I have great reservations about this type of fund which I believe would principally benefit large metropolitan areas and ignore the needs of rural states like my own.

today I wish to recognize the formation of the Dakota Territory. It was on February 26, 1861, that the Senate passed the legislation creating the territory. In the year of the 150th anniversary, I would like to honor the dedication of…

I am a believer that the answer to feeding a growing global population sort of involves expanding biotechnology and modern farming practices beyond our borders.

Thank you for your service and appreciate you being before the Committee today.

Under any circumstance, could you envision a public/private partnership that could manage such a network in a manner that meets the needs of first responders?

I represent a very rural State. South Dakota is a state that is made up of rural areas.

Mr. Hanna, I appreciate the ongoing debate about auctioning versus allocating the D Block to first responders.

I appreciate what the Senator from Tennessee had to say about our former President, as we look upon his 100th birthday coming up this weekend and all of us pay tribute to the legacy he gave this country and the tremendous contributions he…

I think he very eloquently pointed out why this amendment we are hopefully going to be voting on, which will repeal the health care law, is so important. Obviously, there is a big debate that has been raging in the country over the past…

I rise to speak about the issues that I think are most important to the American public. I appreciated the opportunity I had last evening, along with the Presiding Officer, to sit and listen to the President's State of the Union Address…

I think in a fantasy world where we were not fighting a war on terror, we might not have had to spend money fighting a war on terror.

I do not believe that this Congress is really going to cut $1 trillion out of Medicare.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the testimony of our expert witnesses today, and like many of my colleagues am very concerned about steps we can take to get the economy back on track and to deal with these problems of spending and…

There will be some big issues debated here, and I look forward to engaging in that debate.

I hope that you consult with Administrator Jackson about that approach and having Congress come to some solution.

I am not a big fan of the Infrastructure Bank, as you might expect.

the U.S. could face a bond market crisis if politicians do not act soon to start cutting the Nation's debt.

You did a terrific service with your work, and although I did not agree with every piece of it, the body of work I think was exceptional.

The CLASS Act, which was scored in the near term as a revenue raiser, is, I think, going to be a huge deficit increaser in the out-years.

much of Indian country is faced with unacceptable levels of suicide and, unfortunately, tribal youth are especially affected

In the past few years, there has been an increased number of impact aid school districts that have contacted me for assistance.

the proposed increases are great, but at some point, the Administration is going to have to lead in figuring out how we pay for this stuff.

I, frankly, do not think that if you get west of Boston or east of San Francisco that you are going to see much transit investment.

I think the immediate target should be reducing the deficit by 2.5 percent of GDP.

I do not want to beat a dead horse, because I know it has been talked about already at some length.