I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 31, 2014, at 3 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Management Matters: Creating a…

Make everybody who lives in a floodplain, even though those floodplain maps are dramatically expanding, pay the full freight.

I rise to voice my support for the people of Afghanistan who this week on Saturday will be in the midst of a Presidential election pursuing the first Democratic transfer of power in that nation's history. April 5 will be a momentous day, a…

Those who attempt to argue against the scientific consensus and pretend that mankind does not have anything to do with these climate issues, they do not get very far in my Commonwealth.

That is as politically infeasible as a carbon tax. We have got a lot of tough choices coming up here.

We need to make those investments to spark economic growth and to create more jobs for more workers.

Anyone who, like me, wants to tackle our long-term fiscal challenges fairly and responsibly needs also to worry about the impacts of climate change.

tax reform that does not ask the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share is simply fiscally irresponsible.

To grow employment, we need to affirm work rather than punish it.

Traditionally, women have been underrepresented in some of what we call 'nontraditional fields'--construction, engineering, manufacturing areas.

Our two-year budget deal was a strong step in the right direction.

The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review identified effects of climate change as 'threat multipliers' that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social tensions.

Our system is riddled with tax loopholes and special interest carve-outs that benefit the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations, and that is unfair.

We need to turn the welfare office into a job training center.

We do not have the money to create a new welfare program, colleagues.

Democrats and Republicans can break through the bitterness and rancor, work together, and reach an agreement.

If we care about economic growth, if we care about prosperity, than we have got to recognize these rising interest payments threaten to drown our economy.

We did not think that should mean that we could not agree on anything.

Many economists--Keynes, Schumpeter, and others--have written about the capacity of technology to destroy jobs.

Student loan debt has been the driving force of my decisions for the last 8 years of my life, and according to my current repayment plan, it is projected to be for the next 25 years of my life well into the years for which I would be…

All of these steps would create jobs and growth without adding to the debt.

I would focus on making sure that families actually have a choice, that child care is high quality and accessible to everybody, not just the very wealthy.

Climate change will have, and I quote, 'specific, measurable impacts on our Nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity.'

We have squandered our financial inheritance and are fast moving to destroy the American self-reliance and work ethic.

Giving tax breaks to millionaires while doing nothing to help working families keep more of their hard-earned income is not only wrong-headed in terms of our budget, it is also unfair to families across the country.