Now, on that latter point, you have seen some of that very much advertised on recent news reports about 4th graders selling marijuana for $11 as an example.

I do not want to remove that cornerstone.

Mr. President, I am glad to yield. I think that is very basic economics: Increase supply and reduce price. The other matter is it makes us more energy independent. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars every day to import oil. There is…

I think the sentencing bill that the administration supports does just the opposite.

Maybe as a matter of a summary, would you say that the trends are moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?

If State enforcement efforts are not sufficiently robust to protect against the harms set forth above, the Federal Government may seek to challenge the regulatory structure itself.

These are penalties for dealers, not users. In the midst of the heroin epidemic, as I said to you, I think that this makes no sense.

It is a jobs bill, it is an energy bill, it is a national security issue, and it sends the message around the world that we are not going to be dependent upon the rest of the world for our energy. It is all those things and probably a lot…

the system of penalties in place now is a critical tool for them to be able to dismantle drug-trafficking networks to keep our communities safe.

I hope to discuss the legislation that Senator Feinstein and I introduced last year called 'Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act,' that we can get something done to deter this kind of marketing.

Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong support for the nomination of Dr. David Weil to serve as Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor. The Wage and Hour Division oversees some of the most…

Yesterday marked the 25th year that workers, family members, and safety advocates have come together to honor and remember those that have been killed on the job and advocate for safer workplaces.

It is imperative to the public health that these regulations be finalized and strengthened.

Mr. President, 25 years ago today the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was signed into law. To mark that anniversary, I come to the floor to discuss some of the history that led to that legislation, the lessons learned over the past 25…

Reserving the right to object, and I will object, but to remind everybody, when the majority leader says that nothing is being done on judges, we have confirmed 233 judges and only disapproved the 2; so don't ever try to sell the American…

Reserving the right to object, and I would offer an alternative; but before I do that, I wish to say to my colleagues in the U.S. Senate that, first of all, there is controversy about this nominee. Let's make that clear. And second, the…

Madam President, I certainly favor the goals of this legislation. The Senator will remember we passed a childcare bill that included many of the same background check provisions for childcare employees. Those provisions were negotiated…

Mr. President, today the Senate is voting to confirm Terrell McSweeny's nomination to an open seat on the Federal Trade Commission. This vote is long overdue as the FTC has lacked a full complement of Commissioners for more than a year…