Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Without objection, it is so ordered. National Police Week

The presumption of this hearing is that Congress should consider policies to improve chronic care coordination.

I do believe in the value of chronic care coordination, but I think it must be considered as part of a continuum of care.

I thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, because that is quite an accommodation. I appreciate it.

Clarence Gideon himself, when retried with a lawyer representing him, was acquitted.

The Sixth Amendment provides criminal defendants with assistance of counsel.

It has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the right to a lawyer.

For more than 50 years following the Gideon decision, it has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the right to a lawyer to help them navigate the system.

Thank you once again, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and members of the Committee, for holding this critical hearing.

It is a Rubik's Cube, as Senator Leahy said this morning.

I thank you for your cooperation through all the weeks of negotiation on this bill.

Mr. President, as we continue to fight against ISIS and those radicalized by them, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join efforts to provide direct assistance to a critical partner in that fight--the Kurdistan Regional Government…

It will codify what President Obama laid out in his historic 2009 memorandum requiring Federal agencies to adopt a presumption of openness.

We are going to examine what this Administration has done to fulfill its promise of open government.

I am hopeful--hopeful that will not be the case this year and that the Senate will soon pass meaningful and much needed reforms.

Both Senator Cornyn and I said at the time we want this--the strongest act possible, whether it is a Democratic or Republican Administration.

I place my money on the Associated Press because you get behind those numbers and you see what the Department of Justice is talking about.

Mr. President, the U.S. Marshals Service performs many important functions. Marshals protect Federal judges, they transport Federal prisoners, and they apprehend fugitives. The marshals operate the Witness Security Program, and they manage…