I am joined by Senator Grassley in the strong feeling that we have an obligation to move forward and advance this nominations process in the Senate.

I hope for bipartisan support. I think that keeping faith with our veterans should command support from both sides of the aisle.

I am committed to a sustained and consistent effort to honor all veterans and open to the ideas from my colleagues on how to modify these proposals.

Veterans would not have the chiropractic care and support they have today without your leadership.

I am grateful to Chairman Leahy for giving me this opportunity to preside this afternoon and to Senator Grassley, the Ranking Member, for being here with us.

You will be, if confirmed, the face and voice of justice for countless individuals who will come before you.

But wouldn't it be fair to say that we have no direct, clear guidance from the Supreme Court at least on the issues at stake here?

Thank you very much, Judge Scola. Let me say by way of preface, to each of you, thank you for being willing to take on this responsibility.

I bring a little bit of the same perspective, having been United States Attorney in Connecticut for 4.5 years before I was Attorney General.

I would like to join you in the effort to provide more support for community colleges that you and Senator Hagan were discussing earlier.

Some of the worst practices here have turned that dream into a nightmare.

What strikes me as different here is that we are dealing with hopes and dreams, someone is trying to better himself and increase opportunity.

I want to join Mr. Chairman in thanking you for your profoundly important and historic work on this topic.

If the education is substandard, if it fails to meet minimum quality criteria, it shouldn't be in business.

I was unavoidably absent during today's vote to extend three expiring provisions of the PATRIOT ACT, due to my son's college graduation. I voted to extend these provisions earlier this year when this legislation was before the Senate…

we all have a shared commitment to our Nation's veterans. That shared commitment is reflected in many of the programs that are supported by yourself and my other colleagues in this body every year. I deeply respect the knowledge and…

I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks to 15 minutes, if necessary. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Connecticut. (The remarks of Mr. Blumenthal pertaining to the introduction of…

I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Dakota. ____________________

Given your experience with Nisour Square and similar cases, can you explain how it can be difficult to establish jurisdiction under MEJA, how CEJA might make it better, and relate that to Nisour?

I can anticipate that one of the issues that may be raised is that this kind of proposal, CEJA, would 'discourage' or 'deter' contractors from wanting to be involved in doing business and working for the United States.

I am very pleased and honored to join my distinguished colleagues--most recently the occupant of the chair--as we pledge to continue to fight to stand for women's health care and to fight the devastating cuts that are incorporated in the…

And in making these decisions and others, is the top level, such as yourself, the Attorney General of the United States, increasingly involved in making these prosecutorial decisions because they involve such important discretion--as all…

No, Senator, I cannot, so rape is off the table.

And will increase, Mr. Chairman, even further under the strategy that has been outlined by the United States.

the importance of this issue will only increase, and I think your testimony is very, very important in support of these proposed changes