I think it is, as the President said, incumbent upon us to be as transparent as we can.

To me the LGBT community now deserves the same kind of rights.

As a Nation, we have made great strides on the road toward equality for LGBT citizens, and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has been instrumental in that progress.

I have a bipartisan transparency bill that would do just that.

And they become more productive and on and on.

The most important elements of judicial temperament are open-mindedness, respect for all parties, attorneys and other participants in the judicial process, and humility.

Well, thank you so much, Senator Durbin, and thank you for holding this important hearing.

I am just concerned when I hear these numbers, hundreds that Senator Durbin was talking about.

I think we should be making it easier, while still checking everything you need to check.

Mr. President, I rise to speak about some of the important work we can be doing to help strengthen our economic recovery and to get more Minnesotans and more Americans across the country into jobs. During the government shutdown in…

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We need to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

In American Express v. Italian Colors, basically what I believe we saw was the Court overturned precedent, effective vindication.

The idea is that we cannot expect our troops to fight the enemy abroad while fighting off bank foreclosures or an eviction notice at home.

Private actions are a vital supplement to government enforcement not only under the antitrust laws but also under a wide range of other federal statutes.

I urge this body and this Congress to enact the Arbitration Fairness Act.

Senator Franken's Arbitration Fairness Act would restore the rights of small businesses like mine to enforce our rights.

I think these remedy-stripping clauses are affecting everyone.