Since I've been associated with highway bills in the time I've been in the House and Senate, we've done three.

yesterday USA Today and the Pew Research Center released a new poll that found Americans, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, were dissatisfied with the direction the country is going. Sixty-two percent of Americans rate their personal financial…

We're unable to pass long-term funding transportation bills rooted in bold ideas.

This short-sightedness has left us with a broken and increasingly second-rate transportation system.

We need a fix on this and I hope we can come up with a solution.

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the Senator from Wyoming Mr. Barrasso be recognized, followed by the Senator from Arkansas Mr. Pryor. Madam President, I modify the unanimous consent request and ask that…

This nation, which once dared to dream, dared to lead, has retreated from the legacy of our predecessors.

The Administration has, in testimony in front of this Committee and others that I've been involved with in my time in the Senate, by your predecessor that that's something the Administration would not support.

the most important question we must answer is how we will pay for the program going forward.

I was disappointed that you voted on May 6, 2014 against an amendment during consideration of the CPSC's 2014 Mid-Year Review.

I want to thank Mark for being here today and very much helping inform our thinking and help shape an agenda that would be good for rural America and good for our tribes.

I look forward to Mr. Tilsen offering his firsthand knowledge and experience to the Ag Committee as we consider how to advance economic development strategies in small communities.

There are a lot of us in Congress, myself included, who have been frustrated by the whole issue of not being able to get the Keystone Pipeline approved.

I appreciate very much your holding this hearing today and providing this Subcommittee with an opportunity to hear from leaders in rural America.

So there is no departure from the precedent as to what constitutes a one-way trip today?

As I noted in my opening statement, the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2013... increased the TSA passenger security fee...

I hope the Administrator can explain how his recent efforts to implement a risk-based approach to transportation security at the agency make it more efficient and effective at fulfilling its mission of securing the Nation's transportation…

I have a TWIC question.

I come to the floor to discuss the proposed minimum wage hike and the jobs it will cost Americans. With more than 10 million Americans unemployed, the last thing this body should be doing is considering legislation that would jeopardize…

Let me just say to my colleague from North Dakota that we would like to have more North Dakota energy in South Dakota, of course, and have the direct benefit of that, but we focus in our State on jobs, and that is what this is all…

Those are the issues on which we should be focused. I hope we will start--and start creating jobs and opportunities for the American people. ____________________

I would appreciate if you could get some clarification to us on exactly how you intend to implement that.

Are we routinely checking TWIC holders against relevant criminal and counterterrorism databases to mitigate the risk that these people are getting access to sensitive locations?

I agree with Senator Warner that the tragedy at the Norfolk Navy Yard was very unfortunate.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would…