We just had a wonderful signing ceremony of the legislation that bears the name of former Senator Ted Kaufman and former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt.

He was really against improper payments.

I was an earlier doubter that St. Elizabeths made sense to try to consolidate everything in one campus. I am not a doubter anymore.

the solemn task that this is, as you saw in Costa Rica, the fact that we are able to do this and do it smoothly and without issue from one party to the next is just an extraordinary feat of American democracy.

I have been pleased with how both the George W. Bush Administration and the Obama Administration have taken a more active role in Federal real property management.

I just want to note something. We talked earlier that there is roughly 7 months to go for this administration.

Sometimes we let women do these jobs, like Janet Napolitano.

I will be very brief. My hope is that at the end of the day, we pass what Senator Collins and Senator Heitkamp have worked on, but I would also come back and consider some other issues where we could actually save more lives. That is my…

Mr. President, I appreciate the chance to follow the Senator from Maine this morning. If I could, I wish to briefly talk about the appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce and Justice and major science agencies, including the…

Reserving the right to object---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

I am not going to object. Mr. President, I was just walking through, seeing what was going to go on later this afternoon. I heard my colleague and friend from Texas talking. He is very thoughtful and knowledgeable of the law. He is a…

The situation that they face in Arizona reminds me of the situation that we have faced in Delaware.

Sometimes, Madam Chair and colleagues, I think people think that they wake up in the morning over at EPA and they say, well, what can we tighten up today to make life miserable for the other States.

The Clean Air Act is an amazing success story, and air quality has improved dramatically.

To protect our health, we need less ozone pollution.

Today is a monumental day.

I make a unanimous consent request, if I could, to enter a couple letters from the environmental and health community expressing, believe it or not, opposition to S. 2702 and S. 2882.

My time has expired. Madam Chair, I would just say those of us whose roots are in West Virginia were raised by parents who believe in common sense.