It has been 4 years since this committee passed the port security legislation, which became the SAFE Port Act of 2006.

With the capability to do the transfers away from the ports?

I appreciate the comments of the chairman. He accommodated many of the amendments I had, particularly as it concerns community banks. That was a huge concern in the original draft of the bill. I thank the chairman for accommodating those…

I very much appreciate the opportunity to lay out the strategy I am offering to the administration. I hope we can come back to the strategy adopted by Congress over the last 10 years that would have American troops in America, would create…

I rise today to talk about our military construction program and some concerns I have about an apparent shift in strategy, what this means for our American soldiers and their families and for the growing debt and deficits we are seeing on…

this is a huge move for the people of the gulf coast who have been trying to purchase flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program that lapsed June 1. The hardship is that, of course, we are going into hurricane season…

I rise today to voice my strong support for GEN David Petraeus to be confirmed as our Nation's top military commander in Afghanistan. I want to say I have had a great experience with General Petraeus and also watching him from afar. When…

There has been no Jones Act waiver within the 3 nautical miles of the coastline to date in this accident.

What I appreciated about Senator Byrd is how much he respected the Senate itself and protected the rights of the Senate against anyone who he believed overstepped the rights of the Senate and the decorum and protocol of the Senate. He was…

We have a fundamental obligation to bring real accountability and fairness to a system where it has been sorely missing.

I would like to speak in morning business about the National Flood Insurance Program and talk about the importance of extending the National Flood Insurance Program as a tropical storm--that could be a hurricane--is growing in the Gulf of…

The government does its job.