Are there issues within Eximbank that have to be looked at in terms of reforms that should be made to make it work better than it does today?

I am of the opinion, starting out looking at this, that if you simply tell them they have got to increase the percentage, what you end up doing is either decreasing the total amount that they can lend in order to comply with a particular…

I further ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign Service; that the nominations be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, committees be allowed to report bills and reports on Tuesday, May 26, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until the following dates and times to convene for pro forma session only, with no business being conducted; further, that following each pro forma…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 2 a.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at 4 p.m.

I ask unanimous consent that the HELP Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 156 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 91, S. 802. The PRESIDING OFFICER pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 89, H.R. 2353. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2353) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Clearly that is not the position that I think the administration would take today.

Thank you other members for your participation today.

I would like to thank our witnesses for taking the time to be with us today.

I would like to ask your permission to enter into the record a copy of a letter to the Corps of Engineers from me regarding the question and the comment period...

I think that is something that we should seriously consider on this Committee.

I think the Choice Act allows that to begin.

But there seems to be a breakdown in terms of the attitude of who knows best.

How do I respond to them when they ask me why they are being made to feel as if they are law breakers?

For an easement violation you would send an armed officer in a flak jacket?

to really help put a model in place, a new operating model to transform the VA from one that takes the best of the private sector and the best of what we do.

You are going to need a plan. Would you commit that you will bring back to this Committee a plan for putting this in order?

Helping these men and women find opportunities in which they can use their military skills and training as they transition into a civilian life is something the VA has been working on.

I really have a question as to whether or not they ought to be doing the construction, because I did not see where they brought a heck of a lot of expertise to the projects that they are doing.