Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the…

As Senator Grassley noted, I really was the skunk at the company picnic for a number of years.

I consider whistleblowers patriotic citizens who just want to do their job.

If something is wrong and you cannot know everything that is right and wrong, people come to you with a good-faith effort to point out something is wrong, it ought to be treated with a priority if you did not know about it.

In 1974, Congress passed the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act with two goals in mind: first, to prevent at-risk youth from entering the criminal justice system; second, is to help minors already in the system become valuable…

I am grateful to you, Senator Grassley, and to the full Committee for calling these issues to our attention.

Mr. President, do I have 15 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The Senator from Iowa.

Mr. President, the ability of Congress to be a check on the actions of the executive branch is being endangered. One of the tools that we in Congress have created to help the government identify and correct its mistakes is being…

I question whether the CFTC Chairman may determine if and to what extent funds may be removed from the IG's appropriation for any purpose that would amount to nearly 13 percent of their budget.

We have not yet received those documents, so I would like your assistance that this information will be made available to Senator Johnson and me within a week.

Well, I appreciate your explanation, and if you give us these documents, then we will be able to satisfy ourselves.

I really want to personally thank Senator Wyden, once again, for his help on this effort.

I want to compliment the chairman and the ranking member for moving ahead on this package of bills we have.

To me, it is common sense, when 95 percent of the people live outside the United States, and we are an exporting Nation, that we should do whatever we can do to get our products into other countries.

I want to convince everyone to support TPA.

I expect USTR to continue this tradition of consultation; however, we have reason to be concerned about over-reach of this administration.

Senator Wyden and I have done our best to create both a product, and a process on this legislation, that is bipartisan.

If Congress grants Trade Promotion Authority to President Obama, could immigration provisions be included in future trade agreements?