at this point I wish to make a unanimous consent request relative to this bill that would open the Supreme Court proceedings to be televised. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 319, S. 1945, a…

That is what I was about to ask the Chair, to have permission that my statement not related to Senator Mikulski be placed in a separate part of the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr…

Reserving the right to object, it is my understanding the Judiciary Committee staff has been working on a package of important Judiciary Committee bills, including the very bill Senator Sessions has asked unanimous consent to move to--a…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until Thursday, March 22, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order following the remarks of Senators Wyden and Landrieu. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I would consider it an honor to come to Kansas.

I'm going to have the subcommittee stand recessed.

You know more about this business than I will ever know.

We ought to do our best to avoid that problem.

The Congress made the decision that this information, and it was explicit, that this information should be made public.

What I've said to my colleagues on both sides of the Rotunda is that if we do not adequately finance your agency...

You announce the meetings are taking place?

So, have you at least started the factual inquiry about possible market disruption related to gasoline prices?

CFTC is not a price-setting agency, but rising fuel prices make it clear why we need to have cops on the beat.

They believe that their strength in the marketplace is the fact that they do follow the rule of law.

This is an historic day in the United States Senate. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski surpasses the length of service in the Senate of any woman before her.

And, to your knowledge, does the Congress have any authority to order you to exercise that emergency power?

Now, let's take it to the next step.

That is an indication of new assignments coming your way, to deal with that market, and to try to have appropriate oversight.

So what are you waiting for? The percentage of total cramming complaints has almost doubled in 3 years on wireless.

My feeling is that your agency... needs more resources to deal with the challenges that you are facing.

I have had misgivings about that because I question what will that do to the competitiveness of the American marketplace.

Well, since we fund SEC, we'll tell them, at least, I'll tell them, to hurry along.

Are these Commission meetings public?