Do you believe this is a concern? Do you believe it remains an issue that needs to be addressed, something that the FCC can do on enforcement action?

I do understand the seriousness of this, and I understand the priority of--competition, localism, and diversity trumps everything.

Because ideas last longer than people do.

Now, more than ever, the United States requires a sustained and integrated ocean observing system.

I think this is a very important issue, in the sense of I think we need to identify the issues.

But it is a resource issue, right, not a technology issue? The technology exists.

this is about information that we now can acquire about the oceans.

I am grateful to our Washington State Senator, Maria Cantwell, for her leadership in supporting IOOS and promoting reauthorization of the ICOOS Act.

Addressing the particular needs of the Arctic science is also a top priority of mine.

If we are to prepare for these changes, we have to better our understanding of the oceans.

I have been a big fan of using our new high-tech Doppler radar system to get a better weather-ready nation.

I have been listening to this debate with my colleagues, but I came to share a few thoughts about the passing of our dear friend Senator Frank Lautenberg. He was a dear friend, a colleague. When I originally sat in the Senate, he sat right…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing to consider the President's…

I am ready to go. I am not sure they want us up there, but I am ready to go.

I am very excited that U.S. DOT is working right now on the first national multimodal freight strategic plan.

I wanted to get your thoughts on the transparency in airline ticket pricing.

But that is revealing that information to some outside organization?

Well, I think it is clear that we need a very clear statute here.

Which is, what rule, what regulation, what statute is in place that prohibits an employee of the IRS from targeting people for either political, social, or any kind of personal reasons, and what are the safeguards?

I want to make it clear at the outset I really do believe that we need clarity in our tax-exempt status on 501(c)(4) organizations, and we need that clarity, Mr. Chairman, as soon as possible.

Gray does not mean there is a green light to go ahead and use these powers of information to go on fishing expeditions.

as we consider S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act, specifically amendment No. 903, I want to highlight critical emerging needs in our Nation's arctic. The arctic is opening at an alarming rate, which creates a number of economic…

I would like to thank Chairman Baucus and Senator Murray for their support and resolve to work to address the issue of cargo diversion posed by the harbor maintenance tax. The Water Resources Development Act that we are discussing here…

You characterized the state of Indian education as 'an embarrassment.'

we would certainly like to leapfrog into ACOs, but getting off of fee-for-service and focusing on better outcomes