Senator Grassley and I have introduced bipartisan legislation to further combat pay-for-delay agreements.

You think we still could be on the path to labor markets improving even with this relatively weak growth in terms of outlook.

My first question was about the tapering. My second is when you might end asset purchases altogether.

Your quiet but strong leadership has been instrumental in keeping our economy from falling into an abyss and repeating the devastation of a Great Depression.

But the September 18th deadline of beginning tapering is not immutable. You are going to look at the data.

I ask unanimous consent that all future time in quorum calls be divided equally between the two sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I applaud recent efforts taken by CMS to release Medicare hospital data for a limited set of procedures.

I recently introduced a bill with Senator Wyden that would advance the idea of data-sharing.

The purpose of our investment in health information technology is to make it possible to quickly capture, store, and share data.

presenting Gregory Howard Woods, Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Elizabeth A. Wolford, Nominee to be District Judge for the Western District of New York

Whatever the outcome is, we are proud of all three of you.

I would far rather see a situation where able judges were confirmed irrespective of that.

Thank you, Senator Kaine, and I know you folks have busy schedules, so if you wish to leave, you may.

Our Constitution is a very precious system of justice that it creates, and it creates judges to decide cases based not on personal views.

I would ask unanimous consent to add them to the record, including letters from Carter Phillips and Peter Keisler, who are attorneys; Douglass Maynard of the New York Police Department; Chuck Canterbury, president of the Fraternal Order of…

I think partisan politics has driven this Committee's approach to the DC Circuit for over a decade.

It is my distinct honor to introduce two eminently qualified nominees to the Committee.

I agree wholeheartedly with my colleagues. I would say fidelity to the rule of law, intellectual curiosity, hard work, dedication to do the work necessary to get the right answer, and modesty, and I would say humility, to be open-minded…

To be a Christian lawyer, I must always remember that laws are made for the benefit of people. People are not made for the benefit of laws.

I want to thank Chairman Leahy for being here, Ranking Member Grassley, Senators Franken, Lee, and Cruz for being here as well.

I would like to make a brief comment about President Obama's noble and serious efforts to fill vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

The 11-member court has three vacancies. It does not even have enough judges for more than two full hearing panels.

I believe that any number of problems we face in Medicare begin with our payment system.

So now let me call on Senator Cochran to introduce the nominee from the Northern District of Mississippi.

I am going to be brief, because things went a little longer. First, I have a great deal of respect for my good friend, and he truly is my good friend, the Senator from Tennessee. I understand what he is getting at. I certainly agree with…