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10 days ago, America lost a visionary public official, and I lost a friend. He was 97 years old. His name was Newt Minow. He was 35 years old in the year 1961 when President John Kennedy tapped him to chair the Federal Communications…

today the Senate will vote to confirm Jeremy C. Daniel to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A native Chicagoan, Mr. Daniel received his bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and his law degree…

they accused us of smear and harassment to even raise the facts brought up by ProPublica.

there was a bipartisan effort by two Members of this Committee, one Democrat, one Republican, to establish the standard of disclosure.

It's an indication, I think, of the important position of this Committee in the national debate on issues that affect every single family and affect our future in a profound way.

I'm not sure that we respond quickly and with enough expertise to deal with it.

What some of our colleagues do is they tie emotion into messaging, and that is how they fall into that.

What I'm hearing instead today is that 'stop me before I innovate again' message.

We passed all four bills with unanimous roll calls. Unanimous roll calls.

the fact that the Supreme Court of the United States of America has not established code of conduct and ethical standards that in and of themselves are trustworthy.

Many people in the Senate have based their careers on the opposite, that the economy will thrive if Government gets the hell out of the way.

What I'm hearing instead today is that 'stop me before I innovate again' message.

In fact, the Senate was not created for that purpose but just the opposite: slow things down, take a harder look at it, don't react to public sentiment, make sure you're doing the right thing.

I don't want to repeat that mistake again.

I come to the floor to talk about how we are currently failing our most senior military leaders, a failing caused entirely by my colleague the senior Senator from Alabama. Members of our All-Volunteer Force answer the call to service by…

I am disappointed the Senate is not able to confirm MG Heidi Hoyle today. As I said earlier, the work Major General Hoyle would do, if confirmed, is vital to the success of our Army. And now I want to consider another patriot whose…

I've been surprised, in a way, at the reaction of my Republican counterparts to this issue.