Or being charged under this law.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your line of questioning.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) are necessarily absent.

this Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Arizona's controversial immigration law. I thought about this law over the weekend in Springfield, IL. There is an annual event where a special award is given to those sons and…

let me join in the remarks by the Senator from Washington. This National Labor Relations Board rule which will be voted on by the Senate tomorrow is one that was needed. The rule change was needed and the attempt on the floor, of course…

It is absolutely absurd to state that SB 1070 does not lead to profiling.

I will introduce legislation that will reiterate that Congress does not intend for States to enact their own immigration enforcement schemes.

I ask consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Durbin pertaining to the introduction of S. 2303 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sanders). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. For-Profit Colleges

I have come to the floor a number of times to talk about a new business in America that has become a major source of income and a major source of Federal subsidy that most people are not aware of. The business I am talking about is the…

today I am introducing the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declaration Act. I am introducing it on behalf of myself and my colleague, Senator Mark Kirk. What we are trying to achieve is fairness in FEMA's consideration of whether a community…

I ask unanimous consent that I may speak following the Senator from Tennessee. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

coming before us soon on the Senate floor will be the Postal Reform Act. This is a matter which is timely because we understand our Postal Service is in a situation where it is currently losing millions of dollars every single day. Because…

I want to address the pending legislation before I go into a morning business speech--the Postal Reform Act that is before us. It is my understanding that we have an opportunity---- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is currently…

Well, I renew my request to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Postal Reform

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

I happen to agree with the Commissioners in this regard.

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) would vote ``yea.''

The $3 billion project began in 2009 and now is limping along with limited funding.

Has there been a determination made as to whether what you've found so far merits review by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal action?

So how do you explain that after this occurred, after this event occurred, this Mr. Neely got more than $11,000 in bonuses?

There would typically be a cost in moving, physically moving the FTC?

far be it for me to suggest that people sitting on this side of the podium, in our profession, have not been guilty of bad judgment.

Having whistleblowers is invaluable to our investigations.