I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 23, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 23, 2013, at 4 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Drone…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I rise in support of the legislation that is on the floor, the Marketplace Fairness Act. I rise as someone who has spent 20 years in the technology business helping to fund and develop online businesses, understanding the importance they…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Science and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to hold a meeting during the session of the Senate on April 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of…

I just think it is--I think that we do need to remember, this is not where the problem originated.

I do think there may have been a moment in time when the macro effect to the overall housing market of having a more aggressive standpoint in terms of principal reduction could have jumpstarted the housing recovery quicker.

Having a healthy multifamily business is important.

I really want to commend you on your efforts there.

I think REOs have got to be one of your tools in the tool kit.

I think for a while, we had this sense of, after the immediate crisis, that we, in a sense, said, do no more harm as legislators, and candidly, I think it took a lot longer for this issue to work through the system than any of us had hoped…

let me first say I also am on the floor because today is April 16, the sixth anniversary of the horrible shootings at the campus of Virginia Tech. I think every Virginian and every American--I can say Virginians at least--remember when we…

I wish to recognize that today, April 16, 2013, is National Healthcare Decisions Day. National Healthcare Decisions Day exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. It began…

a big reason for that----was because we had an incredible port that we made investments in, that we realized, with the changes coming in the Panama Canal, was going to be an asset not just for Virginia but for much of the East Coast.

this would only be something that would have first-dollar private capital loss. So any backstop would be far down the line.

the ability to get 25- to 40-year financing that would be part of an infrastructure bank is, I think, terribly important.

I agree, it is not an either/or. You need a stable revenue source.

something like that would certainly help provide another opportunity to advance the infrastructure that is woefully needed

we have to protect taxpayer investment when we need this infrastructure investment, if we want to avoid future Solyndras

Sri is exceptionally well qualified to carry out the duties and responsibilities of a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

we have to have infrastructure that is competitive with the rest of the world

You may have heard at some point the description of Virginia being known as the best-managed state and the best state for business.

I think many of us point to the success of TIFIA as one of our transportation programs, which, by the way, is a record with no loss of governmental funds.

the proposal the President has put out... could generate in the neighborhood of $300 billion to $500 billion worth of infrastructure investment.

I think the President has made a great choice in nominating Marilyn Tavenner to be head of CMS.