It is no way to run a government.

The human cost is there for judges, as well.

Does not this reflect the new reality that maybe Senator Byrd did not have to live within his political experience, that now is the reality of the Senate?

Nominations as we have noted came out with overwhelming votes, if not unanimous votes, out of Committee.

And one of the things that has disturbed me, Mr. Chairman, as much as all of the filibusters and the holds, is that we are not having conferences anymore.

Keep the record open until Wednesday, April 21, at 12 noon for subcommittee members to submit statements or questions.

this week in the Senate we are calling attention to the unfortunate obstructionism coming from the other side of the aisle when it comes to President Obama's nominations. There are now 101 nominees who have been voted out of…

All of these nominees have secret holds. The purpose of my exercise today is to begin to enforce the rule around here that everybody voted for, with the exception of a handful of people, that we weren't going to do secret holds anymore. I…

I would say to those Senators who have holds on nominees: Come to the floor and explain to the American people why you believe these people should not be serving in our government. If you think there is something wrong with them, if you…

In response through the Chair to the Senator from Florida, after the Senate in the HELP Committee adopted 150 Republican amendments to the health care bill, every single Republican on the committee voted against it. And you know what…

I can say, to my knowledge, 6, 8 months--maybe longer-- this has been in the process. It passed over in the House of Representatives. It came over here, and I know it has been under active consideration. We did have health care reform…

If I am not mistaken, if we are successful in passing this extension, it will extend unemployment benefits to the end of May. I hope we do not face this again between now and then because not only does it tie up the Senate for a lengthy…

three weeks ago, the Senate passed significant student loan reform. It turns out that for the past several decades, we have been paying banks $6 billion per year to be the middle men in our student loan system. The bill we passed puts a…

I come to the floor of the Senate, Mr. President, with a heavy heart. I express my sympathy to the people of Poland and to Ambassador Kupiecki who is here representing them. I shared a moment with him earlier this morning and mentioned…

pending before the Senate is the question of whether we are going to extend unemployment compensation to the unemployed across our Nation. It is an issue which recurs in the Senate with some frequency, and it baffles me why we continue to…

What a great job he did bringing us all together for a bipartisan bill to authorize and empower your Commission.

I do not believe that our system of justice should be driven by fear and anger.

Under the Bush administration, the Shoe Bomber within 5 minutes was given his Miranda warnings.

I think it was a courageous position you have taken, and the right one.

Those who are arguing that we should shift all of these prosecutions to the military side would have to stop and explain why this dramatic record of success in Article III courts should be rejected at this point.

Do you take into consideration if States have decided to regulate? For example, BPA, if I'm not mistaken, has been regulated--I think it's in California, maybe even in Connecticut. Do you take that into consideration?

So, you aren't looking to the FDA or the EPA or the Centers for Disease Control. You're basically establishing testing standards to establish whether there's a danger to humans, and then regulating, based on your conclusions.

Chairman Tenenbaum, we're going to send you some more questions in writing.

The FDA now says that recent research raises valid concerns about the possible health effects of this chemical.

I want to ask you about a couple of issues that raise a larger question: the relationship of the CPSC to some other agencies of the Federal Government, when it comes to particular hazards.