether it's factory pollution or automotive pollution, that's a real cost to our society.

There are so many opportunities for safety, for improved productivity, for better health effects.