Mr. President, last week marked the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week, an initiative that has become a nationwide effort to promote openness and transparency in government. As Justice Brandeis wrote in 1913, ``sunlight is said to be the…

The results will be simply less competition for the benefit of the American consumer.

In other words, the decision has been made that Congress can't have the opinion, and so we won't get the opinion.

I believe that mandatory minimum sentences are an important tool but that we need to use that tool effectively.

The Constitution recognizes us as equal, but I was going to call on you first because you are the senior Member here today.

I won't get the opinion?

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. ____________________

Mr. President, as we begin this week with the serious and necessary discussions about the budget, I rise today to talk about something that is very personal to me, something that is incredibly close to my heart--the service and sacrifice…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Ernst pertaining to the introduction of S. 841 are printed in today's…

I would say probably 98 percent of the comments we got were how they were impeding innovation and productivity.

Rules and regulations impact every individual, every individual in Iowa.

I understand we have a need to protect our taxpayers, but we have a need to protect not only our men and women in uniform but also all of our Americans here in our homeland.

The good Senator Cotton took a lot of my A-10 line of questioning.

Thank you for being here and raising such an important issue on a wide range of interests, especially to Iowa, from small businesses and individual inventors to our universities as well.

Mr. President, this week is Sunshine Week, when we affirm the public's right to know how their government is run. Sunshine Week, which began as Sunshine Sunday in 2002, emphasizes the importance of transparency and accountability in a…

We're here today to discuss the topic of patent litigation abuse, and in particular, the destructive tactics of so-called 'patent trolls.'

It undermines the innovation and creativity that patents are supposed to protect.

Patent litigation abuse imposes high costs on American businesses. It wastes resources that could instead be utilized for research, development, job creation and economic growth.