I think that we ought to encourage the agency not to be shy.

I want to thank you all. I know my time is up, but I just have to thank Mr. Berry for mentioning my legislation on the reform of the Universal Service Fund in his written testimony.

I applaud Chairman Wheeler for taking a step back and saying, you know, we are going to do this right.

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania Senator Casey for his leadership on amendment No. 2172, which is very important. I appreciate what he just said on the floor--the cases of the bravery of Afghan women, the leadership they have shown…

Would the Senator yield for a comment? Looking at the facts, the evidence we have reflects that commanders are bringing more cases, are pursuing more cases than those recommended by their JAGs in sexual assault cases. We received a letter…

I rise today to talk about a very important issue I spoke about on the floor yesterday; that is, eliminating sexual assaults in our military, making sure victims are supported, that they get the support they need. Yesterday on the floor I…

So under the situation where the Senator says we have commanders who aren't going to ignore what is brought before them in an investigation from their JAG lawyers, particularly on a sexual assault, let's assume they did do that. Even…

I wish to thank my colleague from Georgia, who is the Republican ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senator Chambliss has seen so much in terms of the real threats that we face from terrorists in this country. I…

I thank my colleagues Senator Collins and Senator Mikulski for their leadership on this issue and for bringing this important discussion to the floor today. I also thank Senator Murkowski, who I see in the Chamber as well, who has been a…

If we were to lose, for example, valuable intelligence, if we were to get Zawahiri tomorrow, or if we had captured Osama bin Laden instead of killing him, and were able to interrogate him, that is a value that cannot be placed on that in…

This issue came to my attention as well. In fact, New Hampshire made the decision, while I was Attorney General, to cap the interest rates at 36 percent because there were examples of payday-type loans where people were paying as high as…

I rise in support of amendment No. 2255. Let me just say what we cannot afford. What we cannot afford is to read terrorists Miranda rights and tell them they have the right to remain silent. Why can't we afford that? Because if we lose the…