When you look at the caseload that faces the Federal Circuit Court, we talked about some of the things, intellectual property cases I think take up a third of the matters that are involved there.

Mr. Hughes, when you were a trial attorney for the Justice Department, you were involved in several cases relating to the harbor maintenance tax...

Thank you, Senator. I'd like to address a couple of quality-of-life issues.

We should have a higher concern over the impact on military and their families.

It is in the best interest of our Army, the Department of Defense, and our national security to avert further cuts through sequestration.

The sequestration cuts this year, if they are repeated again next year, will create a devastating impact on our military.

She's been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I can't think of a better description of tonight's Gershwin Prize recipient.

More than seven million students who rely on these loans to finance postsecondary education should not be burdened with additional college debt as they seek to graduate.

The Americas represent a region of opportunity for the United States.

Our thoughts and prayers remain with the wonderful people of Oklahoma.

Health care is one of the issues that is an important -- a particularly important issue in the Americas with the expansion of the middle class.

Our objective is to work with our partners across the hemisphere to promote a hemisphere that's middle class, secure and democratic.

New songs will be sung.

As Acting Director, Dan helped restore the trust of the American people in the General Services Administration by making the agency more efficient, accountable and transparent.

I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) would vote ``yea.''

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

The amendment clarifies the distinct process and deliberate pace we must take to successfully degrade the Iranian regime's ability to develop a nuclear weapon and isolate them in the international community.