today postsecondary education is required for most family-sustaining, middle-class jobs, and an educated workforce is essential to a modern, productive economy. A recent report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the…

If there is an opportunity, he takes it.

I might suggest it is more powerful than formal sanctions.

The transatlantic relationship remains central to the United States and global security.

Russia's aggression against Ukraine has challenged the alliance's vision of a Europe whole, free, and at peace.

today I am joined by Senator Grassley in reintroducing the PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act. This bill permits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB, to make public the disciplinary proceedings it has brought against…

I wish to solemnly observe the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. One hundred years ago, one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th Century began when the young Turk leaders of the Ottoman Empire executed more than 200 Armenian…

I commend you for, again, the increase. I think we have to do more.

It is somewhat disappointing that your budget is going to cut this program by $50 million next year.

I think it is time for us to step up as Congress and do something truly bipartisan that the American people will applaud.

I want to stick to the basic rules that Paul Ryan and Patty Murray came up with, that it is shared equally with non-defense.

I hope that we can come to a conclusion that we are going to make our mark in bipartisanship when it comes to biomedical research.

I have been advocating for the full restoration of CDC's healthy homes/lead poisoning prevention program.

I certainly think that is appropriate.

I applaud you for laying it on the table for us and asking for those funds.

We really do appreciate your leadership and look forward to discussing this budget request with you.

But the concern we have is that the way that the proposal is drafted, it has to have premium features.

Is there some one individual that is in charge?

We have a collective responsibility, I think, to somehow avoid sequestration.

If we cannot give them the certainty of a 4- or 5-year plan of committed Federal funding at a reasonable and, we hope, robust level, they will be on their own, and frankly they will perform even worse.

Thank you very much, Chairman Collins, for your excellent testimony and statement, rather, and for your leadership.

She did a superb job in crafting the intelligence bill that is pending.

There is no better investment than infrastructure.

As you recognized that day, our airport is a catalyst for economic growth, and we are still lagging the country in terms of employment.

Thank you very much for your service and for your testimony.