Chris Coons

We need to use our leverage to promote transparency within Congo.

I think that having a U.N. envoy of such stature and such commitment and a focus not just on peace but also on human rights and accountability is terribly important.

My heart aches for everyone who has been affected by this tragedy.

Part of the purpose of my visit to Kinshasa was to urge President Kabila to travel to Addis and to sign the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework and to actively participate.

I share very strongly the views expressed by some of my colleagues that it was shameful that Caitlin Halligan, the nominee to the DC Circuit, was filibustered and denied a vote on the floor.

To have President Obama, who is in his fifth year in office, not have a single nominee confirmed... is wrong.

I think the hard right wants to use the DC Circuit to undo all kinds of government decisions.

If you were outvoted on a three-judge panel, does that mean to you in any way that your legal analysis or your position was wrong?

Humility is always a good thing in public service.

I do think that you cannot allow agreements to be broken and have there be no consequences.

I think the guiding principle to me, though, would be an impartial adherence to the rule of law.

We are going to move to five-minute questioning rounds, and I would also like to ask unanimous consent...

I would like to recognize that five Members of the House were also here to lend their support.

I would like to invite our nominee, Mr. Srinivasan, to stand.

I am grateful for the opportunity to proceed to hear from our nominee.

I am introducing the Court Efficiency Act.

The DC Circuit is the least busy circuit in the country.

The Senate has been doing its job and doing it quickly.

I hope that my colleagues will join with me to show the American people the Senate is not broken and that regular order is capable of addressing the vacancy crisis on the DC Circuit.

In my view, when a President submits a qualified candidate of high character and sound legal mind, absent exceptional circumstances, that candidate is entitled to a vote.

Every time the Senate holds up a nominee for partisan or political reasons, we lose not only the contributions of that candidate, but we make it harder to find talented individuals willing to serve.

As Chief Justice Roberts has said, "It is a tradition of the American Bar that goes back before the founding of our Nation that lawyers are not identified with the positions of their clients."

How many minutes are remaining on our side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 48\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the Senator for his comments and for his leadership in the Budget Committee and his hard work in the Chamber over many years. The budget we are bringing forward to this floor today is one that invests in growing the American…

But, would you agree, today, that we are not perceived to be on the right side of this...