I rise to celebrate the life and career of Senator Robert C. Byrd. I have been in the body now since 2002, and Senator Byrd will go down in history as not only the longest serving Senator to date--maybe forever--but also as one of the most…

History will judge him by his complete career, not one moment in time.

It was a political statement that you were making.

The problem I have is it was the law of the land.

I take the floor today in support of the conference report that has been agreed to by the conferees regarding Iran sanctions. I wish to compliment Senators Dodd, Shelby, Lugar, Kerry, Lieberman and others who were involved in negotiating…

And as Commander-in-Chief, President Obama did the right thing today by accepting his resignation.

I have been a military officer most of my adult life, and there's lines you can't cross. Those lines were crossed.

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not so significant and 10 being very significant, what would Taliban control of part or all of Afghanistan mean to us, national security-wise?

I look forward to working with you on these issues, but time is of the essence.

There is a role, in my view, for an Article III system in the war on terror.

If we were not there now, what would happen?

I stand ready as a Republican to work with the President to change our laws in a way to make us safer.