Georgia is a terrific partner for NATO.

It's the failure of NATO, almost all of the nations, to meet the 2 percent spending.

I think it will create a sense here in the United States that our European colleagues are not pulling their weight.

Thank you. As I know you're well aware, sequestration went into effect about 6 weeks ago on March 1st.

I come to the floor this afternoon to applaud the passage by the House, just a little while ago, of the Violence Against Women Act. I wish to also congratulate my colleagues, Senator Leahy, my neighbor from Vermont, and Senator Crapo, who…

As part of the Affordable Care Act, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who was very familiar with your work, as well, and I joined together to put in some of the readmissions language with the penalties and try to have a transitional care manager…

I think all of us would agree that we need a comprehensive national energy policy. We remain overly dependent on foreign oil.

Efficiency, as we all know, is the cheapest, fastest way to deal with our energy needs and our economy's energy independence.

I share the views, I think, of all of you that energy efficiency is a win-win-win.

I share the views, I think, of all of you that we have just heard from that energy efficiency is a win-win-win. We can save energy, save pollution, we can protect our national security, and we can also create jobs.

We remain overly dependent on foreign oil. We remain reliant on an outdated energy infrastructure.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 14, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on the judiciary