U.S. State Attorneys General

It is very disturbing that the folks who are going to get hit hardest, the $230 billion that you save in the budget from moving toward a chained CPI is by impacting seniors, veterans, and middle-class Americans.

My understanding is that by going to the chained CPI, you would end up cutting benefits earned by seniors who paid into the Social Security system, you would cut benefits earned by veterans for their retirement, you would cut benefits…

I am glad you clarified, once again, that some of these provisions in your package are part of a previous negotiation with Republicans, Speaker Boehner in particular, to try to resolve our fiscal issues in a balanced way.

Thank you very much, Senator Lee. This discussion is interesting for me, too, because I fully expect both of you to do a great job should you be confirmed.

We need to continue to work to confirm judges so that our judiciary is able to resolve cases in an expeditious manner.

I think it is now settled law that I would apply, were I lucky enough to be confirmed, that the Authorization for Use of Military Force does encompass detention.

I think the Supreme Court answered that in the affirmative in the Hamdi decision.

Too often we see taxpayer dollars invested in efforts to tackle our critical issues, but we rarely see a return on this investment.

The federal government has taken an active role in improving STEM education, but recent reports have shown that taxpayers' multi-billion dollar investments are failing to produce results.

This hearing provides a valuable opportunity to discuss the state of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education in America.

I thank the Senator and good morning, Mr. President. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Good morning. The Senator from Hawaii.

The President has said there will be consequences, and that we will seek strongly that the people who use chemical weapons be held accountable.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for letting us ask a second series of questions.

I think this is something we can handle bipartisanly.

I hope we never lose the non-adversarial character of these hearings.

We have to beef up your units so you all can find these folks.

None of us wants to see the bad apples. They ruin it for everyone else.

Thank you all for your testimony and for helping us on this issue.

The Social Security disability trust fund belongs to the workers who paid into it.

Now, in my own district of Minneapolis, we have an occupancy rate of like 98 percent and we could really use the help that a National Housing Trust Fund for low-income rental housing could provide.

I think it is important for you to note that, because as we are having this very civil conversation, the reality that people are going through--not just individual families but whole neighborhoods.

Our country is a country of immigrants, and the success of the immigrants in this country is often the success of immigrants and their families.

This is all about doing the kind of immigration reform that really supports the values that we have in this country.

So you would say that at the very least, for those people who are here undocumented, that at the very least they should not be having to wait longer than those who are here with green cards to access certain services?