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Access is a significant issue on public lands for the public as well as for those who have private property or private concerns in which they need that particular access.

These firms' activities were detailed in a report from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies to the administration in February.

I guess the concern is you have had this report since February, and I just would appreciate an update.

I care about this state and about auto industry like -- I guess like no one else on this stage having been born and raised here and watched my parents make their life here.

I -- look. Look. Herman Cain is the person to respond to these questions. He just did. The people in this room and across the country can make their own assessment, I haven't.

I hope you are able to share every aspect of it.

I think there should have been some real serious corrections done because of what they did to a great U.S. Senator.

I think it hampers the work that they do in many areas if they are going to be brought into court years later.

If we have prosecutors running wild like that and ignoring the law itself, something as important as exculpatory evidence that has to be given to the defendant in a criminal case, you can see why some people are losing confidence in what…

You have acknowledged today that mistakes were made, obviously, within the Department of Justice related to the Fast and Furious program but without specifying who made those mistakes.

I find this interesting in the sense that here the requirement outlined in Section 2518 of Title 18 requires an analysis at the Department of Justice level.

Mr. Chair, I understand that some are arguing that maintaining the ``status quo'' in states can set disparate ballast standards is better than moving any legislation establishing a stronger national ballast water standard, which is widely…

I note the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). The senior Senator from New Hampshire.

Mr. President, let's be clear about what the Democrats' Rebuild America Jobs Act is and what it is not about. It is about expanding infrastructure spending, financed by tax increases. It is about setting up a brand-new government…

Mr. President, while I have been interested in the comments between the two leaders, I have to agree with the Republican leader that this is an exercise, in many ways, in futility because the bill brought forth by the other side has very…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time be divided equally and not charged to one side or the other. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We support the continued application of this law which, by prohibiting encroachment by a new commemoration on an existing one, respects the design of this completed work of civic art without alteration or addition of new elements.