Jay Rockefeller

It's how we get elected. It's a very different ethic in the Central Intelligence Agency and all intelligence agencies, and I respect it very much.

This report raises serious questions about whether or not there are serious systemic issues that are at play here.

There are covert activities that are taking place, you know, today, under the direction and management of the CIA.

Why was it they were willing to talk to Pat Roberts and me, or Saxby Chambliss and Dianne Feinstein, but not anybody else?

The cross-referencing of the EIT disaster and the future of the drone, and the decisions that--only the President, of course, can authorize that--but the decision sometimes is passed down, and it has to be passed down in a very accurate…

We did this about a year ago on the same subject up north. Now we have new motivation because of what's happened here in the last several days.

This hearing will come to order. This is a full and regular meeting of the Commerce Committee.

Chairman Rockefeller this concludes my prepared remarks.

The explosion in Sissonville, as Chairman Rockefeller has said, was terrible, serious, and dangerous.

These pipes, pipelines, crisscross underneath our cities and our countryside. They're everywhere, 2.5 million miles, maybe more.

I still well up with deep emotion when I see Newtown parents remembering their lost children, recalling what they wore to school that day or their last sweet words before boarding the school bus. The memory of that horrifying day, and of…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Dan Inouye

I wish to talk for just a couple minutes about Senator Inouye. I know I am late in the process, and that is partly why I am doing it--because I wanted to be late in the process. I had been in the Senate 1 day back in 1985, and Dan Inouye…

To me, Medicare-Medicaid managed care is a model that has not been shown to work for even small numbers of dual-eligibles.

I am concerned that moving millions of duals out of the competitive bidding system could undermine the integrity of the Part D program.

We should be letting the policy--providing high-quality, better coordinated care for duals--determine what our approach is, not cost saving.

We have an obligation to learn what works for this population and to do it in a way that puts people first.

And my final interruption. How are you made aware of and how do you use, if they have been sent to you, the standards that CMS insists on?

You always have been.

I do not think you can tell me that you can take a huge demonstration project with hundreds of thousands of people in it, and then sort of break it down within that huge number.

But most States are not. All States are going to face huge budget cuts, because we are facing them here.

I care a lot about CMS's guidelines. I want to make sure that they are enforced.

I want to make sure we get a few things right. While we are solving problems for the duals, I want to make sure that we are not creating problems elsewhere.

I respect your words and I respect you, but I am not comforted by your words, by your answer.

I rise today to celebrate the final passage of a reconciled Coast Guard authorization bill for fiscal years 2013 and 2014. This achievement is the culmination of several months of careful negotiation between the Senate and the House, and…