I would just say that a single standard would ease the way for getting the notification out faster and spending less time and money on lawyers and more on informing consumers.

So Target is going to tell us today that they take data security very seriously and that they followed their industry's data security standards, but the fact remains it wasn't enough.

I agree with that statement, and I am wondering maybe if you can elaborate on the advantages of a consistent national requirement for breach notification.

I come to the floor to discuss the fourth anniversary of ObamaCare. Four years ago this past Sunday the President signed his health care legislation into law. The measure was jammed through Congress on a party-line vote against the strong…

Is that guidance made public?

Protecting consumers from identity theft, fraud, and financial harm is certainly a goal that all of us on this committee share.

It is time to come to the table. Be willing to compromise.

the best thing that we can probably do in terms of improving the overall status and conditions for middle-class Americans in this country is to get a vibrant, growing, robust small business economy.

The United States is a leader in aerospace design and manufacturing.

Congress gave the DOT the authority to protect our air carriers and the traveling public from what is unilateral taxation, in effect.

The industry continues to face a number of challenges.

I think we have two kind of contrasting views about how to improve the plight of middle-class Americans in this country.

It is reducing Americans' health care choices, and it is encouraging employers to cut hours and benefits. Our health care system may have needed reform, but this was not the way to do it. Even the President's strongest supporters are…

I want to compliment my colleagues from Wyoming and Texas for talking about the issues that are important to the American people. People in this country care about jobs and the economy. I think one of the reasons there were not more…

I, too, want to lend my voice--after listening to the discussion that just occurred on the floor--because I don't think there is any group of Americans who are more deserving of our support than the men and women who have worn the uniform…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 12 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

there's a lot of pressure on the railroads, obviously, to comply with and to meet the 2015 deadline.

I hope that our committee will consider this bill in the coming months.

I worry that the current statutory deadline of December 2015 is unrealistic for most passenger and freight railroads.

The railroads are so important in our part of the country.

there are a number of us on the Committee who are co-sponsoring legislation that would extend that by a reasonable amount of time.

I am particularly interested in the safety issues involved in transporting crude oil from the Bakken region.

And, you know, one way we could get fewer trains in North Dakota is to horizontally drill from South Dakota.

The railroads have run into a lot of obstacles and their efforts to meet this 2015 PTC deadline.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the…