Competitive air service is directly related to the economic prosperity of our smaller and rural communities.

The European Union's renewable energy directive now being implemented by some European countries poses a significant and unfair barrier to bio-diesel and our feedstocks from the U.S.

Mr. President, I would like to congratulate the International Association of Workforce Professionals, IAWP, for a century of leadership in enhancing the professionalism and excellence of America's workforce systems. IAWP will have a…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks, Director, for your testimony here.

And with the request of the letter that was issued by Chairman Goodlatte and Senator Grassley for the list and the details of those who fit within those categories I have mentioned of the 2,228, you will provide that at their request?

That is roughly 8 or 10? That is the kind of number we are talking about that may have been mandatory detention that were released?

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. __…

the 401(k) is becoming an everyday savings account for workers and really not the retirement account it was designed to be.

This is a very important hearing because immigration is something that is going to be worked on, I think, in both Houses of Congress.

I believe that more men are coming simply because companies prefer to hire the men over the women.

I am still waiting for the report.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

We thought that a legalization program would solve it once and for all. So when it comes to once and for all, I have to say we were wrong.

Mr. President, today I am reintroducing the Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act, a bill that would establish within the judicial branch an Office of Inspector General to assist the Judiciary with its ethical obligations as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 14, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Border Security…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Keeping up with a Changing Economy: Indexing the…