I am pleased to see that the President's overall budget focuses on an issue that every one of us cares about deeply here.

I appreciate the opportunity to be here to discuss an important social safety net that is available to all working Americans: Social Security Disability Insurance.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Murray. I appreciate the hearing squarely focused on supporting our teachers and school leaders.

I share my colleagues' concern that this proposal that we're discussing would increase the deficit by $53.8 billion, put health benefits for 1 million hard-working individuals in jeopardy, and make many more workers vulnerable to having…

I really feel like this is another politically driven attack on the health care law that is going to undermine economic security for our families.

A well-designed standardized test is one important tool among many that can help all of the stakeholders... understand how well individual students are doing.

I'm hopeful that we can find a thoughtful path forward to fixing this law for all students, parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers.

We should also have a clear idea of how much classroom time is spent on preparing for and taking the standardized tests as opposed to instruction.

Madam President, this is not the time for another government shutdown. The American people have had enough of Washington's dysfunction. They want us to do our job and work together to get the job done. Since the Budget Committee, on which…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Oklahoma for his courtesy, and I am delighted to rise today to mark the passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act. This bill is a product of bipartisan negotiations between…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Larkin O'Hern, a military fellow in Senator Murray's office, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the 113th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…