Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, it was exactly 1 year ago that Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. He began by promising to launch a new era of responsibility, bipartisanship, and transparency at home and to improve America's…

I think there is a concern, at least among some of us in the Congress, that we need additional detention space.

I think it is really important that not Department of Homeland Security but somebody outside the Department make that evaluation.

The whole point there is the deterrent effect of detention.

It is not secure yet, and the first line of defense are the Border Patrol agents.

I was disappointed that the only mention in the conference report of this is a report that I had asked to be done.

Obama shut down the commission despite the jihadists' efforts to conclude it by pleading guilty.

I appreciate he had expressed as recently as September that his views were the same as previously expressed in opposition to the bill.

The principal reason there were so few military trials is the tireless campaign conducted by leftist lawyers to derail military tribunals.

For 8 years, justice has been delayed for the victims of the 9/11 attacks.