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I value the diversity that people of different backgrounds, as the Senator said, is what makes our country different.

the big policy was why should a bank robber in Texas get a different sentence from a bank robber in California;

So I suppose it is like how many Senators do you need to screw in a light bulb or something.

We know that. And we have the decrease in fatalities, due to seatbelt laws and due to DWI laws.

But, over time, as there was enforcement mechanisms, as things happened, it did change seatbelt use, which I understand is one of the main reasons we're having less fatalities on the road.

Putting these laws on the books can never be a bad thing, but it's what you do with those laws.

I actually think it would be helpful for certain enhanced penalties for when people get--just--I'm looking at my old prosecutor's job.

We cannot ignore the statistics that show the dangers we face.

We've got a roadmap from work with seatbelts. We know how we can do this, where it won't be that expensive.

When people know that you're getting pulled over for using your phone, people stop using their phone.

I have come to the floor today in support of the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, which I believe, as was well stated by the Senator from California, will go a long way towards promoting job creation in the private sector…

It is an important step in what will be a difficult, but I hope successful, effort to reform IHS so it can be a model of delivering healthcare.

I have heard from Minnesota tribes that health services are inaccessible and insufficient.

There is serious dysfunction and mismanagement in the Indian Health Service.

Madam President, I rise to discuss my opposition to the resolution before us, the resolution disapproving the National Mediation Board's ruling on election procedures. This ruling finally brings union election rules in the rail and…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________