Will the Senator yield for a question? Mr. McCAIN. All I can say is, Does the Senator from Utah have another way of reconciling legislation between the House and Senate? Of course not. Of course he doesn't. Of course he doesn't. Of course…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) are necessarily absent.

I would like to take a few minutes to recognize a true American hero from my home State of Illinois. George W. Scott of Williamsville, IL, was an airman in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and is a survivor of a group of airmen…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. Let's get it straight: Every farmer buying crop insurance gets a subsidy. The question is, How big is the subsidy? Is it 62 percent of the actual premium cost--that is what they are all receiving now--or…

The Durbin-Coburn amendment says this: We have the Crop Insurance Program in America. Farmers buy crop insurance because they could have a drought, flood, lose their crop, or the market price could fall down to nothing, so they buy…

how much time remains for the Durbin- Coburn amendment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Ten minutes.

today I am introducing legislation designed to improve educational opportunities for students. The All Students Achieving Through Reform Act, or All-STAR Act, would provide Federal resources to the most successful charter schools to help…

I would like to ask the Senator from Arizona a question through the Chair. It is my understanding the budget resolution passed by the House and the budget resolution passed by the Senate, if conferenced and agreed upon, will result in a…

I am cosponsoring this amendment that says the wealthiest 20,000 farmers in America will pay slightly more for their crop insurance so the program will be a sound program for all farmers. I urge my colleagues, in the name of deficit…

I rise to speak in support of the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. There is no question that Mr. Srinivasan has the qualifications and experience to be an outstanding Federal judge. He earned…

So was that Egan decision based on a court evaluation of the statute as written or precedent in cases that preceded it?

Thank you for the opportunity to be here today.

I think one of the most important hearings we held in this room was... on the issue of solitary confinement.

This is no reflection on you because it is rare that a judicial nominee has really handled everything that can come before the court.

I believe, Senator, I have the characteristics that I could perform in that manner.

I am reluctant to break up this conversation among my fellow Republican Senators because they seem to be at odds, but I do want to remind all of the Senators--and I think the Senator from Arizona has alluded to this--we were slapped around…

I believe the right qualities for a judge are, first, that the judge be respectful--respectful and courteous to all the parties that appear before the court.

Mr. Hughes, when you were a trial attorney for the Justice Department, you were involved in several cases relating to the harbor maintenance tax...

I sometimes think about people appearing before a Federal judge, some of whom have limited life experience in a courtroom...

It is a great assignment. Just about everything you can think of falls within the jurisdiction of that Subcommittee.

Ms. Wood, your work at the SEC is involved with complex issues and litigation.

I salute the Senator from Arizona for his intuitive, wise analysis of this situation. I am sorry we still have an objection from the Republican side of the aisle to go to a conference committee with Republican House Members dominating that…

last week was National Police Week, and last Wednesday was National Peace Officers Memorial Day. On Monday, May 13, 2013, I joined my colleague, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, at a ceremony in St. Louis to honor six brave deputy…

Those of us who had an opportunity or privilege to practice before any Federal courts have our opinions about what makes a good Federal judge and what makes a bad one.