the most stonewalling of any President

People have a right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, and as a trial judge, I would enforce that right.

Before this incident, I or my staff had never heard of the so-called third-party meeting policy.

Fair housing must be recognized as a human right.

In fact, for the entire year of 2005, the Judiciary Committee held only 6 hearings for 15 judicial and circuit nominees.

How can you justify preventing an agency of the Government from meeting with Senators and the GAO?

Will you answer the questions in my letter and provide the documents I requested? And if not, why not?

the Attorney General has recently announced that the Department of Justice will not charge certain drug offenders in a way that would trigger the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences. Before outlining some of the concerns that I have…

I am pleased to be an original cosponsor of the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013. This bill will reauthorize the efforts of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This legislation will ensure that…

I rise today to introduce, along with Senator Franken, the Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2013. We introduced similar legislation in the 112th Congress, but the Senate never had a chance to consider the bill. The bill…

I support the nomination of Raymond T. Chen, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal circuit. This is the 29th judicial confirmation this year. With today's confirmation, the Senate will have confirmed 200 lower court nominees…

the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 reaffirms the strong relationship the United States has with Israel. As the legislation states, our countries share a deep and unbreakable bond, forged by over 60 years of shared…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes on the Todd nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor to ask my colleagues to vote against cloture on the nomination, and here are my reasons for asking that of my colleagues. Earlier this week I outlined my general objection to the Senate proceeding to a final vote on the…

I would like to take time today to honor the life of a very brave man, and an exemplary Iowan, Col. George ``Bud'' Day, who passed away over the weekend. Bud Day's brave and memorable military career started at the age of 17, when he…

It was more important that he go to sweet treats than worry about collecting $200 million under False Claims Act cases pending. I raised many of these issues with Mr. Jones at his hearing and in written questions for the record. But in too…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for 12 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

they say history has a way of repeating itself. That certainly came true in June when the Senate approved a sweeping reform bill to revamp the nation's immigration laws. Unfortunately, the U.S. Senate failed to learn from the mistakes…

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for holding this hearing, and I think it is very important that Congress do its oversight work.

Thankfully, until the Boston bombing we had prevented large-scale terrorist attacks on American soil.

The Government is spying on them and prying into their personal lives.

I yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Shortly the Senate will be voting to invoke cloture on the nomination of James B. Comey to become the next Director of the FBI. I will vote to invoke cloture and expect many of my colleagues will do the same. The confirmation of a new FBI…

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