I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 10 a.m., to conduct a Committee hearing entitled ``Implementing Wall Street…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The Committee will…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on the Judiciary

faith in God has played a pivotal role in American history every day since the Declaration of Independence.

in offering this prayer, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was 'bring[ing] faith and God in a very inclusive and nondiscriminatory way into our public life.'

The status quo is just not acceptable.

We cannot continue to betray the trust of our Nation's veterans by not doing everything in our power to make sure that they have access to employment.

on Sunday, the 20th of May, Taiwan marked the second inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou. Since its first direct presidential elections in 1996, Taiwan's democracy has emerged as model for the rest of the Asia Pacific region. Over these…

Well, that is very important and very encouraging news because obviously you are conducting a formal Inspector General investigation.

Any type of misconduct we take extremely seriously and we investigate it to the end limit.

the concern that we have expressed, Senator Collins quite explicitly, and what we are worried about is that an agent with the responsibility to protect the President and Vice President could be compromised.

There is no excuse for that type of behavior from both a conduct perspective and from a national security perspective.

Thank you for that answer. I hope you will take a fresh look at it, notwithstanding everything you have said...

Did any of those have characteristics similar to what happened in Cartagena, that they were women or prostitutes that they picked up.

I would appreciate that.

I want to personally thank Secret Service Director Sullivan for his cooperation with our investigation and also to thank him because he has worked very hard and fast since he learned of the crisis to investigate it and try to restore the…

I hope that you will continue not only your no-holds-barred investigation and the disciplinary actions which are so clearly warranted in this case.

we are going to investigate it, and we are going to take the appropriate disciplinary action.

the behavior was unacceptable for Secret Service personnel.

This cannot be ignored.

I think it is so important to get to the bottom of this event, to get to the truth of it so that we can find out exactly what happened.

Sir, this was a question an awful lot of us have asked ourselves over the last month and a half.

this is a classic moment-- unfortunately, too typical--where we all agree on the goal, but we want to pass another tier of sanctions against the Iranians to deter them from developing nuclear weapons. Our goal has been to get this done…

I am pleased to respond to my friend from Tennessee. I am actually very glad he raises the question, because I know at least one other Member of the Senate has similar concerns. The interpretation of my friend from Tennessee of our…