I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide deadlines for the issuance of certain regulations…

I rise for the purpose of calling up amendment No. 2129. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley], proposes an amendment numbered 2129.

I call up amendment No. 2121. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment numbered 2121.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide employee protections for the Commissioned Corps of…

Research has shown, and as our experts here today will echo, that preventing and intervening in child abuse is a key to improving the world in which we live and maintaining strong and healthy families.

I appreciate that opportunity.

750,000 incidence is still way too many.

We have to make a concerted effort to have frontline professionals working with researchers in determining research projects funded by the government.

Senator Grassley and I have introduced legislation to open up the Medicare database so that people could really see what the data was.

The effects of child abuse are profound. They have far-reaching consequences.

A good example would be the Zero-to-Three courts that I think, Senator Grassley, you assisted in obtaining discretionary funding for in Polk County, Iowa.

I thank my colleague from Iowa for his very nice remarks about Katie Beckett. I come to the floor for the same reason--to celebrate the life of Katie Beckett. Never has the word ``inspiration'' been used more appropriately in describing…

I am pleased to see that Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been confirmed to the Federal Communications Commission. They are both highly qualified, and it is unfortunate that the FCC's stubborn refusal to respond to my very simple…

today we are going to turn to a nomination that the Senator from California has just referred to, Paul Watford, to be circuit judge for the Ninth Circuit. I am disappointed that the majority leader has brought this nomination to the floor…

The agriculture industry has consolidated to the point where family farmers, independent producers and other smaller market participants do not have equal access to fair and competitive markets.

as cofounders and cochairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, Senator Landrieu and I offer a resolution to recognize May as National Foster Care Month. The resolution is an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges faced by…

adopting a budget for the country is one of the most basic responsibilities and fundamental functions of the Congress. The Budget Act of 1974 requires Congress to adopt a budget by April 15 each year. It is a requirement that this Senate…

Thank you, Mr. Astrue, for your work.

Thank you, Director Mueller, for coming.

I hope if there is one area where we should all be able to agree, it would be on this one, that defense counsel ought to be notified or the person that is in jail ought to be notified if there is other information that might bear on the…

I would like to work with you to bring some public accountability to this process, just as you and I worked together on the Army Crime Lab issue a while ago.

I agree with you about the value of the FAA tools, and I support the clean authorization of FAA.

I hope that you get to the bottom of it.

Older Americans have immense value to our society and our economy and they deserve the protections Congress originally intended.

I will be urging the people in my caucus to vote for these nominees, both of them. Today, the Senate is expected to confirm these two nominees: Judge Russell to the District of Maryland and Mr. Tharp to the Northern District of Illinois…