There is no doubt that we are blessed by your presence, and as a member of the U.S. Senate, it has been my privilege to get to know you as a person and to understand and appreciate the value of your leadership.

We will take that up with the Chairwoman when we get back to D.C.

I wanted to dedicate this hearing in the honor of Jeff's father, John Duncan, who passed away recently of complications associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Keys are very important. My grandfather has encouraged me to know that.

It seems like your program, the medical translational technology program, has been successful...

So, strategically speaking, according to the agreement, 5 years from the start of the agreement they will have more access to weapons, 8 years they will have access to ballistic missiles, and they will be able to move forward in advanced…

Why the Federal Government wouldn't collect data on whether Pell students graduate is beyond my comprehension.

Lerner's improper intervention into the audit process is described in section II(C)(5)(b) of the Republican views.

We will have to just respectfully disagree.

In my opinion, providing year-round Pell opportunities could be one of the most important policies in a new Higher Education Act that to significantly impact student success rates.

I am very concerned about this deal, not supportive of it whatsoever, and the more I read of the deal, the less I like it.

I do need to respond to what he said.

The Iranian regime continues to fund terrorism and bad behavior.

I find this incredulous, because the people I talk with have been targeted, and targeted for years, and it is without question a situation where politics was involved.

a tactic that I think is comparable to what is seen in a totalitarian country

If for-profit colleges are able to deliver results by this standard, we should be happy to accept them as partners in our efforts to educate Americans.

there was, has been, and hopefully no longer is, a culture of discrimination, a culture of discrimination that focused and targeted conservative organizations

I know that we oftentimes look at the $9 billion that is spent through one program, but if we look at it only from the prism of the finances, we miss the real point of the service, which is really trying to find a way to make sure that…

Their goal really is to get back home. And it does not really appear to matter what the home is like from our perspective on the outside looking in.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Reverend Clementa Pinckney

before I start my prepared remarks, I did want to note that today would have been the birthday of Pastor Reverend Clementa Pinckney, a friend of mine, who was the pastor of Emanuel 9, the Emanuel Church, the Mother Emanuel Church in…

Refusing to lift the U.S. crude export ban will continue to help prop up dangerous regimes around the world.

I have not thought through the link between allowing Iranian exports of crude oil while preventing U.S. exports of crude oil.

The lifting of the ban could add up to $1.8 trillion to the U.S. economy.

Your comments seem to echo the comments when I was on the Energy Committee that we heard from the Minister of Energy for Lithuania, who suggested that just sending the signal that we were interested in exporting LNG could have a…