please accept our best wishes for a wonderful holiday season.

It is clear that NECC was operating outside the bounds of Federal and State law.

I want to, first of all, thank all the Members who are cosponsors, led by Senator Graham, Senator Lieberman, and our team doing this. This is bipartisan on a very important issue. I think it does three things. It adds a sense of urgency…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nominations

I rise tonight to speak about one subject, but a very important subject for our country and for our system of justice, and that is the confirmation of Federal district court judges. I will focus tonight on one Federal district in…

in honor of Arnold Palmer, and the presentation of his Gold Medal to him on September 12, 2012, in the U.S. Capitol, for a lifetime of service to his Nation and contributions in the game of golf which has earned him the title of ``The…

refusing, failing to carry out the law as Congress has passed it undercuts Congress' role in our constitutional system

I would like to take this occasion to extend congratulations to His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the people of Morocco on the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco…

Early Education Teachers are professionals and we do need to pay them accordingly, provide benefits and require ongoing training like their counter parts in the public school system.

Maryland, by housing CCDBG in the Department of Education, appears to have done a good job at aligning CCDBG with State educational goals.

While CCDBG is, first and foremost, a work support program providing parents with the peace of mind that their children have a place to go while the parents are at work, we have learned so much about child development since 1996, when the…

public investment in the education of young children produces unparalleled returns--in the short and long term--for our Nation.

The first years of a child's life are critical to her future development; we cannot afford to ignore the importance of quality care in the early years.

I have had many parents sit in my office and cry because they were not able to get a CCDBG Child Care subsidy and they could not afford my fee which is established using a sliding fee scale based on their income and the number in the…

Providing parents with information about the quality of childcare available to them is necessary to ensuring that parents can make informed childcare choices.

While I think we should be making a larger Federal investment in childcare, I am well aware of our Nation's fiscal reality.

I think we could do much more to push out the Assad regime and to help ensure that a future Syria is stable.

We are playing Iran's game and we should stop playing Iran's game.

Mr. Ambassador, you are off to a really good start here.

For as long as Iran is persuaded that we want the nuclear talks more than they do, they are never going to give us anything.

The United States does not differentiate between Hezbollah's political and militant wings, nor should our allies.

If you push back hard on Iran, it does respond, and to me, unfortunately, we have not been as aggressive as we should be.

the possibility that Iran could develop nuclear capability is a direct threat to the United States and certainly to the Middle East even more directly.

The authorities we know are continuing the investigation, but Israeli officials have publicly accused Hezbollah of conducting the attack.

they export terrorism beyond the region.