In March--I am not certain that you have seen this. But in March, GAO issued a report that many of us in the Senate had requested about finding redundancies, waste, and inefficiencies in Government that we're missing right now.

I think that is good.

We want to see economic recovery. We want to see a more stable, more robust economy in this country.

Simply put, fewer agents mean fewer investigations of national security threats, drug trafficking, cyber intrusions, child pornography, human trafficking, financial scams, and a host of other crimes under the jurisdiction of the Federal…

I think that part of the checks and balances is that the Justice Department and the administration should defend the laws that the Congress puts on the books, regardless of what their personal views may be on those.

This may seem like a parochial matter, but it really isn't; it's of national importance.

We need to have a metric to make sure we know how many hours are driven, and that they're complying with the hours that are in the agreement that we signed with Mexico.

Am I correct then that the Schumer-Kyl program is simply trying to address the problem of business method patents of dubious validity that are commonly associated with the Federal Circuit's 1998 decision in State Street Bank v. Signature?

I know that Senator Alexander has great respect for you because the other day he was telling me that he thinks you are the second best secretary of education we have ever had.

My view is that focusing on STEM will absolutely translate into better jobs, better opportunities for many, many, many Americans around the country.

I would like to clarify some concerns I have about the Schumer-Kyl program that was included in the managers' amendment to the America Invents Act, adopted on March 1. I am specifically concerned that this provision revives an amendment…

I am concerned about that because pediatricians really are the primary care providers for our children.