What recourse and authority does the U.S. have when a country blocks a product for such a clearly fraudulent reason?

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Maryland for her fine words. She is someone who knew the Court before there were any women on that Court. She has seen many changes. I thank her for her work. To break the glass ceiling, we have now…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from North Carolina for her comments. I like how she pointed out how Solicitor General Kagan has received support from so many people on both sides of the aisle, and then also Solicitor General Kagan's…

One thing about Elena Kagan: When you look at her series of jobs, you realize she has been in the arena as a manager, a teacher, an adviser, a consensus builder, and a lawyer. In every job, she has worked very hard and has done very well…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New Hampshire, my neighbor in the Chamber. I thank her for her fine remarks. I was listening when she talked about Senator Graham's comments. I truly believe that was a moment of leadership, where…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New York for that enthusiastic endorsement. I like how she took on some of these criticisms that have been lodged against Solicitor General Kagan. I also understand that at least one of my colleagues…

Mr. President, I am so honored to come to the floor with a number of women Senators to discuss the President's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. As is the Presiding Officer…

Madam President, we have now been joined by the Senator from Delaware, and we are pleased to have him here as well as we continue our discussion about the fine qualities of Solicitor General Kagan for the job of Justice of the Supreme…

Action is also needed on legislation to normalize financial relations with Cuba.

Makes the grade. With that, I yield to my colleague from South Carolina. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.

I was pleased with the President's commitment to double the value of U.S. exports under the National Export Initiative.

My State is the seventh largest agriculture export State in the country, and in 2009, our farmers exported nearly a third of what they produced, which brought in $4.3 billion to our State.

Madam President, I think this concludes our very broad discussion about all of the fine qualifications of Elena Kagan for this job and, again, refuting the words of one of our colleagues-- unfortunate words--in which he said, I believe…

I'm very disturbed by the videos.

Mr. President, above the entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court are four words, and four words only: ``Equal Justice Under Law.'' I rise today to support the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the U.S…

There's no bigger defender of Pell grants than me, because of that.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Doug Wilson and Romy Ganschow, two fellows in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the debate on General Kagan's nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I have a responsibility to the taxpayer, OK? I have a responsibility to the taxpayer.