No. To answer the Senator's question, we do not even know how many duplicative programs there are out there. These are the 640 we found looking over a 4-week period. But when we asked GAO or the Congressional Research Service about this…

Mr. President, the dangerous consequences facing this Nation aren't as outlined by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The dangerous consequences facing this Nation are continued spending and borrowing from the next generation…

No problem there. Is the Senator aware that the foreign ops appropriation increased by 11 percent in 2009 and 33 percent last year? Yet the Senator is saying we can't trim 5 percent from that budget? Am I hearing the Senator correctly? We…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I will not object, but I want to convey my appreciation to the leader and his staff for allowing division in the four areas on my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

Mr. President, last year Federal agencies ended the fiscal year with $657 billion in unobligated balances. There is no question a great deal of that is associated with the war efforts and other things, but according to OMB and CBO…

Mr. President, a lot of times attention is drawn to terrible things going on around the world. We hear a lot about Sudan, and we hear about Zimbabwe, with a president who has taken that country from the breadbasket of the world to one of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Uganda

I think you want to do that. We want to do that.

It is vital that a peaceful environment exists in the Strait of Taiwan, and the ability of Taiwan to maintain its defense rests heavily upon its ability to acquire defense articles.

I believe in racial and ethnic profiling.

I think it would probably serve us well to see how they did that remarkable job.

I welcome the opportunity to hear from the witnesses today--and especially from Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell--about our policies toward various Asian governments, and what standards the United States should apply in its relations with…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I mean, that's really moving.

Let me commend all of them for the fine work they did.

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the following letter I sent to Mr. Alan Frumin, Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, on January 8, 2010, regarding the ruling that occurred in the Senate on December 16…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these letters commenting on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009-- the majority's ``health reform bill''--be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…

The Constitution does spell out the authority and role of judges and how they interpret law, would you agree to that?