Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

I think it's important for those two sides of HHS to be able to work together.

There are always issues where we want to be able to share data.

I think our concern really is that we're already subject to one.

We are going to miss you, I can say.

What are some of the lessons you learned as you took over this area in terms of what works and what does not work?

I was proud when the President signed it into law, and I am mostly here today just to get more updates on what has been happening.

I thank my colleague. I thank my colleague for his words here this evening and for his leadership on this and on so many issues. I just found it striking, Mr. Gingrey, that what you are talking about here is not only staggering debt, as…

I rise today, Mr. President, to speak in support of food safety legislation. Food safety is a topic that affects every single American. Food safety is something we all care about because we all eat. American consumers spend more than $1…

Mr. President, I want to say one thing to my esteemed colleague from South Dakota. I went all around the State of Minnesota during this recess. I had 118 meetings. Many of them were economic development meetings all around the State. Over…

That to me is pretty amazing.

What happened to you and to Ms. Reedy is simply horrific, and I am just sorry about this.

Can you assure me that you will make sure that rape victims are not directly or indirectly having to pay for their rape exams?

But to me, the real problem is that this practice is actually legal.

But, again, I have seen reports of victims having to pay insurance deductibles for their rape exams or paying what is left after a Crime Victims Fund, which I think is what you are referring to, maxes out.

It's the Department's obligation to ensure that these students and the faculty have a safe place in which to learn and to teach and to live.

I'm committed to being a partner in the Senate on this issue, and I hope to work with many of you young folk.

So we're talking about the end of 2011 for a law that was written in 2001? That's 10 years to promulgate the rules.