I want to thank you for coming. Because of who you are, there are a lot of people paying attention.

It is just a 10-page bill. It is very eloquent. It doesn't have a lot of ``whereases.'' It is just a business document that takes us from where we are to where we need to be. But, in essence, to override it, it would take a two-thirds…

I rise today to talk about our dilemma in the Federal Government. The American people are watching as we try to deal with our spending issues. I know there is a big debate over the 2-week spending issue, an issue where we are trying to cut…

the thing we can do to get our country moving ahead is to begin having some fiscal discipline.

We miss you. After Dodd-Frank, we have not heard from you and the phones quit ringing.

But there is no question, our smaller institutions are going to be impacted in a big way, and I think we all know that and I hope that we will endeavor somehow to fix that here in Congress.

I know today the President has put forth the administration's proposal on the budget, and a lot of people on both sides of the aisle have spent a tremendous amount of time over the course of this last year----

I know a lot of people on both sides of the aisle have spent a great deal of time looking at ways for us to lessen, if not close, the tremendous amount of the deficit we have in this country. I think everybody understands what a threat…

I am glad to be here today with the Senator from Missouri, my friend Claire McCaskill. We are introducing a bill called the Commitment to American Prosperity Act, the CAP Act. It is a 10-page bill designed to limit spending in Washington…

I will speak for just a few moments on something I think is the most important issue facing our country today. I can't think of a better time than the first day of the new session in the U.S. Congress to address it; that is, the Federal…

I have been involved in this for a long time. I enjoyed this. I think this is an incredibly serious matter. I have two daughters and a wife I love. National security is something that is important to all of us. None of us wants anything…

I cannot thank him enough for his thoughtful, dogged, persistent efforts as it relates to modernizing our nuclear arsenal. It is that foresight that Senator Kyl has displayed, beginning years ago but especially focused over this last year…