ambitious, but sustainable and achievable.

I can't see why Congress wouldn't want to give the agency the full backing of what the American people to say, we want you to go do good work, go forth and do good work creating jobs and restoring our National Forests because the status…

the bill protects some of Montana's wildest back country areas as wilderness.

It creates jobs.

I think we all would agree that anyone who commits a crime should be held accountable.

Holding any individual accountable for crime is an important part of our Committee's jurisdiction.

If Congress failed to include an intelligence exemption in the legislation and relied upon the prosecutorial discretion of the Justice Department, would that have an impact on the intelligence community?

Extending the long arm of American criminal law is an issue that should not be done without significant consideration and caution.

This is a very important hearing. I am glad you are having it.

Today's hearing is no less important because criminal acts committed by U.S. citizens and contractors abroad could threaten our foreign relations.

Mr. President, we find ourselves again in the situation of extending key provisions of the PATRIOT Act. These three provisions are roving wiretaps, section 215 business record orders, and the lone wolf provisions. These are all very…

Mr. President, in addition to agents on the ground, we have heard strong support for extending the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act from members of the Bush and Obama administrations. We have heard testimony from the Director of the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Dayle Elieson and James Cook, detailees on my Judiciary Committee staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 112th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, during my floor speech last Thursday on for-profit education, I neglected to insert a letter into the Record. I ask unanimous consent that the following letter from Apollo Education Group be printed in the Record. There…

I am delighted to yield to my friend from Illinois, who has been a strong fighter for students and also, I would say, over the last several years has focused a lot of attention on these abuses of the for-profit schools. Exhibit 1 Excerpts…

I thank the Senator for his great work on this. I just want to add one other thing about the school and about the debt of these students. Some have likened what the for-profit school industry is doing to the subprime bubble we had. But…

And, by the way, as the Senator fully knows, these student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. They are around your neck forever.

This is something else we have to look into. Right now, the Federal laws are that a student has to be in for at least 60 percent of the term. If they are in for 60 percent of a term, then the school can keep the money. Now, I ask my friend…