Thank you, Secretary Brownfield. I wanted to ask you some questions about cyber, and I may get to one about fentanyl.

That is talking about outside this building. How about the disconnect between what our citizens, gun owners, and NRA members want and expect us to do and the complete lack of action and, frankly, counterproductive action. Let's talk about…

I thought that was the case. I am a gun owner, I am a supporter of the Second Amendment, and I have been unaware of this body or any State legislature putting in a proposal to take away folks' guns, as advocates would suggest. Let me ask…

It is in there for a reason. And it has been in there since 1787, and Virginians were the drafters. So it is in there for a reason, and it is important, just like the First Amendment. Let me ask the Senator about the First Amendment. The…

Am I not right that the Second Amendment even has the phrase ``well regulated'' in it and even acknowledges the notion that this particular right is one where regulation is contemplated?

I would go one further. Not only is it consistent with what the American public wants in virtually any ZIP Code in this country, I think the notion of keeping guns out of the hands of bad guys, which for a long time has been the stated…

Finally, Senator, if I could do this, I know as part of standing on this floor, you are not standing here over words in draft legislation, you are standing here because of people. I sat with you, and we talked about people in your…

So the organization in Virginia that makes this argument about the Second Amendment--I think we can clearly demonstrate it is specious. The Second Amendment is critically important. We all take an oath to uphold it, and we do uphold it…

There is another part of the First Amendment that says you have a right to assemble. My understanding--and the Senator is a lawyer, so he can tell me if I am wrong about the right to assemble. You have a right to assemble, but a government…

Here is where I am puzzled. For an organization that says that they are about the Second Amendment, they advocate a position that has no support in the Second Amendment. An organization that shakes their fists and says we are trying to…

May I ask the Senator this since we have started to talk about this question. Has anybody come up to you and said: Hey, people on the terrorist watch list--we just shouldn't be worried about them. Why would we worry about people on the…

thank you for the opportunity to appear tonight, and I share my praise for my colleague, the Senator from Connecticut. We came to the Senate together. His leadership on this issue is something I admire, but more than leadership on the…

Let me ask you about education and refugees.

today I wish to speak about the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA. I want to thank Senator McCain and Senator Reed for all their work on this Defense bill. This year's floor process has been challenging to say the…

I am here on S. 2548, the 400 years of African-American History Commission Act.

I am a proud uncle. My niece was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and worked on girls' education issues there.

Libya's core problem is that it is fractured along regional, tribal, and religious lines between the old order and the new.

I think even the fact that we acknowledge that as a weakness can sometimes help us in dialogue with other nations.

Just a data point. The life expectancy in Afghanistan in 2001 was about in the 40- to 45-year-old age range, and it is now over 60.

GNA control over all of Libya is critical to combating extremist forces, combating ISIL, and resolving a migrant crisis.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

If girls around the world have a meaningful chance at quality education, so many good things happen to them and to their societies.

The United States and the international community can and should help a country like Libya achieve unity, security, and prosperity.

As I have said repeatedly before this committee, I am concerned about the open-ended nature of this never-ending war on terror.

if the demand for drugs is so potent, if it has its hooks in people so deeply, the next dealer will appear tomorrow.