Do American citizens always have the right to talk to an attorney when they are detained by their own Government on American soil?

There is bipartisan agreement these regulations create unnecessary burdens for students and schools and should be repealed.

Students need interest rate relief now. Congress needs to act today to reverse this increase.

I remain concerned some federal regulations advanced as part of the Obama administration's package of program integrity mandates could stand in the way of the higher education innovation students want and so desperately need.

We cannot let the American dream become a dream permanently deferred for millions of college graduates drowning in debt.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of the immigration reform bill that we are going to vote on soon. I want to bring a Minnesota perspective to this debate. I want to talk about how this bill will help Minnesota businesses and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consented that my law clerk, Rachel Homer, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the debate on S. 744. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I just want to speak for a few minutes. I spoke at length earlier this week. I thank Senator Franken for his kind words and the work he has done on this bill, and also Senator Leahy, as well as all of those involved with…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Supreme Court Ruling

Madam President, I rise today to talk about college affordability and student loan interest rates. But before I do that, I would like to take a moment to comment on the historic decision this morning by the Supreme Court. I have been…

It did not have a score. Not only did it not have a score, someone made the interpretation, someone who is not elected.

I do not understand how someone, I do not know, sitting in office, I do not know where it is at can trump the will of 650,000 southern Minnesotans, thousands of veterans, veteran service organizations, the Chairman, the Ranking Member.

I do not often get to quote President Reagan, trust but verify. We will see this one.

I went out and built a coalition amongst democrats and republicans. It is supported by most major veteran service organizations.

And, unfortunately, the people that are going to pay the ultimate price here are the veterans of this country which to me is a great injustice.

Speaking of bipartisanship, I wish to address the recent vote, the 97-to-1 vote, for Ms. Penny Pritzker. This is a very positive development at a time when we are seeing a lot of nominations that have been stalled out. As a member of the…

However, when you look at our tax system, with the fact that we play red light/green light, that it is too complex, we actually rank 69th out of 185 in that subcategory.

I think it would really take a very small amount of money to set up a regulatory look-back organization say that could be housed in CBO, or it could be independent, but modeled after the CBO.