Mr. President, with that, I yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I was very concerned about the Catholic Church's involvement in the ObamaCare legislation as it moved through this Congress.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Gregory Shanahan and Lemi Tilahun of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I think the Church's desire on the principle of trying to serve people... they got too far ahead of themselves on this.

by giving all this money to Planned Parenthood, we are giving money to the organization that does hundreds of thousands of abortions a year, more than any other

Mr. President, first I want to thank our leader and our assistant leader for their great leadership and for their eloquence here on the floor today and for correctly stating what the issue is. It is not rules; it is justice. I am going to…

We should first put the principle, it is the church's principle, of life first.

One of the problems with the Department's policy of selective enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in Colorado and Washington is that the Federal priorities identified by the Department are already being negatively impacted by the…

In my view, the right to self-defense does not mean a whole lot if you cannot access your firearm in a real big hurry.

I often feel that whistleblowers are kind of treated like skunks at a picnic, just as an example.

I hope when you run into some of this you will be an advocate for them within the Department.

I very much believe whistleblowers are patriotic people, and that we would not be able to do our job of oversight or in your case prosecution if you did not have some of their information.

It was putting a strain on a lot of people's criminal records which really should not be there.

There are some number of people in large corporations who learn about things that could be considered violations of securities laws. Now they have a huge motivation to move forward.

First, I, like my colleagues, congratulate the nominees and the families that are proud of their nomination...

there is really no reason why the leader of the Senate cannot bring these nominations up for a vote anytime that he decides to do it.

the majority stripped the minority of any ability to stop any nominee from being confirmed on the floor.

I have reminded my colleagues of the predecessor's involvement of this office orchestrating the quid pro quo...