Mark Warner

Smaller States do not have the capacity right now to figure out how to do these P3s.

You need long-term capital, the assuredness that comes with 25- to 35-year money.

You have to have dollars to leverage, and private dollars have to be paid back.

I would note for the record that Virginia was still ranked number one for business when a certain Governor was there.

That makes no sense at all.

This tragedy was obviously deeply felt and still is of enormous interest in Norfolk and Hampton Roads.

You can count on this Senator to work with you in any way possible to make sure we get a better system in place.

I will not take it personally that so many of my Republican colleagues showed up for my statement and none of the Democrats showed up.

But think: it is easier to get a job at a McDonald's in terms of a security background check than receiving a TWIC card.

I do not agree with the framework they have laid out, but they have laid out some alternatives.

I would just like to solicit your opinion--I do not know if you have had a chance to look at this--about whether you would be willing to work with us on this and other areas where we can streamline the process.

I know Senator Stabenow has already mentioned this, but let me say 'amen,' as one of the co-chairs of the Alzheimer's Caucus, to trying to move forward on the National Alzheimer's Plan, making this a higher priority, thinking more…

I hope this will start to change the nature of the debate, from some of us on our side of the aisle who do not want to change a word of the ACA to some of our friends on the other side who simply want to repeal.

We all know, every one of us has family members, myself included, who have either passed from Alzheimer's or who are going through the scourge of Alzheimer's.

This is a human tragedy, as well as obviously one of the fastest-growing expenses in the Medicare/Medicaid combined budgets.

The long lines we experienced in Virginia and across the country, that just should not be in America in the 21st Century.

I think all of us--I do not want to be presumptive here--we are open to ideas.

This DATA bill, which has been called the most significant piece of government transparency work since the Freedom of Information Act, I think is going to really give us a tool.

We have passed the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act, again, an obscure piece of legislation that most people do not know.

We are here to learn more about social impact bonds, a new approach to financing government services designed to ensure government only pays for what works.

I would like to thank all the members of the Task Force for their support of the DATA Act.

I have to tell you, I am a little surprised how the responses are lining up.

We are spending 50 percent more on health care than all the other industrialized countries in the world and we are not getting better results

If we do not find a better way, we are really up the creek.

If we can cut back on that, we can save resources.