Jeff Bingaman: “I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate…”

It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.

I thank the managers of the bill, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and I call up amendment No. 3344. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

earlier today, the Senate voted to grant permanent normal trade relations to Russia by a vote of 92 to 4, and I strongly supported that bill. To extend PNTR to Russia, we had to repeal an out-of-date policy that was adopted during the Cold…