the system may work well in some ways, as you suggested, but it has put out of business many, many fishermen in the State of Connecticut

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Banking, Housing…

today I wish to remember all those we have lost in Connecticut and throughout the Nation due to pancreatic cancer and other types of recalcitrant cancers, and to raise awareness of the importance of continued efforts to bring about more…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 18, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I am here to speak on behalf of my good friend Gina McCarthy and her nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency. But before I do so, I would like to raise an issue I raised during a hearing of the Armed Services Committee. I…

Even the most established and trusted of institutions, whether our banks or state governments, have been subject to theft or breach of data.

So the chances are highly likely that the more online gambling there is, the more such breaches and theft there is likely to be.

My time has expired, but I would be interested in another area, which is one that was mentioned earlier concerning human trafficking.

Why would that vote by those home State Senators not be something entitled to discussion or weight by the Court?

And so, the two worlds merge, pornography and human trafficking.

I want to thank and commend the folks who are here today to give us their insights and to reinforce that view.

this program is a real American success story--the government providing resources and shared responsibility for a means of communication that is vital to many under-served and technological needy parts of our country.

thank you for holding today's hearing so that we can amplify and really emphasize the importance of improving the program.

The Court did not strike down the preclearance procedure. It simply struck down the formula.

one of the purposes of Congress is to prevent or, I will quote her, 'guard against backsliding.'

this is the greatest nation in the world, and, if not now, when, and, if not us, who?

It strikes me that the people who actually get elected around here knew and demonstrated by their vote that this bill was necessary.

My view is the Court was legislating in the most inappropriate and worst way.

I think there is a clear moral and economic imperative in acting to prevent the abuses and wrongdoing that clearly are in inherent, almost inescapable, in this form of gambling if we fail to take effective countermeasures.

The task ahead of this Committee and the Senate is to try to arrive at a bipartisan substitute.