What about the tragic deaths in the desert of those who attempt to come into the United States and don't make it through to beyond the desert, Arizona and Texas in particular. Are those numbers up or down?

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 1417…

Madam President, today I wish to speak about one of the most important jobs the Senate must do before we go home for the holidays--extend Federal unemployment insurance benefits. This is a program that has helped tens of millions of…

Twenty percent fail to appear?

I remember John Ashcroft testifying before this Committee on a broader group of those who failed to appear, and his number that day some years ago was 84 percent are alien absconders.

Are those numbers up or down on balance over the last 5 years?

Mr. President, I rise in enthusiastic support of the nomination of Chai Feldblum to serve a second term at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Commissioner Feldblum has served with distinction at the Commission since 2010. She is…

I would hope that we would have a firm statement from the administration of whether or not this legislation is harmful or not.

I continue to believe that many of them call into serious question whether the law and other safeguards currently in place strike the right balance between protecting our civil liberties and our national security.

We find that there is a use and a value to having an independent legal representative in the FISA Court process in the appropriate circumstances.

The bill that I have does not require an advocate in every FISA Court case. It would be only when the Court agreed that it might be helpful.

This is a very important hearing, and you are doing the right thing by having the hearing because this is a subject of ongoing media attention and a lot of constituent interest.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3626, which was received from the House. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to…

I believe that the IRS should be working with as many partners as possible.

Mr. President, I know we are not voting on this nomination today. I think it will be tomorrow. But I do not think there will be time to make remarks tomorrow, so I am expressing not only my opposition to the nominee being confirmed but…

Mr. President, I don't think I find fault with anything Senator Schumer said, except as a matter of timing and when to consider those things. Before making any changes to current law, Congress needs to gain an understanding of printed gun…

Raising the minimum wage could allow Americans who currently rely on government assistance programs the ability to be more self-sufficient.

Nearly 90 percent of workers who would benefit from increasing the minimum wage are at least 20 years old, and 55 percent work full-time.