Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on March 14, 2012, at 2:45 p.m., in room SC 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I simply want to thank both leaders for their kind remarks. Really, I have to say that Senator Inhofe and I and our staffs really became a close family as we worked through this bill. I am so moved by the way we were able to…

Mr. President, I yield back our time, but Senator Inhofe has something to say. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. President, I again thank everybody. During our earlier morning business period I praised all of the staffs from both sides of the aisle, all of the chairmen, and all of the ranking members. So thank you so much. It was a great vote, 74…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session on March 14, 2012, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Ending Homelessness Among Veterans: VA's Progress on Its 5-Year…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 14, 2012, at 10 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled, ``Sudan and South Sudan: Independence and…

If these tubes rupture, radiation could be released at levels that exceed safety standards.

Today the NRC announced that it is flying out a special investigation team to conduct a more intensive evaluation of the plant.

I know that our thoughts and our prayers go out to the people of Japan and the victims of this catastrophe.

sequestration, if military personnel costs are exempt, could hit an across-the-board cut in defense programs of as much as 23 percent in fiscal year 2013

Mr. President, we are long overdue to reauthorize our Nation's transportation programs. The last reauthorization, SAFETEA LU, expired in September 2009. Since then there have been seven short-term extensions, and the most current extension…

You take them down and you take them down because at that point you either take them out of action or you flip them and make them part of your investigation.

We've been lied to by the Department of Justice. We've been lied to by some of the ATF.

Well, ATF agents on both sides of the border have told us that once you have enough to know that somebody has done something and to indict them with a felony, you take them down and you take them down because at that point you either take…

Well, we are. And there are similarities. These were known straw buyers that were not intercepted or stopped. And ultimately, gun walking, everyone has a different definition. But when you let weapons go from the control of a federally…

They missed opportunities to use people that they had felonies against as, if you will, roll-up witnesses.

Well, Anderson, we've been lied to by the Department of Justice. We've been lied to by some of the ATF.

Well, we are and there are similarities. These were known straw buyers that were not intercepted or stopped and ultimately gun walking, everyone has a different definition. But when you let weapons go from the control of a federally…