In February 2001, in his first Joint Address to Congress, President Bush said that racial profiling is 'wrong and we will end it in America.'

If any group should be held accountable, it must be the police.

Sad to say that that promise remains as yet unfulfilled.

There are hundreds if not thousands of cases of unlawfully detained U.S. citizens and legal residents.

So how many terrorists were identified by the Special Registration program? None.

Racial profiling is un-American. It is against the values of our Nation.

Profiling Hispanics and immigrants is the most efficient way to get someone deported.

There were serious doubts if it would help us in any way to combat terrorism.

The idea that a police officer or a police department should not be held accountable is counter to the idea of democracy.

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) are necessarily absent.

expressing concern about the potential safety issues associated with the consumption of so-called energy drinks and requested they take certain actions in response to these issues.

There are 4,500 jobs lost if we let the federal transportation program expire this summer because Speaker Boehner refuses to call up this bill. That is the reality. Is it any wonder that the approval rating of Congress is in single digits…

I wish to pay tribute to a great man and a great judge who passed away unexpectedly earlier this month. Judge William Hibbler had served with distinction as a Federal district court judge in the Northern District of Illinois since 1999…

I see my friend from Alaska is on the floor, and I would like to yield to her and ask unanimous consent that I be recognized after her statement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Alaska.

the Senate is not a place for sprinters, only long-distance runners, because sometimes we need patience beyond human endurance to see an idea that one believes is meritorious finally make it--to get passed by the Senate and maybe even the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2012, at 10 a.m. to conduct a…

the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant is an old adage for one main reason: It is true. That is why I am introducing the Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act of 2012, to require candidates for Federal office and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2012, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``S. 2219, the ``Democracy Is Strengthened by…

in the last few years, we have seen dictator after dictator tumble across the world: Qadhafi in Libya, Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt, Saleh in Yemen, and eventually Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Yet there is one dictator who hangs on…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________

last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported that outstanding student loan debt in America has hit the $1 trillion mark--student loans. A CFPB official was cited by Bloomberg News saying that ``excessive student debt could…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2012, at 2:15 p.m., to hold a African Affairs Subcommittee hearing entitled, ``A Closer Look at Nigeria…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________