Daniel Inouye: “Recently our attention has been focused on prisoner abuse. Would your studies have been able to detect flaws in one's…”

today the United States Senate is considering a resolution to provide its advice and consent with respect to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD. At its heart, the Convention is a non-discrimination treaty…

I can assure you that we are doing our very best to avoid sequestration, because if that ever happens then this hearing is for naught.

This sequestration, coupled with projected discretionary defense spending, could add 1 percent to the national unemployment rate from job losses.

I believe the record should show how much we appreciate the work of the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the vice chairman of the committee, Thad Cochran. We have demonstrated to our colleagues that bipartisanship works in this…