I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 9:15 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

5 years ago, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law by President Obama. That bill--necessary because of a divided decision by the Supreme Court to strike a blow to the rights of working families in Vermont and across the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on small…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on, April 9, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR- 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on, April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Election Administration: Making Voter Rolls More…

I would hope the EPA would support a larger funding request for the Lake Champlain Geographic Program in 2016.

we must have the courage to act before it is too late and make historic investments in resilience to climate change.

Thank you for your testimony regarding the Department's work to improve the safe operation of rail cars carrying crude oil and other hazardous materials on our rail systems.

We absolutely need it. It is one of the things we do not ever want to get into the position, for example, that Lake Erie did decades ago.

Administrator McCarthy, thank you for taking on one of the most important and challenging jobs in the United States.

A lot of these efforts cost money. The EPA budget seems to be a more and more bare bones request each year.

The need has never been greater than what it is going to be in 2016.

Frankly, every one of us wants to find out the same things.

Consumers deserve to know how the combination of the two largest companies in the industry will impact them.

In 1996, I voted against the Telecommunications Act in part because of concerns I had about the lack of competition in the cable TV market.

For example, the grants to States for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund has been cut by $431 million.

I am worried about our foreign aid programs. I am worried that they are not as relevant or effective as we may think and say they are.

So the Helms-Burton Act would make sure that, to show how tough we are, we could not help Cuban children who have health needs.

I would like to see free markets in Cuba. I would like to see an openness there. I would like to see an end to the repression of people who speak up for their rights in Cuba.

I told you 4 years ago, I think I said that I did not know whether to offer you congratulations or condolences when you became the head of it.

I am optimistic about USAID Forward and its focus on country ownership, and eventually working yourselves, USAID, out of a job.

It is long past time for the administration and the Cuban Government to negotiate a resolution of this ordeal so Mr. Gross can return home.