I would call the Senator's attention to our vote on August 2 when he and I both voted for the Budget Control Act. The vote was 74 to 26, with a substantial number of Senators from both sides of the aisle, that brought us to this moment in…

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

It was a bipartisan vote on the Budget Control Act, which spelled out how we would reach this terrible moment if the supercommittee failed. I sincerely hope we never reach this moment, that there is a good-faith effort by both parties to…

the House of Representatives is back, and we welcome them. It is good to have them back in business in Washington. I hope the first order of business this week is to pass a bill that we enacted in July of this year which would protect 98…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 2 p.m., in room SH-216 of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 12, 2012. The Committees will meet in SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building, beginning at 10 a.m. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

after a prolonged debate, a lot of television commercials, robo-calls, and literally tons of political literature, the 2012 campaign is finally over. America can breathe a sigh of political relief. When it was all said and done, more than…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure of the Committee on Finance authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen…

I have to answer some of the comments made earlier by the Republican leader as he talked about the state of negotiations between the President and Congress as we face the fiscal cliff. He said at one point that the President is calling for…

let me first echo the comments of the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, about our colleague and friend, Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. It has been my good fortune now for some 16 years to serve in the Senate with Senator Dick Lugar and…

I have visited Africa many times. When I have, I have left with an amazing impression of this great continent and all that it contains. It really does lure one and draw you back to the different places in Africa that offer such a rich…

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent.

These children should not be in adult prisons, and our legislation will help with that, especially when you are talking about at-risk youth, many times needing mental or drug rehabilitation, not prison.

I think they were doing the right thing.

I wonder who is really tough on crime. It may look soft, but we are tougher.

Great. Thank you both for your testimony.

Thanks, Senator Franken.

wouldn't the best outcome be no policeman in that school?

I am honored to be here with the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Pat Leahy.

This issue is not going away. It is here to stay until the pipeline is completely dismantled.

Tomorrow is the final meeting for our Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Council.

This hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights will come to order.

I many times would have welcomed a police officer rather than a ruler-wielding nun in my class.