I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity for us to have this hearing and to get to know more about the exciting potential for advancing our space-related knowledge and achievement by taking advantage of the competitive forces and…

This is an experimental, high-risk situation, and the spaceflight participants... need to be fully informed of the risks.

Mr. President, I rise in praise of Majority Leader Harry Reid. He said the following: My friend from Texas . . . is like the schoolyard bully. He pushes everyone around and is losing, and instead of playing the game according to the rules…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak out against the so- called Marketplace Fairness Act. In my view, during a time of economic challenge, as we are in today, the very top priority of every elected official, whether Republican or Democrat…

Yes. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill for a third time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. Implementation

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, one of my concerns is that this conference report could be used to pass a reconciliation bill that would increase the debt ceiling without sufficient input from the minority party and without…

It seems to me that there is no serious question that if a foreign national is overseas and is actively taking up arms against the United States, that lethal force can and probably should be used against that foreign national in those…

Thank you. Mr. Bergen, how has in your opinion the Obama administration focused on targeted killings affected our ability to gather intelligence and analyze situations in the Middle East such as in Libya or Egypt?

It strikes me that Senator Graham raised serious constitutional questions about the Article II role of the Commander in Chief and the appropriate ability of this Congress to restrict the decisions of the Commander in Chief directing…

In my view, we need greater protections than simply a letter from the administration and I am hopeful that Congress will pass legislation making very clear the limits on Federal power.

Indeed, Federal overreach is what was at the heart of the March 6th filibuster led by Senator Rand Paul which I was quite proud to participate in a significant manner.