I think you have provided stability during a very challenging time.

As you know, I am one of the lead sponsors of S. 1607, along with Senator Schatz.

tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the day the United States entered Afghanistan--the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, the U.S. military conducted its first strike on the terrorists responsible for attacking…

We need to take a hard look at our policy toward CAR and how we can be proactively engaged.

The threats posed by Mozambique's northern insurgency have prompted deployments of military assistance forces from other African countries.

I agree with Senator Van Hollen that much of your lives and those of your families have been spent far from home.

We need to make strategic investments, and the Senate is doing that.

I think it is going to be very important.

What I think has to bother all of us is the attitude of the Chinese Government. They do not believe that they should be constrained in any way, shape, or form by arms control.

They made it very clear that they would never withdraw on a date certain, and that to a person, the recommendations that had been provided was to do a conditions-based withdrawal.

I commend you for the hard work that you have done.

Will you commit to me today that you will review the Department's procedures and fix this unacceptable procedure?

I sincerely appreciate the efforts of your staff to get me this information, which I provided last night to the South Dakota veterans who requested my help.

I rise to support the Senator's motion and the amendment. This is a case where we are trying to eliminate the silos within the Federal Government. When it comes to cyber security, this is a really good example of one where you have…

the role and responsibility of the United States Congress, the role and responsibility of the executive branch

I intend to submit a couple of questions for the record.

today I rise to thank Belle Lunders, one of my constituents, for sharing the significance of Trisomy 13 awareness. I ask unanimous consent that her statement regarding Trisomy 13 be submitted to the Congressional Record. There being no…

You have been very careful, and I have appreciated the fact that you have done your best to be apolitical in this regard.

If that is found not to be the case, and if this really is to the point where it is not doing what was expected, I presume we will hold them accountable and that we will find either a fix for it or we will count our losses and actually get…

Individuals that mess with that, and intentionally dishonor that responsibility, they make the lives of veterans at risk.

I think it points out--I recognize that any time you move to a new system you have a learning curve, but part of the learning curve requires integrity in the data results.

I rise today to honor an exceptional member of the Department of the Air Force. I would like to recognize Lt. Col. Terrell ``T'' Tillery's distinguished service and dedication to enhancing the relationship between the U.S. Air Force and my…

I appreciate it, and I think this is going to work just fine the way that we are doing it.

Our bill will increase Federal share for operating assistance in areas with high transit dependency.

I really do appreciate the bipartisan way in which we have tried to build a rural America together.