I have already stated some opinion that I have about this, so you already have some background for questions I might ask.

That figure is 70 times larger than the average settlement at Countrywide.

throughout my years in Congress, I have worked to keep drugs out of our communities. We have all seen the destructive impact drugs have on our communities, and our families. For years, we have heard tragic stories of the lives impacted by…

today I am introducing legislation designed to help family farmers across this nation have a more level playing field when it comes to livestock markets. The bill would prohibit meat packers from owning livestock. The ownership of…

the express language of the NDAA, which includes the Feinstein amendment, means that U.S. citizens are expressly outside the scope of the NDAA mandatory military detention provisions.

We need a bipartisan effort to guarantee that those arrested on American soil are not locked away indefinitely without charge or judicial review.

We can agree that all branches of Government believe that American citizens should be afforded due process of law.

neither the mandatory military detention requirements under 1022 nor the procedures implementing 1022 apply to U.S. citizens.

it is actually tough to imagine a situation where even a non-U.S. citizen or member of al Qaeda captured abroad would be subject to the mandatory military detention.

I have a lot of interest in my State in expanding haying and grazing opportunities.

today we turn to the nomination of Margo Brodie to be U.S. District judge for the Eastern District of New York. This will be the 69th judicial nominee of President Obama which the Senate has confirmed during this Congress. Overall, more…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

in recent weeks, we have seen the Obama administration reverse quite a few of its positions on very important issues, so I am going to go through several of those positions that have been reversed to remind people of the number and the…

today we turn to the nomination Jesse M. Furman, to be U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Furman was reported out of the Judiciary Committee last fall by voice vote. When we considered his nomination last year…

If a Republican like this Senator says that the President's 2013 budget doesn't pass the smell test, I would probably have half the country questioning my judgment. But I would like to quote the Washington Post's Dana Milbank's comments on…

If it is appropriate, I would like to ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for about 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Budget

in the fall of 2010 I came to this Chamber to speak about my growing concern of synthetic drug use in this country. Specifically, I raised concerns about a popular new drug known as K2, or Spice, and I learned about this myself for the…

Bulletproof and stab-proof vests that save the lives of our law enforcement officers are a very worthy use of our dollars.

Officer safety is paramount, and we should do all we can to make sure officers on the streets have body armor.

the ``get to yes'' culture is a direct contradiction to our number-one priority of protecting the homeland

As you know, on January 1, 2013, when the tax decreases of 2001 and 2003 sunset, our Nation is going to see a $3.5-trillion tax increase.

it is true that they will affect a portion of small businesses, but a very, very small portion of small businesses, 2 to 3 percent, roughly, depending on how you measure it.

Yes. Three percent. But they provide 25 percent of the jobs in America.

So what I would like to have you do is read that and indicate if you agree or disagree with CBO's analysis.

You are right to say that a modified version of the sunset would maybe help to some extent, but I think you have to take into consideration--this is my rebuttal to you--that where most of those tax increases would impact would affect small…