It is clear we are living in a time of unprecedented turmoil.

We need to put an end to Assad's ability to use airpower against his people, especially the use of horrific barrel bombs.

If we are truly at war against ISIL, as the President says, then we will continue to expect the Secretary of Defense to provide regular updates to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the progress of that war.

We have options between doing nothing and invading Iraq and Syria.

It is critical that the U.S.-led 60-plus-nation coalition for defeating ISIL pursue a multidimensional approach.

I personally want to thank you for your service to the Nation, both of you, particularly, General Dempsey, as you conclude your uniformed service.

I hope to hear one today.

Security on the ground is a precondition to political reconciliation, not the other way around.

The unfortunate irony is that a President elected in opposition to the war in Iraq is repeating some of its worst strategic mistakes.

ISIL is not 10 feet tall. It can be and must be defeated.

I believe is a critical area of needed reform for our student aid programs and higher education more broadly.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for providing this opportunity.

families are being required to shoulder growing debt burdens that severely impact the lives of borrowers.

I commend Chairman Alexander and Senator Murray for putting this topic on the reauthorization agenda.

I want to thank Senator Whitehouse. Yes, I've served on the committee, but I've already been eclipsed by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

We all know that post-secondary education is required for most family sustaining middle-class jobs and that an educated workforce is essential to a modern, productive economy.

This is not only in absolute terms, but the trend line is very disturbing about what's happening.

We all know that postsecondary education is required for most family sustaining, middle-class jobs.

This is a growing drag on our economy.

I rise this morning to highlight and address, hopefully, an issue that needs to be held in check here in Washington, D.C. Mr. Speaker, our office has been contacted numerous times from individuals across the Nation about attacks on private…

I am pleased to be joined by Senators Murkowski, Udall, Durbin, Coons, Warren, Schatz, Heinrich, Donnelly, Ayotte, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Stabenow, Tester, Hirono, Merkley, Sanders, Grassley, Collins, and Reid in the introduction of the…

I am honored to be here today to welcome His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. Since 1995, His Holiness has served as the leader of Armenian communities across the globe, including many members of the Armenian…

the budget conference report before us today charts the wrong course for our country and threatens our economic and national security. During the consideration of the Republican Senate budget a few weeks ago, I laid out concerns about its…

our response will be, as it has been to date, unsatisfactory.

I thank Chairman Simpson for providing me time to engage in this colloquy. Through working with the chairman and others, the House was able to pass the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act last year, and the legislation was…