I know the Chairman has expressed his concern and other Members of the Committee are committed as well.

Well, it would operate in secret, but it could be combined with other reforms that would provide for some greater measure of transparency to the FISA Court's opinions when it makes new law that affects Americans around the world or at…

Could you get us the number for the length of time that is required for resolution of appeals?

I am troubled to find is that, unless I am wrong, the average length of appeals has actually increased by about 7 percent since March.

Isn't the problem that this relationship of trust has actually undermined trust in the American public and really threatens to completely eviscerate confidence in a system that operates in secret, makes secret law, and in the end the…

I want to thank Senator Murray for her work to avoid another shutdown because in another case the shutdown itself aggravated the timing issue.

In other words, the FISA Court should not be making law.

I don't like the word restrictions as much as directives. I understand they should be neutral and fair, but they have to adopt policy approaches that really encourage the public interest.

I think more and more the spectrum is that blood supply, and the American public ought to understand how important it is.

I believe strongly and I have written and used the oversight hearings of the Judiciary Committee, where I serve, to encourage the Department of Justice to continue policies and to encourage the FCC to adopt policies that ensure that…

I want to, first of all, thank the chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the ranking member, Senator Levin and Senator Inhofe, for the leadership they have provided to this body and to our Nation in fashioning a bill, the National…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to join the resolution which has been submitted by Senator Durbin, and also a separate resolution submitted by Senators Collins and Klobuchar, relating to the fight against Alzheimer's disease…

all of us have been touched by this dread and pernicious disease. Alzheimer's strikes families, loved ones, colleagues, coworkers, friends, acquaintances--literally all of us-- increasingly so because the numbers are multiplying almost…

I thank my colleagues who led this effort. Well before I became involved, Senator Udall and Senator Wyden have helped to lead this effort before there was any real disclosure about some of the excesses that have been so dramatically…

Do you see that program continuing?

I would join my colleague, Senator Booker, in his remarks about immigration, which I have fought to reform and been proud to work on very actively in the two and a half years.

We are a nation of immigrants. And we should be welcoming and embracing a form of energy and initiative and talent which are exemplified by all three of you.

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Blumenthal pertaining to the introduction of S. 1714 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

I ask unanimous consent that Peter Nothstein, a detailee on the Senate Judiciary Committee, be granted Senate floor privileges for the duration of the 113th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am here to talk about the Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013, which I am very proud to introduce today, with bipartisan support, joined by my colleagues Senators Ayotte, Cornyn, and Casey. This bill is a comprehensive effort to…

my purpose in being here today is to support the Military Justice Improvement Act and the very urgent need to include its worthwhile and comprehensive provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, either by way…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Connecticut is recognized.

I certainly join you in that general view and hope that you will perhaps join me in advocating that this exemption should be narrowed or eliminated if the leagues continue these blackout policies that are essentially anti-consumer and take…

I think the system can benefit from the kind of review that Chairman Begich is providing here.

I think everybody involved, anybody with the slightest exposure to this system, would agree that the current system is not ideal.