I ask unanimous consent that Quinn Nouguier, an intern on my team, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

it was very exciting to have Maile Pearl with us on the floor just moments ago. It was certainly the first time I have seen a little baby on the floor of the Senate and may be a good symbol for the work the Senate will be doing in the…

the most important words of our Constitution are the first three words: ``We the people.'' That is the mission statement of our Constitution. Our Founders did not seek to design a government that would enable the powerful and the…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Fiona Steiwer, be given privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

With the additional $50 million that Congress provided in the omnibus for navigation operations and maintenance, we need help making sure the small parts on the Oregon coast get the dredging they need.

We have worked with our colleagues in the Northwest delegation, including Senator Murray, to include language in the omnibus to enable the Corps to finish the Village Development Plan at the Dells Dam Site.

We need to make sure that that plus-up money gets to the Klamath Basin very quickly for land idling and for pumping for this summer.

I ask unanimous consent that my fellow, Sharmin Syed, be granted privileges of the floor for the duration of her service in my office. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered

in Federalist Paper No. 76, Alexander Hamilton wrote that it was the job of the Senate to ``prevent the appointment of unfit characters.'' That is certainly the mission for which we have responsibility today--to make sure that the unfit…

That does go against most of the international findings of law, that there has to be a threat, and it is our law as well.

attack on our country in a true sense.

Having been involved in that and working with Senator Menendez to write the AUMF on Syria, the Administration's position was they had the authority without Congress.

I lean more closely to the President's view, which is to continue the pressure campaign...

There is a lot of concern in America, and a lot of people are paying attention to this hearing.

Will you work to have our President be a visible, vocal, forceful advocate against the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Burma?

Will you look into that issue, and if there is--if that test of the Administration is not met, fight to restore this funding for the health of women around the world?

It is an issue in many, many countries where the country is more or less robbed while the people live in abject poverty.

We do not have you quite--on a major threat to the planet.

the rule of law matters.

I hope you will be a leader in taking on the carbon pollution because we do not have a lot of time on this.

It's the most horrific idea we have heard in the Northwest ever and take it off the table.

Let's put a stake through the heart of that, through the heart of that conversation.

The thing that is standing between them and starvation? The United States of America.

So we really would appreciate your partnership in helping to take on that specific challenge.

the agriculture issues that come up, a lot of the programs that are cut in here are the ones that the farmers are raising for me.