Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 8, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 8, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. near east…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 8, 2010, at 3 p.m., to hold a Near Eastern subcommittee hearing entitled ``Assessing the Strength…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have the following statement by Patrick Corvington, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…

I thank the Speaker for yielding. I have the honor of representing Herb in the Congress of the United States. He was born in Aquasco in April of 1936. In my view, he's a young man. For those of you who are much younger, I want you to know…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I want to thank Chairman Levin. Chairman Levin has worked, along with his staff, Janice Mays, the staff director and other members of an extraordinary staff, around the clock. And I am sure Mr. Camp would…

This bill supports the efforts of American entrepreneurs and of American businesses to create jobs here at home, and at the same time, it closes down perverse tax loopholes that encourage big corporations to ship American jobs overseas. On…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank especially Chairman Skelton and the House Armed Services Committee for their leadership on this issue and for their continued commitment to what it takes for our servicemembers and their…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 47 offered by Mr. Sarbanes: At the end of title VIII, add the following new section: SEC…

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This amendment, amendment number 47, I believe, in the queue, would bring standards of good government and good government practice to procurement across the Federal agencies. What it does, in fact, is it takes a set…

Madam President, later we will be taking up an amendment I filed to the supplemental appropriations bill--amendment No. 4191-- and at that time, with an agreement that is reached by all sides, I will not be asking for a vote on that…

I didn't quote Mr. Powell. I referred to him. Mr. McKEON. I reserve the balance of my time.

I smile only because that rhetoric was the same rhetoric that was used in 1946. Mr. McKEON. Well, I'm sorry. I have not read that. And I'm not quoting from that same rhetoric. And as Colin Powell said, it is not the same. In fact, this is…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I want to thank the chairman, who is one of the giants on behalf of national security, military defense, quality of life for our troops, who for decades has been one of the outstanding spokespersons for…

I thank my friend for yielding, and I agree with my friend. As a matter of fact, I talked to Bob Gates today, and I talked to him 2 weeks ago about this issue. I was concerned about this issue and shared his view that we certainly ought to…

Ladies and gentlemen, we will soon bring to the floor a defense authorization bill that invests in our most important security needs: disrupting terrorists networks, countering nuclear proliferation, strengthening international cooperation…

Madam President, first, I thank the chairman and ranking member for allowing me the opportunity to offer this amendment. It imposes a moratorium on offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast and the Straits of Florida. I have already…