We are looking forward to doing that in just a few minutes, actually. We have Dogfish Head Beer, we have Grottos pizza, and Capriotti subs, and dozens of restaurateurs and breweries and wineries from across Delaware--in age-appropriate…

Madam President, as anyone who has looked at the beautiful Delaware flag knows--and it flies in our offices and hallways here--it has a date emblazoned on the bottom--December 7, 1787, and that is known as Delaware Day. That is the day…

They have succeed in scaring the parents who homeschool their children all over this country. My own office has gotten dozens of calls and letters demanding that I vote against this convention. As a matter of international law and as a…

Whether it is the reception in the morning, the long carriage ride through the middle of Georgetown, the speeches on the podium, the announcement of the results, the literal burying of the hatchet, or the receptions that go on all…

I thank my colleague. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.

Would my colleague yield? Madam President, I want to follow up--we are supposed to talk about tomorrow being Delaware Day, if I could do that. But I wish to follow up on Senator Coons' remarks on the fiscal cliff. A friend of mine who has…

I would add to that this is a commitment to civility that Senator Coons and I share, and it is also one that our Congressman John Carney certainly does, and winning in races before him, Mike Castle. If you think of all of those--Castle…

We have this beautiful center of Georgetown, with all these beautiful old brick buildings, courthouses and other buildings, and as we gather there in the circle of Georgetown--and the Senator may have said this and I just missed it--but…

And we have fun doing them. One of the things we are going to do--a great idea from a brandnew Senator to Delaware about a year ago--is to have a ``Taste of Delaware.'' In fact, we are doing that this afternoon. It is not something paid…

Mr. President, I rise today to address a challenging situation in Mali. Mali is a west African country, a country of nearly \1/2\ million square miles, a vast country that stretches from the Sahara Desert to the Niger River area and is…

We should not hold the continued movement toward democracy hostage to the success of the military operations.

Mr. President, I also thank Senator Kerry for his chairmanship on the Foreign Relations Committee and his leadership on this very important issue. I thank Senator Lugar as well. Both Senators, in combination, led strongly on this important…

Madam President, I rise today to speak in favor of amendment No. 3262, which I am honored to cosponsor with Senators McCain and Levin. I thank the Senators for their disciplined, diligent, and very strong leadership of this year's NDAA…

There are difficult choices for the government there involved between guns versus better types of decisions.

But the suggestion that we should have an area the size of Texas controlled by terrorists who are engaged in drug trafficking, kidnapping, that have had an inflow of some sophisticated weaponry from Libya is to some quite concerning.

I urge the United States to press for a strong human rights component within this military intervention.

Mali is a country in crisis, and when one looks at the human development index, Mali is a country that ranks in the bottom dozen.

a response to any one of these challenges must not be dependent upon the achievement of another.