This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

I'd love to tell you that something is going to change tomorrow. But the reality is that it won't.

Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.