I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Federal Financial Managment, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security be authorized to meet during the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 28, 2012, at 10 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled, ``High Stakes and Hard Choices: U.S. Policy on Iran.'' The…

I believe it's important for us to use accurate facts when we work on these important energy policy issues.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Economic Policy be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 28, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on March 28, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

We do not face cycles of high gasoline prices in the United States because of a lack of domestic production or a lack of access to Federal resources or because of environmental regulations getting in the way of us obtaining cheap gasoline.

Senator Bingaman and Senator Murkowski have really outlined the problem that is on the table to be addressed in terms of where gasoline prices are now and the pain that they're causing for motorists and consumers.

We know that the price of oil is set on a world market and that changes in our own domestic oil production do not have a major impact on the price of oil on that market.

a week or so ago I came to the floor to talk about the general issues of gasoline prices and domestic energy production. I believe it is important for us to use accurate facts as we are talking about our energy challenges and we work on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on March 28, 2012, at 3 p.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I see a colleague who wishes to speak. Therefore, I will ask unanimous consent that the balance of my statement be printed in the Record as if read. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Chair. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the…