It was a clear, good vote for our new Commerce Secretary. We are very excited about that vote, 97 to 1. I am going to speak to that, but before I do, I yield to my colleague from the State of Louisiana, Senator Landrieu, for 2 minutes.

Mr. President, I first wish to thank the Gang of 8 and our Judiciary Committee for their work. As was discussed in the last few minutes, there has been an incredible amount of patience and hard work that has gone into this bill, and I am…

Mr. President, we are debating this historic comprehensive immigration reform, something that as a member of the Judiciary Committee I have worked long and hard on, and actually worked back in 2007 when I first got to the Senate. I can't…

Mr. Chairman, dairy farming is risky business. You've heard that from them themselves. These are the folks that are up at 4 a.m., rain, shine, snow or sleet--doesn't matter--7 days a week, 365 days a year milking cows, and then they do it…

When I travel around Minnesota and I talk to business owners, everywhere I go they tell me that they have jobs they want to fill, but they can't find people to fill them because they can't find workers with the right skills.

The technical training is exactly what I am talking about in terms of these community and technical colleges working with businesses.

We have not reauthorized WIA since it was originally passed in 1998.

What this bill would do is allow States to develop a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights exactly like we have in Minnesota to protect seniors from abuse and neglect and exploitation.

I believe that the government can and should provide that information, again, in a way that does not compromise our security.

I just hate to see us in the so-called interest of paying down our deficit and our debt actually hurting ourselves and hurting people at the same time.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about Medicare solvency. I know that to many people the words ``Medicare solvency,'' which is the ability of the Medicare program to meet its financial obligations, sounds like an invitation to a nice nap. You…

I believe the government must give proper weight to both keeping Americans safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy.

Thank you for your wonderful service for the last 12 years.

I appreciate that, and I also appreciate the information that has been put out to show the number of terrorist attacks that have been averted.

I just think we are at the point where we have 2,400 agents who deserve a permanent head.

Yes. And one of the ideas put out there, if they are just simply not going to or are unable to get bipartisan support for a nominee, enough, at least, to put us over the top so we get a confirmed nominee, is Senator Durbin's idea to…

the nation's top four airlines would control nearly 90 percent of the market.

Madam President, I come to the floor today to ask my colleagues to join us in supporting the historic comprehensive immigration bill that is before us today. We worked hard on the Judiciary Committee to craft a strong bipartisan bill that…