No. I hope we can get a number of our colleagues to join us. This doesn't fall under a traditional Democratic versus Republican lexicon. This is more about future versus past. This is the future of global competition for talent, for ideas…

I commend the Senator from Kansas for his comments. I am fond of Canada. My mom's family is from Canada. It is remarkable. Canada, over the last 3 years, has aggressively sought out worldwide talent. I ask the Senator from Kansas whether…

I would like to thank my friend, the Senator from Kansas, for his leadership on this issue. This is something on which he and I spent a lot of time working, as have, I know, the Senators from Delaware, from Florida, and we are joined now…

I would like both your comments in terms of have you had the tools you need to kind of evaluate the back and forth on creation of living wills.

I rise today to add my voice to the bipartisan support for the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, S. 3187. In addition to continuing the fee-based funding system for timely FDA reviews, S. 3187 also calls for…

the notion of formal or informal--probably better informal, Dr. Bergsten--of a G2 idea, I think, makes enormous sense.

I would like to call to order this hearing of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance entitled 'Reviewing the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue'.

we have a potential, still, to blow this relationship, and China, as they try to move toward, I think we all agree, toward this consumption-based approach.

we all worked very hard together--and actually, Senator Shelby, on Title I and II we got 85 votes on your and Senator Dodd's approach

I think Senator Shelby did not agree with me on this one, but on the OFR, which would be, in effect, the independent repository of data and information.

What is reasonable? What is that connectivity?

thank goodness we already have in place higher capital requirements, so there is not a systemic risk or a risk to the institution

You cannot take risk out of the marketplace.

We've introduced a bill known as 'Dig Once,' which requires States to install broadband conduits as part of any federally funded transportation project.

I commit to you that we will continue to strive to achieve that goal in an efficient and effective way.

I think it's an important step to move forward.

There is a growing appeal for such effort to have a better understanding of spectrum usage.

I really support the efforts you've done on USF reform.

I know we are on the motion to proceed to legislation dealing with the Ex-Im Bank. I rise today to urge my colleagues to proceed to this bill and to move forward and pass H.R. 2072, which would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. We have a…

I rise to add my voice in support of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, of which I am proud to say I am a cosponsor. In Virginia, this act has doubled the resources available for prevention and intervention of sexual…

I thank Chairman Lieberman and Senator Collins for their help on this amendment. It is a simple amendment. One of the goals of this process is to encourage retirement expected for 100,000 members of the Postal Service. Unfortunately, now…

I ask to call up amendment No. 2071. There is an agreed-upon substitute text at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.

It has not passed through, but at some point this will move along far enough that perhaps further intervention will do harm.

It seems like those are the three major buckets.

I guess I might take one exception with that.