Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). Without objection, it is so ordered. ``Zero Dark Thirty'' IG Reports

The Federal Government should not be in the business of mandating policies that parties are otherwise free to negotiate privately.

No one likes sports blackouts.

I particularly compliment you for taking on a strong, powerful force that you are taking on.

If my friend will yield, I think that is absolutely true. First of all, it is true that a lot of times low-income people don't have access to a more healthy environment. The food deserts we call them in our inner cities, where they do not…

I thank my friend. I remember Dr. Andrew Weil, who is very well known in this country and a good friend of mine, once made the statement sometime ago in a hearing that the default state of the human body is to be healthy. The body wants to…

Mr. President, I see my friend from Tennessee here on the floor, but I want to take a few minutes on another subject. Today, December 3, is International Disability Rights Day-- International Disability Rights Day. It is observed around…

I thank the Senator for those kind remarks. Let me say again what a pleasure it has been to work with the Senator from Tennessee for the last few years. In the last couple of years, we brought a lot of meaningful legislation through our…

Mr. President, will the Senator from Tennessee yield? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

I thank the Presiding Officer. I thank my friend and colleague from Connecticut for his very excellent, profound statement and for taking a leadership position on this very crucial issue. It is obviously well known I am retiring in 3…

I thank the Senator for his kindness. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa. International Disability Rights Day

Mr. President, I support the nomination of Charlotte Burrows to be a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, and David Lopez to continue to serve as the agency's general counsel. These are two eminently…

I thank you and our Ranking Member, both the full and the Subcommittee, for the opportunity to bring this bill, H.R. 917, the 'Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013,' before this hearing today.

I also want to thank my colleague, Ms. Lofgren, and a good number of others for their bipartisan cooperation on this bill that is before us.

Congress has both the constitutional authority to act and the duty to use that authority to expand public access to our courts.

I thank the witnesses for your testimony and your patience for us to come back to this hearing after our votes on the floor.

Just before our August recess, this body passed S. Res. 525. I thank Senator Wyden, the vice chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus I am starting next year, for being an original cosponsor of the resolution. S. Res. 525 recognized…

Mr. President, I continue my objection to consideration of the nomination of Nani Coloretti to be the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In keeping with my efforts to end secret holds, I have been very…