A 2-percent investment of GDP is an absolute commitment by the NATO allies. It is not being honored.

we continue to urge our European partners to uphold their responsibilities in the areas of defense, including the common pledge of 2-percent spending on defense.

Nonsense. I am glad----

I rise today to talk about the student lending program that I understand we may be voting on a little bit later today. I want to first say, like my colleague, I have talked with a number of students in Tennessee and people who used to be…

There has been a--what has happened here, I think there has been consensus around the fact that prop trading is out the door.

we cannot wait for a perfect thing to make progress.

shouldn't the second lien automatically be extinguished first, period, gone?

I think there are some redeeming qualities to the Menendez bill.

I hope that the Chairman will not let the rumors that we are hearing become reality.

I thank the leaders for their excellent work and the people who joined them. I think the policy has been debated well. I do wish to say, at the beginning there was discussion that there be a 60- vote threshold at the end and that some of…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. I actually learned a lot sitting here listening. I know energy production is very important to his State and, obviously, to our Nation. I know he has a wealth of knowledge regarding this issue. I candidly…

to be in the Senate is to be inconsistent.